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Sprawlopolis (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Steven Aramini, Danny Devine, Paul Kluka Publisher: Button Shy Games Artist: Danny Devine Rules Editing: Travis D. Hill Players: 1 – 4 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 15 Minutes Times Played: > 5 Sprawlopolis is a cooperative “wallet” … Continue reading
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Tagged Button Shy Games, Danny Devine, Microgames, Paul Kluka, reviews, Sprawlopolis, Steven Aramini, Travis D. Hill
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Lost Cities: Rivals (Game Review 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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Tagged Auction Games, board games, Card Games, Gen Con 2018, Keltis, Kosmos, Lost Cities, Lost Cities Rivals, Reiner Knizia, reviews
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Ultimate Werewolf Legacy (Game Review by Chris Wray) (Spoiler Free)
Designers: Ted Alspach, Rob Daviau Artist: Stephanie Gustafsson Publisher: Bezier Games Players: 9 – 16 Ages: 14 and Up Time: 60 Minutes Per Game, Each Chapter is 3 Games, There Are 5 Chapters Times Played: > 10 (With Several Additional … Continue reading
Terraforming Mars: Prelude (Expansion Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Jacob Fryxelius Publisher: Stronghold Games Artists: Isaac Fryxelius Players: 1 – 5 Ages: 12 and Up Time: 90 – 120 Minutes Times Played: > 5 (On Review Copy from the Publisher) Terraforming Mars is one of the hobby’s biggest … Continue reading
Nimble (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Peter Jürgensen Publisher: Stronghold Games; Edition Spielwiese Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 6 and Up Time: 1 – 5 Minutes Times Played: > 5 (On Review Copy from Publisher) Nimble is a fast-paced reaction game in which players … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Card Games, Edition Spielwiese, Game Reviews, Nimble, Peter Jürgensen, reviews, Speed Games, Stronghold Games
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 (Game Review by Chris Wray) (Spoiler Free)
Designer: Rob Daviau, Matt Leacock Publisher: Z-Man (U.S.) Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 14 and Up Time: 60 Minutes Per Game, Campaign Takes 12-24 Games Times Played: 20 (Full Campaign) Pandemic Legacy first took the boardgame world by storm back … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2017, Reviews
Tagged board games, Cooperative Games, Essen 2017, Legacy Games, Matt Leacock, Pandemic, Pandemic Legacy, Pandemic Legacy: Season 2, reviews, Rob Daviau
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Illusion (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Wolfgang Warsch Publisher: Pandasaurus (U.S. Release), NSV (Germany) Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 15 Minutes Times Played: > 10 Illusion is a card game in which players attempt to order cards by the percentage of … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Card Games, Gen Con 2018, Illusion, NSV, Pandasaurus, reviews, Wolfgang Warsch
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Gen Con 2018, Day 3: Mini Reviews from Afar (Chris Wray)
I only went to Gen Con for two days this year, instead opting to head home and host two game days so my friends and family could play what I bought. Rather than discussing the convention, this post primarily consists … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report, Reviews
Tagged Blue Lagoon, Blue Orange Games, board games, Brian Yu, Bruno Cathala, Expansions, Gen Con, Gen Con 2018, Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters, Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters Creepy Cellar Expansion, Kingdomino, Kingdomino: Age of Giants, Lookout, Mattel, Patchwork, Patchwork Express, Reiner Knizia, reviews, Uwe Rosenberg
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Ganz schön clever (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Wolfgang Warsch Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Players: 1 – 4 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 Minutes Times Played: > 15 Roll ‘n Writes: love ‘em or hate ‘em, the throw-some-dice-and-mark-something-off mechanic has been popular in recent years. Though most … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Dice Games, Ganz schön clever, Kennerspiel des Jahres, reviews, Roll 'n Writes, Schmidt Spiele, Wolfgang Warsch
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Dan Blum: Review of Stumblewood
Stumblewood Designers: Charles Bossart and Sébastien Darras Publisher: Gigamic Players: 2-6 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Times played: 2, with review copy provided by Gigamic We can roughly divide games into “decision-making games” and “skill games,” with the latter … Continue reading
