Java vs Other Kramer/Kiesling Games It’s no secret that I like board games designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. The duo has created my favorite board game of all time, El Grande, and there are others such as Tikal,
Ingenious – A Review of an Abstract that Doesn’t Feel Like One
Playing with Hexagonal Dominoes Ingenious was designed in 2004 by Reiner Knizia. It has a very good reputation in the gaming community ranking very high among abstracts. As you can see in the picture above, you play the game with
How to Trade Board Games
Trading Games Stuck on the Shelf If you own any board games at all, you probably play most of them on a somewhat regular basis. Maybe you’ve played Game X a dozen or more times, Game Y a handful of
Trivial Pursuit – The Pre-Euro Era
Games We Used to Play – A Lot Back in the olden days, which I’ll define as the years before I was introduced to The Settlers of Catan, we would play Trivial Pursuit quite often. In fact, we’ve played the
GLS Plays Glory to Rome FTW
Revisiting an Old Friend I’ve played Glory to Rome about 150 times. I only mention this to prove that it’s one of my favorite games of all time. Is it one of yours too? This past weekend I played it