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SdJ Re-Reviews: Series Conclusion

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Chris Wray

Camel Up was the last entry in our Spiel des Jahres series.  Though there is one winner I haven’t yet written about (Colt Express by Christophe Raimbault and Ludonaute), I decided it would be best to wait several months before … Continue reading →

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SdJ Re-Reviews #36: Camel Up

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Chris Wray

Designer: Steffen Bogen Publisher:  eggertspiele, Pegasus Spiele, Z-Man Games, Others Players:  2 – 8 Ages:  8 and Up Time:  20 – 30 Minutes Times Played:  > 10 How do you say that?  Is it Camel Up, or Camel Cup? In … Continue reading →

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Review of Raptor by Bruno Cathala and Bruno Faidutti

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Chris Wray

Designers: Bruno Cathala and Bruno Faidutti Publisher:  Matagot (Distributed by Asmodee) Players:  2 Ages:  9 and Up Time:  25 Minutes Times Played:  > 5 (on Review Copy Provided by Asmodee) In Raptor, one player controls a mother velociraptor and her five … Continue reading →

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SdJ Re-Reviews #35: Hanabi

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Chris Wray

Designer: Antoine Bauza Publisher:  ABACUSSPIELE, R&R Games, Les XII Singles, Others Players:  2 – 5 Ages:  8 and Up Time:  25 Minutes Times Played:  > 100 Hanabi: From a limited print run of 1,000 copies, to more than 1,000,000 copies … Continue reading →

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SdJ Re-Reviews #34: Kingdom Builder

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Chris Wray

Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino Publisher:  Queen Games Players:  2 – 4 Ages:  8 and Up Time:  45 Minutes Times Played:  > 20 Author’s Note: One of the goals of this series is to walk through the history of each Spiel … Continue reading →

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SdJ Re-Reviews #33: Qwirkle

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Chris Wray

Designer: Susan McKinley Ross Publisher:  MindWare, Schmidt, Others Players:  2 – 4 Ages:  6 and Up Time:  45 Minutes Times Played:  > 10 (And many more on iOS…) Qwirkle: An SdJ win six years in the making… In the spring … Continue reading →

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