Tag Archives: Reiner Knizia

Congratulations to the 2020 Spiel des Jahres nominees!

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

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 →

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My City (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on May 8, 2020 by

Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Kosmos Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 10 and up Time: 30 Minutes Times Played: 28 (Full 24 Game Campaign, 4 “Eternal” Games) My City is a legacy game designed by Reiner Knizia.  Released this spring, the … Continue reading →

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Surviving the Purge: Indigo (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on March 7, 2020 by

Designer: Reiner Knizia Artists: Eckhard Freytag, Walter Pepperle, Stefan Wingen & Betty Yao Publisher: Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH Players 2-4 Time: 30 Minutes Plays: 22 By 2013, my family and I were playing a lot more board games. It had become … Continue reading →

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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 3

Posted on January 11, 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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Brandon Kempf – Three Games from Essen 2019

Posted on November 16, 2019 by

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. For one reason or another, this … Continue reading →

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Essen 2019, Day 2: What’s Hot, and What I Played (Chris Wray)

Posted on October 25, 2019 by

For me, Friday at Essen means more time playing games and less time shopping.  This posts covers several topics: (1) what’s hot, (2) what I played, and (3) some preview details on “Die Crew: Reist gemeinsam zum 9. Planeten”, which … Continue reading →

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Essen 2019, Day 0: Initial Thoughts, and What I Played (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on October 23, 2019 by

Essen 2019 will officially start tomorrow, but Day Zero (or “setup day”) was today. Today starts my daily coverage of the fair, including mini-reviews of what I played.

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Chris Wray: My Essen 2019 Most Anticipated List

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

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 →

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10 Great Games by Reiner Knizia (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

Reiner Knizia is one of the most prolific and accomplished game designers of the modern era.  Many of his designs have achieved commercial success and critical acclaim, and he has several titles that are doubtlessly modern classics. He’s also a … Continue reading →

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L.A.M.A. (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on March 24, 2019 by

Designer: Reiner Knizia Artists: Rey Sommerkamp & Barbara Spelger Publisher: AMIGO Players: 2-6 Time: 20 Minutes Times Played: 4 So anyway, are you in or out, Rob? – Charlie “High Fidelity” Small box card games are a dime a dozen. … Continue reading →

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