Boardgame News (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
At the start of August 2008, I posted a column on Project 30 , an attempt to teach thirty games to thirty people in thirty days. The 30 days have come and gone, as days are wont to do, but did I make the other numbers?
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By W. Eric Martin and Ted Cheatham September 7, 2008 Publisher: Hasbro Designer: Richard Borg Players: 2-6 Ages: 8+ Playing Time: 20 minutes Rules Language: English Link: For an overview of this new take on the Yahtzee line – an ever-replenishing resource for Hasbro on par with Prometheus’ liver – here’s Ted Cheatham with a video intro: I’ll second Ted’s call-out of the packaging of Yahtzee...
Boardgame News (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
By W. Eric Martin September 5, 2008 Publishers: BeWitched Spiele / Rio Grande Games Designers: Friedemann Friese, Fraser Lamont & Gordon Lamont Players: 3-7 Ages: 10+ Playing Time: 45 minutes Release Date: Spiel 08 Price: €24 Inductive reasoning in games dates to at least 1956 when Robert Abbott created Eleusis , in which players try to deduce a secret rule created by a dealer by playing...
Boardgame News (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
By W. Eric Martin September 1, 2008 Publisher: Bézier Games Designer: Ted Alspach Players: 3-6 / 3-4 Release Date: Spiel 08 Price: $80 (for all three Bézier AoS expansions) The gameboard in Age of Steam: Essen Spiel may the same size as other AoS expansions, but the ground being covered is smaller than ever before. Yes, players are roaming the halls of the Essen Messe during Spiel, the...
Boardgame News (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
By W. Eric Martin September 1, 2008 Publisher: Fragor Games Designers: Fraser & Gordon Lamont Players: 2-5 Ages: 10+ Playing Time: 45 minutes Release Date: Spiel 08 Languages: English & German Price: €35 Link: One of my favorite games is Wolfgang Reidesser’s Ave Caesar . This chariot-racing game features simple, easily teachable rules, lively play, probability management, multiple tracks...
