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10 Great Roll ‘n Writes (Article by Chris Wray)
The “roll ‘n write” genre is having a moment. Though the mechanic has existed for quite some time — I’d (perhaps controversially) describe Yahtzee as a roll ‘n write — the number of new title available has exploded in the … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Commentary, Reviews
Tagged 10 Great Roll 'n Writes, Benoit Turpin, Christof Tisch, CMON, Deep Water Games, Doppelt so Clever, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Gamewright, Ganz schön clever, Hjalmar Hach, Horrible Games, Let's Make a Bus Route, Lorenzo Silva, Matt Leacock, Mosaix, NSV, Okazu Brand, Pandasaurus, Qwinto, Qwixx, Railroad Ink, Roll 'n Writes, Roll Through the Ages, Rolling Japan, Saashi, Saashi & Saashi, Schmidt Spiele, Stronghold Games, That's Pretty Clever, Twice as Clever, Welcome To..., Wolfgang Warsch
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The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – Final Guesses of 2018 Edition
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
Ganz schön clever (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Wolfgang Warsch Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Players: 1 – 4 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 Minutes Times Played: > 15 Roll ‘n Writes: love ‘em or hate ‘em, the throw-some-dice-and-mark-something-off mechanic has been popular in recent years. Though most … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Dice Games, Ganz schön clever, Kennerspiel des Jahres, reviews, Roll 'n Writes, Schmidt Spiele, Wolfgang Warsch
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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in April 2018
This is the April entry for my series where I post five games I enjoyed playing in past month that I didn’t have time to do full reviews of. As always, I limit it to five titles, of which there’s … Continue reading
10 Great Games of the 2010s (Article 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 →
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