Tag Archives: Schmidt Spiele

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

Posted on October 17, 2018 by

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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Ganz schön clever (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

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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Chris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 Essen Games

Posted on November 13, 2017 by

We’re a little over two weeks past Spiel ‘17, and I’ve played about 40 new titles.  So has my game group: every year, I invite everybody I regularly game with in Kansas and Missouri to a small get-together (called “Essen … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: My Essen 2017 Most Anticipated List

Posted on October 13, 2017 by

Spiel (Essen) 2017 is less than two weeks away, and I’ve been reading rulebooks and combing through Eric Martin’s oh-so-amazing Spiel ’17 Preview on BGG. As in past years, I’ll be doing coverage from the fair for The Opinionated Gamers … Continue reading →

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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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SdJ Re-Reviews #33: Qwirkle

Posted on December 25, 2015 by

Designer: Susan McKinley Ross Publisher:  MindWare, Schmidt, Others Players:  2 – 4 Ages:  6 and Up Time:  45 Minutes Times Played:  > 10 (And many more on iOS…) Qwirkle: An SdJ win six years in the making… In the spring … Continue reading →

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Liga: Rondo Review

Posted on October 7, 2013 by

Rondo Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Ages: 8+ Time: 25 minutes Player: 2-4 Played: more than 20 plays with 2,3 and 4 players Review by Andrea “Liga” Ligabue thanks to a review copy from the Publishers Is it quite … Continue reading →

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Incan Gold – Review

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

Design by:  Alan Moon and Bruno Faidutti Published by:  Gryphon Games 3 – 8 Players, 20 – 30 minutes Review by:  Greg J. Schloesser I’ve always been a big fan of Sid Sackson’s Can’t Stop.  The push-your-luck aspect of the … Continue reading →

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