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Dale Yu: Review of Lunar Skyline

Lunar Skyline Designer: Charlie McCarron Publisher: Dead Alive Games Players: 2-6 Age: 10+  Time: 15-30 minutes Amazon affiliate link:  https://amzn.to/48ZTHWC Played with review copy provided by publisher Get ready to blast off into the future with Lunar Skyline—the electrifying trick-taking … Continue reading

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Heroscape: Release the Kraken! (and a whole lot of other stuff)

There’s been a veritable deluge of Heroscape over the past month and a half. The follow-up to the successful appearance of GI Joe (Go, Joe!) and Cobra in the realm of Valhalla is a wealth of new common squads and … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: 4 mini-reviews of 4 mini games from Deck Hand Games: The Dig, Boil and Bubble, Spymaster One and Pogo Possum Posse Poker

  So, while at the most recent Gathering of Friends, Deck Hand Games offered each invitee one of their small format games as a welcome gift.  I managed to get a full set of the four games on offer, and … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of First Giants

    First Giants Designer: Matthew Dunstan, Brett J. Gilbert Publisher: Space Cowboys Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/42Ziqac Played with review copy provided by publisher Dive into First Giants, a race to create the … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Ace of Spades

  Ace of Spades Designer: Benja Amorin Publisher: DEVIR Players: 1-2 Age: 14+ Time: 40 minutes  Played with review copy provided by publisher Your path of vengeance has led you to Sweet Haven, Arizona. You know that the necromancer who … Continue reading

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2026 SdJ Nominations Announced

The Spiel des Jahres (SdJ) jury announced the nominated games for the SdJ, Kennerspiel (“connoisseur” games), and Kinderspiel (children’s games) awards earlier today and I think it’s safe to say that nobody had these titles on their Bingo cards. For … Continue reading

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