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Poetry for Neanderthals
I don't actually have a lot of time to play party games. Maybe it's not that I don't have a lot of time, but I rarely have the right situation for them. My game group usually meets on a Wednesday, and it's me and two other people. The same two people who have been...
For the King (and me)
I suppose re-theming an existing game can be a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, re-theming an existing game means that you have a built-in audience. Plenty of people have already played the game, Lots of reviews for the game already exist on BGG, it's a known...
Letter Tycoon – Board Game Review
By this point, you probably know that I'm a fan of word games. From Hardback to Paperback to Paperback Adventures to Bananagrams and Illiterati, I enjoy word games quite a bit, and I enjoy discovering new ones. I know there are books and books of word games, and...
Hansa Teutonica
Hansa Teutonica has got to be one of the most uninviting board games around. Granted, it came out in 2009, but in a market where every game has bright, vibrant, beautiful artwork on full display, here's Mr. Beige Boy with his stupid little moustache staring morosely...
Gaia Project – Board Game Review
It can be difficult to review a game like Gaia Project. At this point, everyone who likes the game has already played it or already knows they like it. It feels like everyone who hasn't played it yet has a reason. Either it's too intimidating, or they bounced off the...
Pies – Board Game Review
I bought Pies for a lot of reasons. First, I like trick-taking games. Second, I've really been appreciating small-box games that I can bring to people's houses or out on our adventures without having to haul a whole separate bag. Third, the designer, Matthias Kramer,...
Bärenpark – Board Game Review
I've talked about a bunch of polyomino tile-laying games on this blog, from Project L to the more recent Frosted Blooms, and in those posts I've often said that I really enjoy poluomino tile laying games. I still suspect a lot of this joy comes from my background in...
Jaipur – Board Game Review
The two-player-only category of games is a crowded genre. It’s crowded with a lot of extremely good games, and I’m not even talking about games that play more players but also happen to play really well at two, like Race for the Galaxy or Innovation. I’m talking about...
dnup – Board Game Review
dnup (Pronounced Down-Up (Holy cow does it ever feel wrong to not capitalize the name of the game)) is the latest game from Kei Kajino, the designer of the wonderfully brilliant and unique game Scout. dnup also uses the two-cards-in-one concept where a card has one...
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