Tag Archives: Reiner Knizia

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

Posted on April 26, 2019 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 →

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

Posted on March 24, 2019 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 →

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Brains Family: Burgen & Drachen (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on February 9, 2019 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 →

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Congratulations to Voodoo Prince, winner of the Trick-taking Guild’s 2017 “Golden Trickster” award!

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Chris Wray

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 →

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Lost Cities: Rivals (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Chris Wray

Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Kosmos Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 10 and Up Time: 40 Minutes Times Played: > 5 Lost Cities: Rivals is the latest game in the award-winning Lost Cities/Keltis line of games.  Released earlier this month at … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in August 2018

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Chris Wray

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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