Tag Archives: Azul: Summer Pavilion

The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2020 Edition

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Chris Wray

For the past few years, our group of gamers has taken their best guess at trying to read the minds of the Spiel des Jahres jury members.  The nominations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres will be … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 2

Posted on January 5, 2020 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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Brandon Kempf – Three Games: 2019 Game of the Year

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Brandon Kempf

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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Azul Summer Pavilion (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Brandon Kempf

Designer: Michael Kiesling Artist: Chris Quilliams Publisher: Next Move Games Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30-45 Minutes TImes Played: 6 We’ve completed the Palace of Evora, and we’ve finished the Stained Glass of Sintra, now it’s time for us to tile … Continue reading →

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Essen 2019, Day 0: Initial Thoughts, and What I Played (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Chris Wray

Essen 2019 will officially start tomorrow, but Day Zero (or “setup day”) was today. Today starts my daily coverage of the fair, including mini-reviews of what I played.

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