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Surviving the Purge: Indigo (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
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
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Abstract Games, Betty Yao, Eckhard Freytag, Family games, Indigo, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Surviving the Purge, Tile Placement, Walter Pepperle
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Brandon Kempf – Three Games from Essen 2019
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
Posted in Essen 2019, First Impressions
Tagged Alexander Pfister, Maracaibo, Nova Luna, Reiner Knizia, Three Games, Uwe Rosenberg
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Essen 2019, Day 2: What’s Hot, and What I Played (Chris Wray)
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
Chris Wray: My Essen 2019 Most Anticipated List
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
Posted in Essen 2019
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Aftershock, Agricola, Alan Moon, Alexander Pfister, AMIGO, Babylonia, Bezier Games, Bobby West, Claim, Corne van Moorsel, Dan Kreek, Edition Spielwiese, Essen 2019, Expedition to Newdale, Fast Sloths, Faultier, Formal Ferret Games, friedemann friese, Funtails, Gil Hova, Glen More II: Chronicles, High Rise, Jeff Allers, Kosmos, Lookout Games, Lost Cities, Ludonova, Man this is a Lot of Tags!, Matthias Kramer, Nova Luna, Pandoria, Power Grid, Reiner Knizia, Scott Almes, Silver, Silver Amulet, Silver Bullet, Stronghold Games, Ted Alspach, Ticket to Ride, Uwe Rosenberg, White Goblin Games, Wizard Wurfelspiel
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10 Great Games by Reiner Knizia (Article by Chris Wray)
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
Posted in Best Of, Commentary, Reviews
Tagged 10 Great Series, Dream Factory, Ingenious, lord of the rings, Lost Cities, Modern Art, Ra, Reiner Knizia, Samurai, Through the Desert, Traumfabrik
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L.A.M.A. (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
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
Brains Family: Burgen & Drachen (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Pegasus Spiele Artist: Andreas Resch Players: 2-4 Time: 15-30 minutes Times Played: 6 Before we go too far in this, yes, this is a game. It’s even listed in the Board Game Geek database (not the … Continue reading
Congratulations to Voodoo Prince, winner of the Trick-taking Guild’s 2017 “Golden Trickster” award!
A couple of months ago, I created the Trick-taking Guild on BoardGame Geek with the goals of (1) having a forum to discuss trick-taking games, (2) giving an annual award to the best trick taking games of that year, and … Continue reading
Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 3
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 →