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Tempel des Schreckens (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on June 23, 2017 by

Designer: Yusuke Sato Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Players: 3 – 10 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 15 Minutes Times Played: > 12 I’m a big fan of social deduction games (as I detailed at this Geeklist), and Tempel des Shreckens (“Temple … Continue reading →

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One Night Ultimate Alien (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

Designer: Ted Alspach, Akihisa Okui Publisher: Bezier Games Players: 4 – 10 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 10 Minutes Times Played: > 5 I’m a big fan of social deduction games (as I detailed at this Geeklist) and the “One … Continue reading →

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Draconis Invasion (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

Designer:  Jeff Lai Publisher:  KEJI Inc. Players:  1 – 6 Ages:  14 and Up Time:  30-90 Minutes Times Played:   > 5 (On Review Copy from Publisher) I’m a big fan of deck building games, and between Clank, El Dorado, and … Continue reading →

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Wordsy (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

Designer:  Gil Hova Publisher:  Formal Ferret Games Players:  1 – 6 Ages:  10 and Up Time:  20 Minutes Times Played:   > 7 (with 2-4 Players) I first played Wordsy at Geekway to the West, and it was one of the … Continue reading →

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Geekway to the West 2017 (Convention Report by Chris Wray)

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

I look forward to Geekway to the West every year.  Held in the St. Louis metropolitan area, Geekway is a staple of the gaming scene in the Midwest, especially among us Missourians.  This year’s convention sold out in record time, and … Continue reading →

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Review of Escape Room The Game – Welcome to Funland | Escape Room The Game – Murder Mystery (NO SPOILERS)

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

Escape Room The Game [OG Review] is a cooperative “escape the room” game from Spin Master Ltd. that was released in 2016. The base game contains four different Adventures for teams to explore and experience. Plays must work together to solve several puzzles before time runs out. Verifying that each puzzle has been solved correctly requires the use of an electronic Chrono Decoder and associated Keys. The Chrono Decoder is unique to this game system and is used in several ways, including: it’s the game timer, it contains various ciphers needed to solve puzzles, and it verifies the code – entered by inserting Keys into the device – for each part of the Adventure. Shortly after the release of Escape Room The Game, two separate expansion packs were also released for the game: Welcome to Funland (Difficulty 3.5/5) and
Murder Mystery (Difficulty 3/5). Continue reading →

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Play These Games First: Other Recommendations

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

What games would we recommend that aspiring (but wholly inexperienced) gamers play first?  This is the final article in a three part series, and today we discuss our other recommendations that didn’t make the top 10. We ran through details … Continue reading →

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Play These Games First: An Introduction to Gaming (Games #5 – #1)

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

What games would we recommend that aspiring (but wholly inexperienced) gamers play first?  This is the second article in a three part series, and today we discuss the top five most recommended games. We ran through details of the project … Continue reading →

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Play These Games First: An Introduction to Gaming (Games #10 – #6)

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

A few weeks ago, a former coworker with little gaming experience asked me for a list of recommended board games.  He loved the classics as a child, and he had tried a couple of modern titles, but he wanted to … Continue reading →

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LYNGK (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

Designer: Kris Burm Publisher:  Huch! & Friends; Rio Grande Players:  2 Ages:  13 and Up Time:  30-60 Minutes Times Played:  > 5 LYNGK is the seventh (arguably eighth) game in the GIPF Project, an award-winning series of abstract games by … Continue reading →

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