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Tag Archives: Z-Man Games
Surviving the Purge: Ginkgopolis (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designer: Xavier Georges Artist: Gael Lannurien Publisher: Pearl Games Players: 1-5 Time: 45-60 minutes Times Played: 49 Greg Schloesser also reviewed Ginkgopolis on the Opinionated Gamers, way back in 2013. Dale Yu also took an early look at Ginkgopolis in … Continue reading
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Tagged Gael Lannurien, Ginkgopolis, Pearl Games, Surviving the Purge, Xavier Georges, Z-Man Games
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Hadara (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designers: Benjamin Schwer Artists: Dominik Mayer Publisher: Hans im Glück, Z-Man Games(Gen Con Release) Players: 2-5 Time: 45-60 Times Played: 4 “This is all in German, so it will truly be like building a civilization from scratch.” -Me Hadara is … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Schwer, Civilization Game, Drafting Games, Hadara, Hans im Glück, Z-Man Games
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Brandon Kempf: Three Games – Three In My Quiver (Travel Games)
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
Chris’s Trip to the Gathering of Friends: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
I wrote about my first couple of days at The Gathering, and this is the next installment in that series. Whereas my first post discussed specific games, this post is primarily commentary about what seems popular and some other random … Continue reading
Smile (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Michael Schacht Publisher: Z-Man Games Players: 3 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 Minutes Times Played: > 5 Smile is a newly-released card game from Z-Man Games. The first thing I noticed about Smile was the cool … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Games, Card Games, Michael Schacht, reviews, Z-Man Games
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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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Essen Day One: What was hot, and what I played… (Chris Wray)
As with my past coverage, I’ll be posting each night about (1) what’s hot, (2) what I played, and (3) general thoughts on the convention. I didn’t get the chance to play many games today, but I did get 90+% … Continue reading
Chris Wray: My Essen 2017 Most Anticipated List
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
Posted in Convention Report, Essen 2017
Tagged 2F-Spiele, 7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Anniversary Packs, Abacusspiele, Altiplano, AMIGO, Azul, Bezier Games, Blue Orange, Charterstone, Claim, days of wonder, dlp games, Druids, Edition Spielwiese, Eggertspiele, Fabled Fruit, Fabled Fruit The Lime Expansion, Fryx Games, Hans im Glück, Heaven & Ale, Indian Summer, Majesty for the Realm, Mayfair Games, Middle Ages, NMBR 9, NMBR 9 Extra Tiles, Noria, Nusfjord, Plan B Games, Power Grid, Power Grid Fabled Expansion, Queendomino, Repos Production, Schmidt Spiele, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Tagiron, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars Venus Next, The Palace of Mad King Ludwig, Ticket to Ride France, Ticket to Ride Old West, VooDoo Prince, Z-Man Games
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Pandemic Iberia (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designers: Matt Leacock, Jesus Torres Castro Publisher: Z-Man Games Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 45 Minutes Times Played: 5 (with 2-5 Players) Pandemic Iberia made its debut at Essen 2016, receiving a much wider release in … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Cooperative Games, Essen 2016, Jesus Torres Castro, Matt Leacock, Pandemic, Pandemic Iberia, reviews, Z-Man Games
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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 2
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 →