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10 Great Worker Placement Games (Article by Chris Wray)
Worker placement games have a prominent place in the gaming hobby, but the mechanic is only about 15 years old. Caylus, designed by William Attia of France and released at Spiel 2005, is commonly referred to as the first “worker … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of
Tagged 10 Great Series, Agricola, Did I Mention We Really Love Uwe Rosenberg, Uwe Rosenberg
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Brandon Kempf – Three Games from Essen 2019
I have a lot of games. A lot of games that are on my shelves, or on my table being played, that I have told myself that I want to review at some point. For one reason or another, this … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2019, First Impressions
Tagged Alexander Pfister, Maracaibo, Nova Luna, Reiner Knizia, Three Games, Uwe Rosenberg
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Essen 2019, Day One: What’s Hot, and What I Played (Chris Wray)
As with my past coverage, I’ll be posting each day about (1) what’s hot, (2) what I played, and (3) general thoughts on the convention. I haven’t had the chance to play many games so far: I typically spend the … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2019
Tagged Corne van Moorsel, Edition Spielwiese, Essen 2019, Evidence, Nova Luna, Orestis Leontaritis, Uwe Rosenberg
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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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Essen ’18 Day Two: What’s hot, and what I played… (Chris Wray)
For me, Friday at Essen means more time chatting and playing games and less time shopping. This post includes overall convention thoughts so far, plus an analysis of what’s hot, and mini-reviews of several games I’ve been playing. The Convention … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Convention Report, Essen 2018, Reviews
Tagged Belratti, BrunoSautter, Convention Coverage, Essen, Essen 2018, Feuerland Spiele, Frosted Games, Fuji, Just One, Ludovic Roudy, Michael Loth, Mogel-Verlag, Renegade Game Studios, Repos, Reykholt, Uwe Rosenberg, Wolfgang Warsh
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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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Caverna Cave vs Cave (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg Publisher: Mayfair; Lookout Artists: Klemens Franz Players: 1 – 2 Ages: 12 and Up Time: 20 Minutes (Solo) or 40 Minutes (2-Player) Times Played: > 5 (Both Solo and 2-Player) Uwe Rosenberg loves making 2-player versions of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged 2-player games, board games, Caverna, Caverna Cave vs Cave, Klemens Franz, Lookout, Mayfair, reviews, Uwe Rosenberg
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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 3
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 →