Posts By Kit Harrison
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8.6KEditorialsSo you want to play…Dice Masters
At the Essen Spiel in October 2013 WizKids gave an interview to Eric Martin of BoardGameGeek which previewed their new game platform:...
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2.3KFeaturesTop Tabletop Games of 2015 — Kit’s Top Picks
2015 could not have been a more surprising year for board games. What seemed to be a slow year at first rapidly...
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3.1KReviewsTeatime in China — Yunnan Review
In Yunnan, players take on the role of tea traders, establishing lucrative trade routes and transporting tea to remote provinces in the...
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5.5KReviewsRopin’ the Wind – El Gaucho review
El Gaucho is a set collection game where players take on the role of cattle ranchers in Mexico sending out “gauchos” (basically...
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4.3KReviewsPut Your Cards on the Table – Viceroy Review
If a game is going to stay in your collection, it should fill a niche. It should do something well that nothing...
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3.3KReviewsSir Arthur Vandalay – Queen’s Architect Review
There are a lot of great family board games on the market today with simple yet engaging mechanisms and themes. What I...
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2.6KReviewsThe Defense Rests – The King’s Armory review
Games walk a fine line – a thin bouncy little tightrope. Finding the right balance between depth, complexity, focus, theme – this...
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2.5KReviewsSmell ya later! – Parfum review
Back in 2010, in one of the best years ever for game publishing, Marco Ruskowski and Marcel Süßelbeck partnered up with Wolfgang...
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2.8KReviewsBased on a novel by a man named Lear – Paperback Review
Before we get started, let me say that you really should just stop reading this right now, get in your car, drive...
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Looking Good, Billy Ray! – Stockpile Review
I have the sneaking suspicion that at some level, everyone imagines themselves to be a sort of stock picking savant. With a...
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Ripples on a quiet lake — Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Review
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is one of the most purely relaxing games I have played in a long while. If first time...
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A Day in Wine Country — Viticulture Review
I enjoy the occasional glass of wine. I don’t know much about it though and truth be told I’m probably more of...
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3.1KReviewsThey See Me Rollin — Nations: The Dice Game
The great thing about the current (golden?) era in boardgames is there is something for almost every situation, timeframe, preference and mood....
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5.4KReviewsFilmed 100% in IMAX — Imperial Assault
Leading up to the release of Imperial Assault during GenCon 2014, many throughout the boardgame world had for a while been openly...
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4.8KReviewsCaution, “scientists” at work — Alchemists Review
I remember playing with my chemistry set as a kid and getting the idea to mix together everything that said “poison” or “danger,”...
