Tag Archives: Uwe Rosenberg

Camp Capstone (Online Convention Thoughts by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on August 24, 2020 by

On August 15th and 16th of 2020, the year of the pandemic, I had the pleasure of attending Camp Capstone, an online convention hosted by Capstone Games. I had attempted to take some time and attend GenCon Online, but there … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in June 2020

Posted on July 5, 2020 by

This is the June entry for my series where I post five games I enjoyed playing in the past month for which I didn’t have time to do full reviews.  As always, I limit it to five titles, of which … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to the 2020 Spiel des Jahres nominees!

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

The Spiel des Jahres jury announced their nominees and recommendations this morning. Congratulations to the nominees! We’ve listed them below, but we’ve only put in the names of the German publishers (or what we assume is the German publisher). Links … Continue reading →

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10 Great Worker Placement Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on January 20, 2020 by

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 →

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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 3

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

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 →

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Brandon Kempf – Three Games from Essen 2019

Posted on November 16, 2019 by

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 →

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