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10 Great Games of the 2010s (Article by Chris Wray)
The 2010s were a monumental time period in tabletop gaming. The industry and hobby grew exponentially, with tens of thousands of new games hitting the market and hundreds of thousands of new players entering the fold. It was a decade … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Commentary, Reviews
Tagged 7 Wonders, Azul, Codenames, Dominant Species, Ganz schön clever, Great Western Trail, Hanabi, Heaven & Ale, Innovation, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Orleans, Pandemic Legacy, Russian Railroads, Terraforming Mars, The Castles of Burgundy, The Colonists, The Mind, The Voyages of Marco Polo, Tzolk'in
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Congratulations to the 2018 IGA Nominees!
The nominations for the 2018 International Gamers Awards were just announced. Congratulations to these games, designers, and publishers! The IGA is awarded annually by a jury of prominent gamers from around the world, with a stated goal “to recognize outstanding games and … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Selections from the Web
Tagged 13 Days, Agra, Altiplano, Azul, Claim, Clans of Caledonia, Codenames Duet, Colonial Twilight, Decrypto, Fog of Love, Gaia Project, Gentes, Heaven & Ale, International Gamers Awards, Nusfjord, Pulsar 2849, Rajas of the Ganges, Santa Maria, Shadows in Kyoto, The Fox in the Forest, TransAtlantic
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The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – Final Guesses of 2018 Edition
For the past few years, our group of gamers has taken their best guess at trying to read the minds of the Spiel des Jahres jury members. The nominations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres … Continue reading
The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2018 Edition
For the past few years, our group of gamers has taken their best guess at trying to read the minds of the Spiel des Jahres jury members. The nominations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres will be … 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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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 10
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 →
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