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Deal with the Devil (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Deal with the Devil is a new app-driven game from designer Matúš Kotry and publisher Czech Games Edition. That duo achieved notoriety with The Alchemists, another app-driven deduction game, which is a personal favorite of mine. DWTD thus topped my … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2022, Reviews
Tagged CGE, Czech Games Edition, Deal with the Devil, Essen 2022, Games with Apps, Matúš Kotry, reviews, Social Deduction, worker placement
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Chris Wray: My Gen Con Most Anticipated List (2019)
We’re less than two weeks away, and I’m excited for Gen Con 2019. This will be my fifth year at the event, and my now-annual tradition of scrolling through Eric Martin’s amazing BGG preview tool is complete. As I say … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Convention Report
Tagged Alea, ArtSee, Bezier Games, Blue Orange, board games, Cartographers, CGE, Convention Reports, Eggertspiele, Era: Medieval Age, Gen Con 2019, Kingdomino Duel, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Royale, Letter Jam, Libellud, Machi Koro, Machi Koro Legacy, Obscurio, Pandasaurus, Pappy Winchester, Renegade Game Studios, Silver, Thunderworks Games
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Chris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 More Essen Games
I’ll begin churning out reviews soon, but I’ve enjoyed playing more than 50 Spiel ’17 titles since the end of October. I wrote a list a few weeks ago with quick thoughts on 10 Essen games, and this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2017, Reviews
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Abacusspiele, Agricola, AMIGO, Blue Orange, CGE, Czech Games Edition, Druids, Edition Spielwiese, Finished!, Iello, Kingdomino, Lookout Games, Matagot, Mayfair, Meeple Circus, Memoarrr!, Noria, Pegasus Spiele, Puslar 2849, Queendomino, Sticky Chameleons, Stronghold Games, Zooloretto Duell
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Codenames Duet (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designers: Vlaada Chvátil, Scot Eaton Publisher: Czech Games Edition Players: 2 (or more) Ages: 11 and Up Time: 15 Minutes Times Played: > 9 Codenames Duet is the cooperative, two-player version of Vlaada Chvátil’s Codenames, winner of the 2016 Spiel … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, CGE, Codenames, Codenames Duet, Czech Games Edition, Gen Con 2017, reviews, Scot Eaton, Vlaada Chvatil
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Gen Con 2019, Day 2: What’s Hot, and What I Played (Chris Wray)
Day two at Gen Con has always been, at least for me, considerably more relaxed than the first day. I didn’t arrive until after the exhibit hall opened. I looked around, did some more shopping, had a few meetings, then … Continue reading →
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