Tag Archives: Alan Moon

Ticket to Ride London (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on December 2, 2019 by

Designer:  Alan R. Moon Publisher:  Days of Wonder Players:  2 – 4 Ages:  8 and Up Time:  10-15 Minutes Times Played:  > 5  Ticket to Ride is doubtlessly the most famous of the train games.  Fifteen years after Alan Moon’s … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: My Essen 2019 Most Anticipated List

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

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 →

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Brandon Kempf: Three Games – Three Older Euros

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

I have a lot of games. A lot of games that are on my shelves, or on my table being played, that I have told myself that I want to review at some point. For one reason or another, this … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in February 2019…

Posted on February 27, 2019 by

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

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Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on September 13, 2016 by

Designer:  Alan R. Moon Publisher:  Days of Wonder Players:  2 – 5 Ages:  8 and Up Time:  90 Minutes Times Played:   > 5 Alan Moon’s Ticket to Ride is among my all-time favorite games, so I was looking forward to … Continue reading →

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Elfenroads (Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on July 19, 2016 by

Designer: Alan R. Moon Publisher:  Rio Grande Games; AMIGO Spiel + Freizeit GmbH; Others Players:  2 – 6 Ages:  13 and Up Time:  45 – 90 Minutes Times Played:  > 10 Note: We’re focusing on reprints, re-themes, re-releases, etc. this … Continue reading →

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Tricks and Trumps #2: Variations on the Classics (1966-1990)

Posted on March 16, 2016 by

Tricks and Trumps #2: Variations on the Classics This is our second entry in an eleven-part series featuring trick taking games.  This entry will focus on trick taking games from the mid-1960s to the early 1990s, which tended to closely … Continue reading →

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Ticket to Ride: Pennsylvania – Game Review

Posted on December 16, 2015 by

Review by Erik Arneson Designer: Alan R. Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2-5 (special rules for 2 players) Ages: 8+ Time: 30-60 minutes Times played: 3 Ticket to Ride: Pennsylvania gets smaller billing on the box cover (albeit with … Continue reading →

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Ticket to Ride: United Kingdom – Game Review

Posted on December 16, 2015 by

  Review by Chris Wray Designer: Alan Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2-4  Ages: 8+ Time: 30-60 minutes Times played: >5   Alan Moon’s Ticket to Ride is among my all-time favorite games, so I was looking forward to the release of Map Pack #5. … Continue reading →

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Incan Gold – Review

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Design by:  Alan Moon and Bruno Faidutti Published by:  Gryphon Games 3 – 8 Players, 20 – 30 minutes Review by:  Greg J. Schloesser I’ve always been a big fan of Sid Sackson’s Can’t Stop.  The push-your-luck aspect of the … Continue reading →

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