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10 Great Games of the 2010s (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Chris Wray

The 2010s were a monumental time period in tabletop gaming. The industry and hobby grew exponentially, with tens of thousands of new games hitting the market and hundreds of thousands of new players entering the fold. It was a decade … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Commentary, Reviews | Tagged 7 Wonders, Azul, Codenames, Dominant Species, Ganz schön clever, Great Western Trail, Hanabi, Heaven & Ale, Innovation, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Orleans, Pandemic Legacy, Russian Railroads, Terraforming Mars, The Castles of Burgundy, The Colonists, The Mind, The Voyages of Marco Polo, Tzolk'in | 13 Comments

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 →

Posted in Commentary | Tagged Arboretum, Azul, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Azul: Summer Pavilion, Die Crew: Reist gemeinsam zum 9. Planeten, Kosmos, Next Move Games, Reef, Renegade Game Studios, Surviving the Purge, Tuki, Z-Man Games | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Azul, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Azul: Summer Pavilion, Chris Quilliams, Mich, Next Move Games, Plan B Games | 2 Comments

Brandon Kempf: Sturgeoning My Board Game Collection

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Brandon Kempf

So, if we go by Sturgeon’s Law that 90% of everything is crap, what are the 10% in your game collection that you think aren’t crap? Yes, I realize that this is a bad usage of Sturgeon’s Law. In truth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 7th Continent, Acquire, Agricola, Arboretum, Azul, Bargain Hunter, Blood Bowl Team Manager, Blue Lagoon, Bohnanza, Carcassonne, Carson City, Codenames Duet, Collection Management, Crokinole, Crown of Emara, Dominion, Doppelt so Clever, Downforce, Expedition Northwest Passage, Finca, Ganz Schon Clever, Ginkgopolis, Gunkimono, Hadara, Ingenious, Kingdomino, Majesty for the Realm, Manhattan, Modern Art, One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Patchwork, PitchCar, Planet, Puerto Rico, Qwirkle, Ra, Seasons, Sticheln, Stockpile, Survive Escape from Atlantis, Targi, The Colonists, Ticket to Ride, Werewords, Zertz | 5 Comments

Simon Neale: Review of Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra

Posted on March 1, 2019 by ukgamersi

Simon Neale: Review Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra Designer: Michael Kiesling Publisher: Next Move Games Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 8+ Time: 35 minutes Times played: 7, with copy purchased at Essen Spiel. When a … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Abstract Games, Azul, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Essen 2018, Michael Kiesling, Next Move Games | 1 Comment

Chris Wray: My Essen 2018 Most Anticipated List

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Chris Wray

Spiel (Essen) 2018 is a little more than two weeks away, and I’ve been reading rulebooks and combing through Eric Martin’s oh-so-amazing Spiel ’18 Preview on BGG. As in past years, I’ll be doing coverage from the fair for The … Continue reading →

Posted in Essen 2018 | Tagged 2F-Spiele, Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, Azul, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, bernd eisenstein, Bezier Games, Convention Reports, days of wonder, Eilif Svensson, Essen 2018, Feuerland, fortune, friedemann friese, Frosted Games, Fryx Games, Fuji, futuropia, Helge Meissner, Iron Games, Isaac Fryxelius, Ismaël Perrin, Jacob Fryxelius, Jeff Allers, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Next Move Games, One Week Ultimate Werewolf, Pandoria, Plan B Games, Rebel Nox, Renegade Game Studios, Reykholt, sebastien pauchon, Social Deduction, Stronghold Games, Ted Alspach, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars Colonies, the river, Trick Taking, Uwe Rosenberg, Wolfgang Warsch | 3 Comments

Congratulations to the 2018 IGA Nominees!

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Chris Wray

The nominations for the 2018 International Gamers Awards were just announced. Congratulations to these games, designers, and publishers! The IGA is awarded annually by a jury of prominent gamers from around the world, with a stated goal “to recognize outstanding games and … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Selections from the Web | Tagged 13 Days, Agra, Altiplano, Azul, Claim, Clans of Caledonia, Codenames Duet, Colonial Twilight, Decrypto, Fog of Love, Gaia Project, Gentes, Heaven & Ale, International Gamers Awards, Nusfjord, Pulsar 2849, Rajas of the Ganges, Santa Maria, Shadows in Kyoto, The Fox in the Forest, TransAtlantic | 4 Comments

The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – Final Guesses of 2018 Edition

Posted on July 20, 2018 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary | Tagged Andreas Schmidt, Azul, Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg, Does Anybody Even Read My Tags, Ganz schön clever, Heaven & Ale, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Luxor, Michael Kiesling, Rudiger Dorn, Spiel des Jahres, The Mind, Wild Speculation, Wolfgang Warsch | 4 Comments

The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2018 Edition

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Chris Wray

Posted in Commentary | Tagged Azul, Heaven & Ale, Kennerspiel des Jahres, Spiel des Jahres | 8 Comments

Chris’s Trip to the Gathering of Friends: Saturday/Sunday

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Chris Wray

This is my second year at the Gathering of Friends, and I figured I’d do quick reviews of games I played, plus write a bit about the experience. I’ve played a number of new games over the past couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Convention Report, Gathering of Friends, Reviews | Tagged Azul, Century Eastern Wonders, Century: Spice Road, Emerson Matsuuchi, Ganz schön clever, Gathering of Friends, Lost Cities, Lost Cities To Go, Micropolis, Next Move Games, Plan B Games, Reef, Reiner Knizia, The Karuba Card Game, The Rise of Queensdale | 4 Comments

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Tag Archives: Azul

10 Great Games of the 2010s (Article by Chris Wray)

Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 2

Azul Summer Pavilion (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Brandon Kempf: Sturgeoning My Board Game Collection

Simon Neale: Review of Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra

Congratulations to the 2018 IGA Nominees!

The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – Final Guesses of 2018 Edition

The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2018 Edition

Chris’s Trip to the Gathering of Friends: Saturday/Sunday

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