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Tag Archives: Tile Placement
Kohaku (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designers: Danny Devine Artists: Danny Devine Publisher: 25th Century Games & Gold Seal Games Players: 1-4 Time: 30-45 Minutes Times Played: 3 Koi ponds are relaxing and can be quite beautiful. Unless of course you don’t like the smell of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 25th Century Games, Danny Devine, Family games, Gold Seal Games, Kickstarter, Kohaku, Tile Placement
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Surviving the Purge: Indigo (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designer: Reiner Knizia Artists: Eckhard Freytag, Walter Pepperle, Stefan Wingen & Betty Yao Publisher: Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH Players 2-4 Time: 30 Minutes Plays: 22 By 2013, my family and I were playing a lot more board games. It had become … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Abstract Games, Betty Yao, Eckhard Freytag, Family games, Indigo, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Surviving the Purge, Tile Placement, Walter Pepperle
6 Comments
Old West Empresario (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designer: Stan Kordonskiy Artists: Sergi Marcet Publisher: Tasty Minstrel Games Players: 2-4 Time: 45-60 Times Played: 2 (at 2 & 3 players) “Out of all this, the most important knowledge I have now is what exactly an empresario is.” -Me … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Dice Allocation, Old West Empresario, Sergi Marcet, Stan Kordonskiy, Tasty Minstrel Games, Tile Placement, TMG
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Gunkimono (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Jeffrey D. Allers Publisher: Renegade Game Studios Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 10 and Up Time: 45-60 Minutes Times Played: > 4 (with additional plays on Heartland) Gunkimono is a tile placement game in which players take on the … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2018, Reviews
Tagged board games, Essen 2018, Gunkimono, Heartland, Jeff Allers, Renegade Game Studios, reviews, Tile Placement
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10 Great Tile Placement Games (Article by Chris Wray)
Tile placement games are a prominent part of the hobby, even if the mechanic is a bit difficult to define. Perhaps because of that vaguess, it isn’t really a mechanic that, at least in my experience, inspires a lot of … Continue reading →
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