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Simon Neale: Review of Finca
Finca Designer: Ralf zur Linde & Wolfgang Sentkler Publisher: Hans im Glück Players: 2-4 Ages: 8+ Time: 30 – 45 minutes Times played: 25+ With the long awaited re-release of Finca nearing the end of a successful run on Kickstarter, I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Finca, Hans im Glück, Ralf Zur Linde, Wolfgang Sentker
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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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Essen Day One: What was hot, and what I played… (Chris Wray)
As with my past coverage, I’ll be posting each night about (1) what’s hot, (2) what I played, and (3) general thoughts on the convention. I didn’t get the chance to play many games today, but I did get 90+% … Continue reading
Chris Wray: Preview of Carcassonne für 2
Designer: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Publisher: Hans im Glück Verlags-GmbH Players: 2 Ages: 7+ Time: 25 Minutes Times Played: 2 (With many more plays of Carcassonne…) Carcassonne für 2 is a new, inexpensive version of Carcassonne for two players. The game comes in a nice … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Carcassonne, Carcassonne für 2, Essen 2017, Hans im Glück, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Previews, reviews, Spiel '17, Travel Games, Two Player 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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Chris’s Gathering: Sunday
Sunday was the best day yet for me at the Gathering. I met several new people and tried several cool games and prototypes. Here’s my summary of today’s experience, plus a quick overview of what I played. What games are people playing? … Continue reading
Helios
Design by Martin Kallenborn & Matthias Prinz Published by Hans im Gluck 2 – 4 Players, 60 – 90 Review by Greg J. Schloesser In a land far, far away … That would be Helios by designers Martin Kallenborn and … Continue reading
SdJ Re-Reviews #31: Dominion
Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino Publisher: Rio Grande, Hans im Glück, Others Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 13 and Up Time: 30 Minutes Times Played: > 50 Author’s Note: One of the goals of this series is to walk through the … Continue reading
Review of Skyliners by Z-Man Games and Hans im Glück
Designers: Gabriele Bubola Publisher: Hans im Glück, Z-Man Games Players: 2 – 4 (Best with 4) Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 – 40 Minutes Times Played: > 10 Hans im Glück is one of my favorite publishers, so … Continue reading
Chris’s Trip to the Gathering of Friends: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
I wrote about my first couple of days at The Gathering, and this is the next installment in that series. Whereas my first post discussed specific games, this post is primarily commentary about what seems popular and some other random … Continue reading →