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Wow, we played boardgames (Part III: Reiner Knizia's Blue Moon City)
Reiner’s attempt to water down Magic: the Gathering into a game playable by the general gaming crowd was less than impressive. (Read: Blue Moon is underwhelming.) This attempt at franchise-build… more »
Dream Weaver Seven
Wow, we played boardgames (Part III: Reiner Knizia's Blue Moon City)
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Rick wrote 1 year ago: Reiner’s attempt to water down Magic: the Gathering into a game playable by the general gaming … more »
Ha Ha Hacienda (Review of a game by Wolfgang Kramer)
Rick wrote 1 year ago: Wolfgang Kramer is a well-known German game designer. He is credited with many of the world’s … more »
Divining Descent: Journeys in the Dark
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Rick wrote 2 years ago: What is it? Descent: Journeys in the Dark is a boardgame. Designed by Kevin Wilson for Fantasy Flig … more »
Review - Roberto Fraga's Dragon Delta
Rick wrote 3 years ago: In Vietnam, a traditional rite of passage has young men crossing the Mekong Delta. This is a race, a … more »
Review - Eric Lang's The Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game
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Rick wrote 3 years ago: “That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange æons, even death may die” Wel … more »
Review - James Ernest's Falling
Rick wrote 3 years ago: FALLING is a frenetic card game for 4-8 players. Everyone is falling, and the object is to hit the g … more »
Review - Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling's Java
Rick wrote 3 years ago: Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling crafted four Action Point games: the 2000 Spiel des Jahres winn … more »
Review - Reiner Knizia's Royal Turf
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Rick wrote 3 years ago: Whenever Reiner Knizia teams up with alea, the results are usually outstanding. RA and Taj Mahal are … more »
Carcassonne – The Review
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Rick wrote 3 years ago: Some game themes take people on tours of interesting places. There are games set in Java in Indonesi … more »
Amun-Re – The Review
Rick wrote 3 years ago: Before I begin, I’d like to set the tone for this game. In Amun-Re, players assume the roles of Ph … more »
Boardgameblog Update - Review of Ruediger Dorn's Goa
Rick wrote 3 years ago: I posted a review of Ruediger Dorn’s excellent game Goa. … more »
Goa – The Review
Rick wrote 3 years ago: The spice trade was big in the 1600s. The seafaring colonial powers of the time competed to found co … more »
Jenga – The Review
Rick wrote 3 years ago: How many words can your write about a set of 54 blocks? Jenga is a fairly common dexterity game. It … more »
Tikal – The Review
Rick wrote 3 years ago: Tikal won the 1999 Spiel des Jahres, which is a rather amazing thing. While it’s been positioned b … more »
Taj Mahal – The Review
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Rick wrote 3 years ago: Being a politician is tough. Being an Indian politician in Reiner Knizia’s Taj Mahal must sort of … more »
RA – The Review
Rick wrote 3 years ago: Imagine that you were a high priest back in the heyday of the Egyptians. You had a direct line to th … more »
Clans – The Review
Rick wrote 3 years ago: Leo Colovini gets a lot of flak for releasing games that are supposedly “abstract”. We’ll set … more »
Modern Art - The Review
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Rick wrote 3 years ago: Modern Art - The Review Ever been to an art auction? If you’re uninitiated, you’ll just go and b … more »
Torres - The Review
Rick wrote 3 years ago: Torres – The Review Overview Torres was the 2000 Spiel des Jahres winner. It’s also the most unu … more »
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