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December 19, 2023
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I recently had the honour to be tasked with donating most of the 2023 Spiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres nominatio...
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December 14, 2023
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Mycelia Board Game Review
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Fungi have long been misclassified as plants. In reality, they are a whole kingdom of their own. What we call a mushroom is just a fungus's fruit t...
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December 12, 2023
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Most of the earliest card games were trick-taking games played in the 800s in China. These will have felt quite different to our modern eyes. They ...
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December 07, 2023
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River Wild Board Game Review
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The first snow of winter had fallen. Underneath the cosy blanket of snow, new life was stirring. The land was coming alive with creatures trying to...
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December 05, 2023
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Pretty much every hobby game contains some sort of score which measures who is in the lead and decides who wins the game. That's undoubtedly true f...
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November 30, 2023
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¡Adiós Calavera! Board Game Review
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It was time for our annual harvest and for the Day of the Dead. We are all looking forward to seeing the souls of our dead loved ones again. There ...
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November 28, 2023
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Card games date back to the 1400s with Karniffel, or Thuringian Karnöffel, often listed as the oldest one, at least the oldest in Europe that we kn...
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October 17, 2023
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I normally don't win, at least not when I play with my games group. That's not a problem and I still have a lot of fun, whatever the outcome. In fa...
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October 10, 2023
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An interesting question Phil Gross recently asked is why low-interaction games are so popular these days. Even though I'm not really sure whether t...
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October 09, 2023
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Crumbs!: The Sandwich Filler Game
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It's lunchtime and the queue outside your cafe is rather long. Everyone wants you to hurry up and make them their favourite sandwich from your huge...