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Mark’s Bundle of 2024 Essen Game Thoughts

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Mark Jackson

Five days. Seventy-five plays. Seventy games that were new to me. Yeah, that’s a lot of games. But thanks to our fearless leader (Dale Yu) and BasementCon, I had a wonderful time playing many of them. (Well, a number of … Continue reading →

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Heroscape – Wave 3: The Rising Tide Raises All Boats

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Mark Jackson

I’m not sure if the resurgence of Heroscape is due to new players or to those of us whose collections from the days of yore (OK – 2004-2010) cried out for more stuff, but there’s no question that Heroscape is … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Essen 2024 Sunday report

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Dale Yu

And so Essen draws to a close for another year. Remarkable sunshine, great fair atmosphere, loads of people…Essen never disappoints. Ice Hike: Beware of the Bears by NRP games is a interactive game where players try to traverse across an … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Saturday Report for Essen SPIEL 2024

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Dale Yu

Piles of people in the fair today but the sun shone brightly and everyone seems relaxed. I left the halls at 5pm and there was still plenty of activity; a bunch of people streamed in around lunch time.  Sparks is … Continue reading →

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Dale’s report from Spiel 2024 – Saturday

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Dale Yu

Ok this is my final day at the fair. Here’s some quick thoughts on what I saw. Forest Shuffle won the A La Carte award. I know a lot of people play it online but for those that play with … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Report from Spiel 2024, Friday edition

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Dale Yu

Essen Friday: Slightly calmer day than yesterday, at least until lunchtime when the madness returned. Games played: Rebirth – the new Reiner Knizia game in the same vein as Babylon or Samurai, firstly an enormous thumbs up for the production … Continue reading →

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