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Tag Archives: Agricola
Go All Out! 7 Games I’d Love to See Deluxified
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
10 Great Animal Games (Article 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
10 Great Worker Placement Games (Article 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
Posted in Best Of
Tagged 10 Great Series, Agricola, Did I Mention We Really Love Uwe Rosenberg, Uwe Rosenberg
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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 1
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
Posted in Commentary
Tagged 7 Wonders, Agricola, Archaeology The New Expedition, Axio, Seven Suitors, Surviving the Purge
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Chris Wray: My Essen 2019 Most Anticipated List
Spiel (Essen) 2019 is at the end of next week, and I’ve been reading rulebooks and combing through Eric Martin’s oh-so-amazing Spiel ’19 Preview Tool on BGG. As in past years, I’ll be doing coverage from the fair for The … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2019
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Aftershock, Agricola, Alan Moon, Alexander Pfister, AMIGO, Babylonia, Bezier Games, Bobby West, Claim, Corne van Moorsel, Dan Kreek, Edition Spielwiese, Essen 2019, Expedition to Newdale, Fast Sloths, Faultier, Formal Ferret Games, friedemann friese, Funtails, Gil Hova, Glen More II: Chronicles, High Rise, Jeff Allers, Kosmos, Lookout Games, Lost Cities, Ludonova, Man this is a Lot of Tags!, Matthias Kramer, Nova Luna, Pandoria, Power Grid, Reiner Knizia, Scott Almes, Silver, Silver Amulet, Silver Bullet, Stronghold Games, Ted Alspach, Ticket to Ride, Uwe Rosenberg, White Goblin Games, Wizard Wurfelspiel
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Chris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 More Essen Games
I’ll begin churning out reviews soon, but I’ve enjoyed playing more than 50 Spiel ’17 titles since the end of October. I wrote a list a few weeks ago with quick thoughts on 10 Essen games, and this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2017, Reviews
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Abacusspiele, Agricola, AMIGO, Blue Orange, CGE, Czech Games Edition, Druids, Edition Spielwiese, Finished!, Iello, Kingdomino, Lookout Games, Matagot, Mayfair, Meeple Circus, Memoarrr!, Noria, Pegasus Spiele, Puslar 2849, Queendomino, Sticky Chameleons, Stronghold Games, Zooloretto Duell
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Brandon Kempf – The Top 10 games (at least according to BGG) That I Have Not Played
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 →