Tag Archives: Gizmos

Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 10

Posted on February 29, 2020 by

Over the next few months, instead of going with my Three Games articles, I am going to take a look at my collection and try to discuss why certain titles survived the great purge of 2019. During this process I … Continue reading →

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The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2019 Edition

Posted on May 15, 2019 by

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 will be … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in August 2018

Posted on August 31, 2018 by

This is the August 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 →

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Gen Con 2018, Day 1: What’s Hot, and What I Played (Chris Wray)

Posted on August 3, 2018 by

The first day of Gen Con 2018 is a wrap, and what a day it was.  This year’s event marks the 51st anniversary of the convention, and though that distinction doesn’t have the shine of last year’s golden 50th, Gen … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: My Gen Con Most Anticipated List (2018)

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

We’re less than two weeks away, and I’m excited for Gen Con 2018 to get started.   This will be my fourth year at Gen Con, and thanks to Eric Martin’s amazing BGG preview tool, I’m well prepared this year. … Continue reading →

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