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Asara – Another Fun Kramer / Kiesling Board Game 19 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
From the Designers Who Brought You El Grande You may have read elsewhere on this site that I really appreciate board games designed by Wolfgang Kramer, especially those he has made in cooperation wit...
Mouse Trap – The Game of Trapping Mice 4 Aug 2013 | 02:39 am
If It Ain’t Broke, It Works And if it works, nuf said. Enjoy, but be careful! It’s a trap!
Sneaks and Snitches – Vlaada’s Almost-Forgotten Game 27 Jul 2013 | 01:40 am
Sneak Away with the Loot or Snitch on Your Neighbor? Sneaks and Snitches Sneaks and Snitches is a wonderful, short game that you’ll probably want to play more than once per sitting. You should be ab...
Building in the ‘Burbs – A Review of Suburbia 10 Jul 2013 | 09:31 am
It’s not often that I know I’m going to love a game after just a few minutes of my first play. I had that feeling a couple of turns into Suburbia. I traded Notre Dame for both Suburbia and Sneaks & S...
Friday – A Challenge Any Day of the Week 29 Jun 2013 | 11:23 pm
Review of the Solo Card Game, Friday Friday Friday, the deck-building card game, is ostensibly about Robinson Crusoe’s aide named Friday. You try to help him survive against the dangers of the jungl...
Onirim – Perchance to Dream 23 Jun 2013 | 12:42 am
Onirim Reviewing the Solo Card Game Onirim (which I think is pronounced oh-ner-eem) is a solitaire card game with dream-related artwork. Actually, you can play cooperatively with two, but it seems t...
Cutthroat Trains – Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries 19 Jun 2013 | 05:46 am
Why You Need Nordic Countries If you are familiar with Ticket to Ride but have grown weary of it or have grown out of it or never thought it posed much of a challenge, you need to take a look at Ticke...
Java Is My Cup o’ Tea 9 Jun 2013 | 08:07 am
Java vs Other Kramer/Kiesling Games It’s no secret that I like board games designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. The duo has created my favorite board game of all time, El Grande, and ther...
Ingenious – A Review of an Abstract that Doesn’t Feel Like One 6 Jun 2013 | 07:27 am
Playing with Hexagonal Dominoes Ingenious was designed in 2004 by Reiner Knizia. It has a very good reputation in the gaming community ranking very high among abstracts. As you can see in the picture ...
How to Trade Board Games 7 May 2013 | 04:45 am
Games Stuck on the Shelf If you own any board games at all, you probably play most of them on a somewhat regular basis. Maybe you’ve played Game X a dozen or more times, Game Y a handful of times, and...