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Tempel des Schreckens (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Yusuke Sato Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Players: 3 – 10 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 15 Minutes Times Played: > 12 I’m a big fan of social deduction games (as I detailed at this Geeklist), and Tempel des Shreckens (“Temple … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2016, Reviews
Tagged board games, reviews, Schmidt Spiele, Social Deduction Games, Tempel des Schreckens, Yusuke Sato
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One Night Ultimate Alien (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Ted Alspach, Akihisa Okui Publisher: Bezier Games Players: 4 – 10 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 10 Minutes Times Played: > 5 I’m a big fan of social deduction games (as I detailed at this Geeklist) and the “One … Continue reading
Draconis Invasion (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Jeff Lai Publisher: KEJI Inc. Players: 1 – 6 Ages: 14 and Up Time: 30-90 Minutes Times Played: > 5 (On Review Copy from Publisher) I’m a big fan of deck building games, and between Clank, El Dorado, and … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged board games, deckbuilding, Draconis Invasion, Jeff Lai, Keji Inc., reviews
Play These Games First: An Introduction to Gaming (Games #5 – #1)
What games would we recommend that aspiring (but wholly inexperienced) gamers play first? This is the second article in a three part series, and today we discuss the top five most recommended games. We ran through details of the project … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Reviews
Tagged board games, Gateway Games, New Gamers, Play These Games First, reviews
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Play These Games First: An Introduction to Gaming (Games #10 – #6)
A few weeks ago, a former coworker with little gaming experience asked me for a list of recommended board games. He loved the classics as a child, and he had tried a couple of modern titles, but he wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Reviews
Tagged board games, Gateway Games, New Gamers, Play These Games First, reviews
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LYNGK (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Kris Burm Publisher: Huch! & Friends; Rio Grande Players: 2 Ages: 13 and Up Time: 30-60 Minutes Times Played: > 5 LYNGK is the seventh (arguably eighth) game in the GIPF Project, an award-winning series of abstract games by … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Abstract Games, board games, GIPF, GIPF Project, Huch & Friends, Kris Burm, LYNGK, reviews, Rio Grande Games
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Werewords (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Ted Alspach Publisher: Bezier Games Players: 4 – 10 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 10 Minutes Times Played: 4 Werewords is coming this summer from Bezier Games, and it is available for preorder on their site. I’m a huge … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Bezier Games, board games, reviews, Social Deduction Games, Ted Alspach, werewolf, Werewords
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Paul Dennen Publisher: Renegade Game Studios Players: 1 – 4 Ages: 12 and Up Time: 30-60 Minutes Times Played: 5 Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure has been one of the hottest games of the past few months. Not only has … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged board games, Clank!, Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure, Deck Builder, deckbuilding, Paul Dennen, Renegade Game Studios, reviews
Century: Spice Road (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Emerson Matsuuchi Publisher: Plan B Games Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30-45 Minutes Times Played: > 14 Century: Spice Road — a game designed by Emerson Matsuuchi and published by Plan B Games — will … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Century: Spice Road, Emerson Matsuuchi, Origins 2017, Plan B Games, reviews
Play These Games First: Other Recommendations
What games would we recommend that aspiring (but wholly inexperienced) gamers play first? This is the final article in a three part series, and today we discuss our other recommendations that didn’t make the top 10. We ran through details … Continue reading →