Ginkgopolis
Design by: Xavier Georges Published by: Z-Man Games 2 – 5 Players, 45 minutes – 1 ¼ hours Review by: Greg J. Schloesser I have been fairly vocal about designers and publishers repeatedly using...
View ArticleRussian Railroads
Design by Helmut Ohley & Leonhard Orgler Published by Hans im Glück / Z-Man Games 2 – 4 Players, 2 hours Review by Greg J. Schloesser Designers Helmut Ohley and Leonhard Orgler are train and...
View ArticleMary Dimercurio Prasad: Review of Terra Mystica
Terra Mystica Publisher: Z-Man Games/Filosofia Editions Designers: Helge Ostertag, Jens Drögemüller Artist: Dennis Lohausen Players: 2-5 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 30 min per player MSRP $79.99 Released:...
View ArticleReview of Skyliners by Z-Man Games and Hans im Glück
Designers: Gabriele Bubola Publisher: Hans im Glück, Z-Man Games Players: 2 – 4 (Best with 4) Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 – 40 Minutes Times Played: > 10 Hans im Glück is one of my favorite...
View ArticleCongratulations to Pandemic Legacy, BGG’s new #1 game…
Pandemic Legacy just became the #1 game on BoardGameGeek. Congratulations to designers Rob Daviau and Matt Leacock, as well as publisher Z-Man Games. Pandemic Legacy was released on October 8, 2015,...
View ArticleGenCon 2016 Mega Rundown – Kids Games
I was able to attend GenCon for a couple days this year. As a gamer with children (and a writer for GamerDad.com) I have a special place in my heart for games I can play with my kids. The following …...
View ArticleGenCon 2016 Mega Rundown – G to Z
Time to head into part two of the 2016 Mega Rundown. Yes, we did A to G yesterday, and today we do G to Z. There’s a lot of G’s around, OK? More photos to scroll by until you pass … Continue...
View ArticleBeyond Baker Street (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Robin Lees, Steve Mackenzie Publisher: Z-Man Games Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 13 and Up Time: 20 Minutes Times Played: > 5 I was drawn to Beyond Baker Street when I heard it compared...
View ArticlePandemic: Reign of Cthulhu (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designers: Chuck D. Yager, Based on Pandemic by Matt Leacock Publisher: Z-Man Games Artists: Chris Quilliams, Atha Kanaani, Philippe Guérin Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 14 and Up Time: About 40 Minutes...
View ArticleA Feast for Odin (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg Publisher: Feuerland Spiele, Z-Man Games Artist: Dennis Lohausen Players: 1 – 4 Ages: 14 and Up Time: 30 Minutes Per Player Times Played: 5 (With 1, 2, and 3 Players) Uwe...
View ArticleCastellion
Design by Shadi Torbey Published by Z-Man Games 1 – 2 Players, 30 minutes Review by Greg J. Schloesser I am generally not attracted to solitaire games as I honestly do not have the opportunity often...
View ArticlePandemic Iberia (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designers: Matt Leacock, Jesus Torres Castro Publisher: Z-Man Games Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 45 Minutes Times Played: 5 (with 2-5 Players) Pandemic Iberia made its debut at Essen 2016,...
View ArticleChris 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...
View ArticleEssen Day One: What was hot, and what I played… (Chris Wray)
As with my past coverage, I’ll be posting each night about (1) what’s hot, (2) what I played, and (3) general thoughts on the convention. I didn’t get the chance to play many games today, but I did...
View ArticleChris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 Essen Games
We’re a little over two weeks past Spiel ‘17, and I’ve played about 40 new titles. So has my game group: every year, I invite everybody I regularly game with in Kansas and Missouri to a small...
View ArticleSmile (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Michael Schacht Publisher: Z-Man Games Players: 3 – 5 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 30 Minutes Times Played: > 5 Smile is a newly-released card game from Z-Man Games. The first thing I noticed...
View ArticleChris’s Trip to the Gathering of Friends: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
I wrote about my first couple of days at The Gathering, and this is the next installment in that series. Whereas my first post discussed specific games, this post is primarily commentary about what...
View ArticleBrandon Kempf: Three Games – Three In My Quiver (Travel Games)
I have a lot of games. A lot of games that are on my shelves, or on my table being played, that I have told myself that I want to review at some point. For one reason or another, this … Continue reading →
View ArticleHadara (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designers: Benjamin Schwer Artists: Dominik Mayer Publisher: Hans im Glück, Z-Man Games(Gen Con Release) Players: 2-5 Time: 45-60 Times Played: 4 “This is all in German, so it will truly be like...
View ArticleBrandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 2
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...
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