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Ticket to Ride London (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Alan R. Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 10-15 Minutes Times Played: > 5 Ticket to Ride is doubtlessly the most famous of the train games. Fifteen years after Alan Moon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Alan Moon, board games, days of wonder, Gen Con 2019, reviews, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride London
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10 Great Ticket to Ride Maps (Article by Chris Wray)
Alan R. Moon’s Ticket to Ride is one of the favorite games among writers of this site. It was #1 on our list of 50 Modern Classics, and it was #1 on our list of games to play first when … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Reviews
Tagged 10 Great Series, Alan R. Moon, board games, days of wonder, Expansions, Spiel des Jahres, Ticket to Ride
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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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Chris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 Essen Games
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
Posted in Convention Report, Essen 2017, Reviews
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Azul, Charterstone, Clans of Caledonia, days of wonder, Edition Spielwiese, Fabled Fruit, Hans im Glück, Indian Summer, Japon Brand, Karma Games, Majesty for the Realm, Plan B Games, Pot de Vin, Schmidt Spiele, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Tagiron, Thunder, Thundergryph Games, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride France, VooDoo Prince, Z-Man Games
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Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Alan R. Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 90 Minutes Times Played: > 5 Alan Moon’s Ticket to Ride is among my all-time favorite games, so I was looking forward to … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2016, Reviews
Tagged Alan Moon, board games, Cyrille Daujean, days of wonder, Essen 2016, Gen Con 2016, Julien Delval, reviews, Ticket to Ride
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Gen Con Day Four: Concluding Thoughts
Gen Con Day Four: Concluding Thoughts With Gen Con 2016 now behind us, I wanted to offer my concluding thoughts on the convention, put together my anecdotal list of the top 20 hottest games, and offer thoughts on a few … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report
Tagged board games, Gen Con 2016, Ice Cool, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride Rails & Sails
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SdJ Re-Reviews #26 – Zug um Zug (a.k.a Ticket to Ride)
Designer: Alan R. Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 – 60 Minutes Times Played: > 50 (And even more on the iOS app…) Ticket to Ride: Alan Moon gets another win… … Continue reading
Relic Runners
Design by Matthew Dunstan Published by Days of Wonder 2 – 5 Players, 1 – 1 ½ hours Review by Greg J. Schloesser Days of Wonder achieved fame by publishing lavishly produced games that were renowned for their beautiful, high … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Battle Lore, days of wonder, Matthew Dunstan, Memoir '44, Relic Runners, small world, Ticket to Ride
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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 19
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 →