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Stick ‘Em (2020 Capstone Version of Sticheln) (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Klaus Palesch Publisher: Capstone Games Players: 3 – 6 Ages: 10 and Up Time: 20 Minutes Times Played: > 20 It took nearly three decades, but Sticheln — one of my favorite card games — has finally received an … Continue reading
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Tagged Capstone Games, Klaus Palesch, NSV, Sticheln, Trick Taking, Trick-taking
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Silver & Gold (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designer: Phil Walker-Harding Artist: Oliver Feudenreich Publisher: Nurnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag Players: 2-4 Time: 20 Minutes Times Played: 5 “I bet you thought I was going to sing that Burl Ives Christmas song, didn’t ya? Well, you were right!” -John 5/4/19 Phil … Continue reading
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Tagged NSV, Nurnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag, Oliver Feudenreich, Phil Walker-Harding, Silver & Gold
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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
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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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Brandon Kempf: Three Games – Roll and Writes
I have a lot of games. A lot of games that are on my shelves, or on my table being played, that I have told myself that I want to review at some point, but for one reason or another, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Kuhnekath, Anna Oppolzer, Cartographers, Frosted Games, Hex Roller, HexRoller, Knapp Daneben, NSV, Qwantum, Ralf Zur Linde, Reinhard Staupe, Renegade Game Studios, Roll and Write, Rustan Håkansson, Schmidt Spiele, Stefan Kloß, Three Games, Thunderworks 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 →