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Tag Archives: Edition Spielwiese
Essen 2019, Day One: What’s Hot, and What I Played (Chris Wray)
As with my past coverage, I’ll be posting each day about (1) what’s hot, (2) what I played, and (3) general thoughts on the convention. I haven’t had the chance to play many games so far: I typically spend the … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2019
Tagged Corne van Moorsel, Edition Spielwiese, Essen 2019, Evidence, Nova Luna, Orestis Leontaritis, Uwe Rosenberg
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Chris Wray: My Essen 2019 Most Anticipated List
Spiel (Essen) 2019 is at the end of next week, and I’ve been reading rulebooks and combing through Eric Martin’s oh-so-amazing Spiel ’19 Preview Tool on BGG. As in past years, I’ll be doing coverage from the fair for The … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2019
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Aftershock, Agricola, Alan Moon, Alexander Pfister, AMIGO, Babylonia, Bezier Games, Bobby West, Claim, Corne van Moorsel, Dan Kreek, Edition Spielwiese, Essen 2019, Expedition to Newdale, Fast Sloths, Faultier, Formal Ferret Games, friedemann friese, Funtails, Gil Hova, Glen More II: Chronicles, High Rise, Jeff Allers, Kosmos, Lookout Games, Lost Cities, Ludonova, Man this is a Lot of Tags!, Matthias Kramer, Nova Luna, Pandoria, Power Grid, Reiner Knizia, Scott Almes, Silver, Silver Amulet, Silver Bullet, Stronghold Games, Ted Alspach, Ticket to Ride, Uwe Rosenberg, White Goblin Games, Wizard Wurfelspiel
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Nimble (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Peter Jürgensen Publisher: Stronghold Games; Edition Spielwiese Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 6 and Up Time: 1 – 5 Minutes Times Played: > 5 (On Review Copy from Publisher) Nimble is a fast-paced reaction game in which players … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged board games, Card Games, Edition Spielwiese, Game Reviews, Nimble, Peter Jürgensen, reviews, Speed Games, Stronghold 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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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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The Opinionated Gamers 
Congratulations to the 2020 Spiel des Jahres nominees!
The Spiel des Jahres jury announced their nominees and recommendations this morning. Congratulations to the nominees! We’ve listed them below, but we’ve only put in the names of the German publishers (or what we assume is the German publisher). Links … Continue reading →