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Chris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 Essen Games
We’re a little over two weeks past Spiel ‘17, and I’ve played about 40 new titles. So has my game group: every year, I invite everybody I regularly game with in Kansas and Missouri to a small get-together (called “Essen … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report, Essen 2017, Reviews
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Azul, Charterstone, Clans of Caledonia, days of wonder, Edition Spielwiese, Fabled Fruit, Hans im Glück, Indian Summer, Japon Brand, Karma Games, Majesty for the Realm, Plan B Games, Pot de Vin, Schmidt Spiele, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Tagiron, Thunder, Thundergryph Games, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride France, VooDoo Prince, Z-Man Games
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Chris Wray: My Essen 2017 Most Anticipated List
Spiel (Essen) 2017 is less than two weeks away, and I’ve been reading rulebooks and combing through Eric Martin’s oh-so-amazing Spiel ’17 Preview on BGG. As in past years, I’ll be doing coverage from the fair for The Opinionated Gamers … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report, Essen 2017
Tagged 2F-Spiele, 7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Anniversary Packs, Abacusspiele, Altiplano, AMIGO, Azul, Bezier Games, Blue Orange, Charterstone, Claim, days of wonder, dlp games, Druids, Edition Spielwiese, Eggertspiele, Fabled Fruit, Fabled Fruit The Lime Expansion, Fryx Games, Hans im Glück, Heaven & Ale, Indian Summer, Majesty for the Realm, Mayfair Games, Middle Ages, NMBR 9, NMBR 9 Extra Tiles, Noria, Nusfjord, Plan B Games, Power Grid, Power Grid Fabled Expansion, Queendomino, Repos Production, Schmidt Spiele, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Tagiron, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars Venus Next, The Palace of Mad King Ludwig, Ticket to Ride France, Ticket to Ride Old West, VooDoo Prince, Z-Man Games
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GenCon 2017 Mega Rundown – A to G
Time to head wholeheartedly into the meat of my 2017 convention experience. In rough alphabetical order by publisher, here are a few of the games that caught my eye enough to snap a few photos. *As always standard … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report, Reviews
Tagged AEG, Asmodee, cryptozoic, days of wonder, dr who, freedom, Freedom: The Underground Railroad, gale force 9, GenCon, greater than games, Photosynthesis, smash-up, sonar, star trek
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Chris Wray: My Gen Con Most Anticipated List
I’ll arrive in Indianapolis later today, and I’m excited for Gen Con 2017 to get started. This will be my third year at Gen Con, and thanks to Eric Martin’s amazing new BGG preview tool, I’m better prepared this … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report
Tagged AEG, Asmodee, Bezier Games, Blue Orange, Capstone Games, Caverna Cave vs Cave, CGE, Cities of Splendor, Codenames Duet, Crossfire, Custom Heroes, days of wonder, EmperorS4 Games, Gen Con 2017, Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters, Indulgence, Mattel, Mayfair Games, Photosynthesis, Plaid Hat, Restoration Games, Shadows in Kyoto, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars Hellas & Elysium, The Ruhr, Ticket to Ride Germany, Tournament at Camelot, Whistle Stop, WizKids
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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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GenCon 2016 Mega Rundown – A to G
Welcome back to the 2016 Mega Rundown. Today we start into the gamer games in earnest, hitting them up alphabetically by publisher. Sit back and let the photos wash over you to see what games caught my fancy.
Posted in Convention Report
Tagged Asmodee, board games, convention, days of wonder, GenCon, gencon 2016, Mayfair Games
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Quadropolis (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: François Gandon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 – 60 Minutes Times Played: > 5 (With 3-4 Players) Days of Wonder has a well-deserved reputation for solid production value and quality … Continue reading
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Tagged Asmodee, board games, days of wonder, François Gandon, Quadropolis, reviews
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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
SdJ Re-Reviews #26 – Zug um Zug (a.k.a Ticket to Ride)
Designer: Alan R. Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 – 60 Minutes Times Played: > 50 (And even more on the iOS app…) Ticket to Ride: Alan Moon gets another win… … Continue reading
