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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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Brandon Kempf: Three Games – Three Older Euros
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
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Aaron Weissblum, Alan Moon, Brandon Kempf, China, Michael Kiesling, Michael Schacht, Pueblo, San Marco, Three Games, Wolfgang Kramer
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Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails (Game Review by Chris Wray)
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
Posted in Essen 2016, Reviews
Tagged Alan Moon, board games, Cyrille Daujean, days of wonder, Essen 2016, Gen Con 2016, Julien Delval, reviews, Ticket to Ride
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Elfenroads (Review by Chris Wray)
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
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Alan Moon, AMIGO, Elfengold, Elfenland, Elfenroads, Elfensea, Rio Grande Games
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Tricks and Trumps #2: Variations on the Classics (1966-1990)
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
Posted in Best Of, Reviews
Tagged Alan Moon, Blacky Spy, Card Games, Coup d'etat, David Parlett, Ninety Nine, Wer hat mehr?, Wizard
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Ticket to Ride: Pennsylvania – Game Review
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
Ticket to Ride: United Kingdom – Game Review
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
Incan Gold – Review
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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Tagged Alan Moon, Bruno Faidutti, Diamant, Gryphon Games, Incan Gold, Schmidt Spiele
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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in February 2019…
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 →