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Tag: Reiner Knizia

Meople News: Sentient and Alone

8 April, 2017 Kai Weekly News

Renegade Game Studios Renegade Game Studios’s announcement of Sentient is a masterpiece of not revealing anything about the game mechanics.[…]

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Meople News: The Fox’s Road

10 March, 2017 Kai Weekly News

Grail Games King’s Road is not exactly a new game by Reiner Knizia, but it’s not exactly not, either. The[…]

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Meople News: Heroes of Dreams and Stars

Meople News: Heroes of Dreams and Stars

3 February, 2017 Kai Weekly News

Alderac Here’s a look at Thunderstone Quest, the third generation of Alderac’s fantasy deck-building game Thunderstone. It seems that everything[…]

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Meople News: Cry of the Laser Gods

Meople News: Cry of the Laser Gods

21 October, 2016 Kai Weekly News

Sit Down! They say that great minds think alike. You better hope that you and your partner both have great[…]

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Kinderspiel des Jahres 2016 - The Nominees

Kinderspiel des Jahres 2016 – The Nominees

26 May, 2016 Kai Featured, News

The nominations for Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2016 will have given you some new games to keep[…]

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Meople News: The Long Friday

18 March, 2016 Kai Weekly News

Plaid Hat Games Fans of Plaid Hat’s Dead of Winter will be happy to see all the new things stand-alone[…]

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Meople News: Icy Aether Legacies

Meople News: Icy Aether Legacies

10 February, 2016 Kai Weekly News

Argyle Games With Landed Argyle Games are creating a terraforming tile laying game through Kickstarter. Players create a landscape from[…]

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Meople News: Knitting Fog

Meople News: Knitting Fog

19 January, 2016 Kai Weekly News

Minion Games You can now get a quick and easy way to your own nuclear arsenal on Kickstarter. Wait, that[…]

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Meople News: The Origins of Fury

31 July, 2015 Kai Weekly News

Fantasy Flight Games Scotland Yard, reimagined for Fantasy Flight Games, that’s pretty much the short description of Fury of Dracula.[…]

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Meople News: SPACE VIKINGS – did I really not use that title before?

Meople News: SPACE VIKINGS – did I really not use that title before?

4 July, 2015 Kai Weekly News

Alderac / Artipia Games The tour through Dice City, the coming game by Alderac and Artipia Games, continues with a[…]

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  • Papà Paolo

    Naples, the birthplace of pizza, is being invaded. Local businesses selling pizza are under attack by a foreign product: French Fries. Papà Paolo, the master pizzaiolo, is obviously offended by foreign food trying to take over his city. Up to four up-and-coming pizza bakers compete to become the great baker’s successor in Papà Paolo. They don’t actually beat back invading fried potatoes, but they will build their own, little pizza empire. And in the end, that’s what really counts, right?

  • The X-Files

    It’s safe to say that The X-Files was one of the most popular TV series created to date. (Or maybe still is, with the 2016 revival mini series ending on a huge cliffhanger.) So finding a new The X-Files boardgame published 13 years after the last episode of the original series was aired wasn’t a big surprise. There are millions of people out there with nostalgia for agents Mulder and Scully digging up alien conspiracies, and nostalgia sells. If you know me, then you know that’s why I’m skeptical towards licensed games in general. Nostalgia sells irrespective of quality. But there are good games made on a license, so lets see what side of that spectrum Kevin Wilson’s The X-Files falls on.

  • Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature

    The stuff of bad science fiction movies, come to live. That’s what you get in Science Fiction Double Feature, the third expansion to Smash Up. And they are all here to fight over the world, be it with bananas or martinis.

  • Dixit 2

    Sometimes, game expansion are best when they change nothing at all. If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it, as they say.
    Is this nugget of wisdom true for Dixit 2?

  • i9n

    i9n, or "Information" is a deduction game that uses punch cards to give new, hidden information during the game. It also adds some strategy and a bit of luck to the mix, making it a very fun game that certainly won’t be the last one to employ this new mechanic.

  • Metropolys

    Metropolys – easily recognised as one of Ystari’s games by the trademark Y – is an auction game with not too complex rules but some interesting scoring trade-offs. It also features a very unique and appealing artistic style.

  • Kilt Castle

    From haggis to caber toss, Scotland is full of traditions that seem odd to an outsider. But the oddest tradition has recently been discovered by Günter Burkhardt: when the Scots build a castle for their clan, it’s not a collaborative effort like you would expect. Every builder wants floors in his or her own color to top of all the tower. The resulting castle is neither very hospitable to live in nor does it have great defensive value, but it is a home for your clan, and someone made a lot of money building it.

  • Splendor

    Collecting gems to buy cards that are worth gems, making it easier to buy more cards. When thus summarized, Spiel des Jahres nominee Splendor doesn’t sound like much. But once you start playing, you will realize that games don’t have to sound complicated to draw you in, make you play again and again, try new approaches to outsmart your opponents. Because playing Splendor is not a difficult, but getting what you want with your opponents interfering is.

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