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Category Archives: First Impressions
Dale Yu: First Impressions of Dabba Walla
Dabba Walla Designers: Patricia Limberger and Felix Leder Publisher: Queen Games Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 45 minutes Played with preview copy (in German) provided by publisher Dabba Walla is one of the upcoming releases from Queen Games; putting the … Continue reading
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Dale Yu: First Impressions of The Glade
The Glade Designer: Richard Breese Publisher: R&D Games Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 60 minutes Played with copy purchased at Spiel 2023 from the publisher It’s summer time, and amid the forest lies the glade. In The Glade, you fill … Continue reading
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The Gates of Valhalla Swing Open… Again: The Return of Heroscape
Simply put, a game system that has been dead for fourteen years is back from the dead… and this time, it looks like the publisher understands what made Heroscape so special. When I last wrote about Renegade Game Studios beginning … Continue reading
The Ascending Empire(s) Strike Back: A Preview of Ascending Empires Zenith Edition
Back in the summer of 2011 – which, for those of you who don’t like to do math, was nearly thirteen years ago – I reviewed Z-Man Games’ “weird & wonderful cross between a dexterity game like Carabande or Catacombs … Continue reading
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Tagged 4X, Ascending Empires, Flicking, Play to Z
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Mark’s Bundle of 2023 Essen Game Thoughts
Five days. Seventy-one plays. Sixty-two games that were new to me. Yeah, that’s a lot of games. But thanks to our fearless leader (Dale Yu) and BasementCon, I had a wonderful time playing many of them. (Well, a number of … Continue reading
Opinionated Gamers First Takes on SPIEL 2023 Games (Part 4 of 4)
While we normally contribute more to full reviews, in the heady weeks just after SPIEL, everyone is playing as many games as possible – and frankly, spending more time playing games than writing! Our writers have been contributing to a … Continue reading →
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