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Brandon Kempf – The Top 10 games (at least according to BGG) That I Have Not Played

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Brandon Kempf

As board gamers, we seem to put a lot of stock in the Top 100 games as “voted” on by BoardGameGeek users and the arguments constantly thrown around by the pundits. We even discuss them quite often here on the … Continue reading →

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Go All Out! 7 Games I’d Love to See Deluxified

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Chris Wray

On Tuesday, I published a list of 7 great games that I think could use a facelift.  Today is a sort of companion list: here, I’m mentioning 7 games that I think could use the luxury treatment.  Basically, what are … Continue reading →

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10 Great Animal Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Chris Wray

I’m from a family of people who love nature.  Since theme can draw non-gamers into games, I tend to buy a lot of games featuring animals.  I know it isn’t the most popular theme, but it is one with broad … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in May 2020

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Chris Wray

This is the May entry for my series where I post five games I enjoyed playing in the past month for which I didn’t have time to do full reviews.  As always, I limit it to five titles, of which … Continue reading →

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10 Great Worker Placement Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Chris Wray

Worker placement games have a prominent place in the gaming hobby, but the mechanic is only about 15 years old.  Caylus, designed by William Attia of France and released at Spiel 2005, is commonly referred to as the first “worker … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 1

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Brandon Kempf

Over the next few months, instead of going with my Three Games articles, I am going to take a look at my collection and try to discuss why certain titles survived the great purge of 2019. During this process I … Continue reading →

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