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 document where they give anonymous small reports on the new games that they’re playing.
These blurbs are meant to be anonymous; in part because given the rapid nature of these things, many of the games may have only been played once; and all comments below should be read with that important caveat. Players will have changing reactions to games after multiple plays, and it certainly wouldn’t be fair to a game to write a review based on such small experience.
Of course, there is also benefit to see what some other gamers have thought about the games that they have already tried – and thus, we stick to this anonymous format of small first takes. We will try to do another one in 2-3 weeks – and then there will likely be a final one after the major November conventions finish up (where many of our writers will be playing games!)
This year, we’ll try to organize the games in alphabetical order
