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954.5KLight up the night! – Review of Hanabi
Set the rocket. Light it. Then step back and watch the fireworks emblazon the night. In board and card game design, no...
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3.3KA new spin on Monopoly — A preview of Conglomerate the Game
In 1904, Elizabeth Magie patented a game about the evils of capitalism called The Landlord’s Game. Whoever earned the most money won,...
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804.5KOld-School Gamers Rejoice!! Colossal Cave Review
From the present perspective, summiting yet another peak among the vast range of ever-more fantastic achievements in the digital age, I stop...
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652.2KPerfect Zen or Perfect Flop: Zen Garden Review
The night is cool. A soft breeze pushes the fragrance of the flowers up into your room. Stepping out onto the balcony,...
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452.6KPlaying Global Mogul is work
Most people play games to escape from work. Whether that means being a knight, a spaceship captain or an Italian merchant, being...
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752.6KThe Spiel on the Spiel des Jahres 2012 – Kingdom Builder
Game awards tend to be an exercise in pretentious favoritism, where the flashier products of the big names tend to get the...
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2.2KPlaid Hat reinvents the co-op genre with Dead of Winter
Ever get the feeling that players in co-operative games are too willing to “take one for the team”? Do you worry that...
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1.8KQuarriors! dice building without all those pesky dice on your iPad
If you have ever dreamed of playing Quarriors! on your morning commute but hate having to pick up spilled dice from underneath...
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403.8KJack of all trades, master of none — Renaissance Man
Leonardo da Vinci is the consummate example of the “Renaissance Man.” He enjoyed renown as a painter, engineer, sculptor, mathematician, and writer...
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855.5KOne does not simply walk into Vesuvius – The Downfall of Pompeii (2nd Ed.)
From the designer of Carcassone, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, comes this meeple-placement/tile-placement game set in the doomed Roman city of Pompeii. At first, you move...
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804.3KThe Golden Spike of deckbuilding and railroad games – review of Trains
At a friendly, local, game store outside Osaka, Japan, board game night had one rule: First game fully set up on the...
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753.0KGet off my ship! – Walk the Plank
The Captain is angry. Angry enough that he has put all of you out on the plank. He wants everyone sent off...
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752.6KDon’t let the Wookiee win – Star Wars: The Card Game (Core Set)
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a maverick executive at 20th Century Fox took a chance on an...
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504.8KHearts of darkness – review of Black Spy
How much do you enjoy playing the card game Hearts? If the answer is “I’d rather chew off my own leg than...
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904.6KIf they mean to have a War, let it begin here! – 1775: Rebellion
Back in the day, you may recall from history class, some dudes got tired of the King’s laws and started a turf...
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702.5KEncouraging violence against flamboyant animals – Piñata
Do you have treasured childhood memories of being blindfolded, spun around until disoriented, armed with a stick twice your size, and tasked...
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1.8KIt’s clobberin’ time! The Fantastic Four expands UD’s Legendary deck-builder
Face front, true believers! The fine folks at Upper Deck are bringing the first family of the four-color page straight to your...
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1.7KDragon Kings, a multi-media fantasy project, recently funded on Kickstarter
On Thursday, Dragon Kings, a multi-media fantasy project successfully funded on Kickstarter. Here is the description of Dragon Kings, right from the...
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2.2KBestiary 4 brings new monsters to your Pathfinder campaign
Attention PATHFINDER gamemasters: are there enough creatures in your campaign? The correct answer is “no” — there are NEVER ENOUGH MONSTERS, especially...
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803.5KRace down raging river rapids in the game Whitewater
One of the more thrilling things you can do when you’re not playing board games is go whitewater rafting. Actually that last...
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607.3KRabble and Ballots — Five Points Gangs of New York Review
The theme of Five Points: Gangs of New York appeals to people like me who are interested in American history. If you...
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3.7KUpper Deck partners with 20th Century Fox for games related to Alien, Predator, Firefly
I get all kinds of emails from different companies, and because of the volume I have to skim over several of them....
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1.2KCrazy Eights: Eight questions with Square Shooters designer Carmelyn Calvert
Sometimes inspiration comes from the strangest places. I have seen many different decks of standard cards, some with irregular shapes, odd artwork,...
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2.1KDesign a game using cards on dice and you could win cash
A lot of us who play games sometimes think about making games, but often times we don’t take the step to make...
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2.7KStar Realms invades Kickstarter
While many deck-building games have a fantasy theme, we really haven’t seen one that introduces us to space. During Origins I was...
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1.4KMega Man goes board game
Classic video game hero Mega Man seems to be going even more multiplatform (multiplatformerer?). In honour of Mega Man’s 25th anniversary, card...
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1.5KNext Legacy board game coming, published by Plaid Hat
While Hasbro doesn’t have the greatest track record, they are responsible for some great games like Heroscape, Battleship Galaxies, and Risk Legacy. ...
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1.3KPandemic infects the iPad on October 3rd
The new version of Pandemic has increased the popularity of the game, but it has been surprising that we haven’t seen any...
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2.1KPlaydek Announces Sale on Ascension iOS Games and New Promo Pack
Playdek announces a promotion on all its Ascension games, as well as a new Promo Pack, launching on the App Store today. The award-winning...
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1.7KCarcassonne now available at Toys “R” Us
A while ago Z-Man announced that they would be taking over publishing for the entire Carcassonne line. While I thought this was...
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2.8KThe Golem Arcana invades Kickstarter
The Eye of Judgement was a fun game, but getting the camera set up with the right lighting was a pain that...
