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The Boston Globe: Inside the board game renaissance

The Boston Globe: Inside the board game renaissance

Fred Manzo May 31, 2015 0

By Leon Neyfakh Can a cardboard box take over your mind? What the new generation of board game designers is doing to an old-fashioned pastime. Kevin Spak and Sam Liberty are obsessed with fun.

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New Stonewall’s Sword Review on Boardgamegeek

New Stonewall’s Sword Review on Boardgamegeek

Fred Manzo May 27, 2015 0

By Eric Stubbs Hi all! I wanted to take the time to review Stonewall’s Sword, the first in a new system of games for Civil War battles. To begin with, two caveats so that you

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Deseret News: Asmodee Games delivers tense gaming experience (7 Wonders, Room 25, In Kemet and Dungeon Twister: The Card Game)

Deseret News: Asmodee Games delivers tense gaming experience (7 Wonders, Room 25, In Kemet and Dungeon Twister: The Card Game)

Other May 24, 2015 0

By Ryan Morgenegg Reviews of 7 Wonders, Room 25, In Kemet, and Dungeon Twister: The Card Game The board game 7 Wonders by Asmodee Games has won more gaming awards than any other game I know of. It

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Age of Napoleon: A Boardgaming Way Review

Age of Napoleon: A Boardgaming Way Review

Paul Comben May 21, 2015 2

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Noble Knights Spring Sale Begins

Noble Knights Spring Sale Begins

Fred Manzo May 20, 2015 0

By the Staff of Noble Knight Games: May 18, 2015 Hello everyone! This week we have started our massive SPRING SALE on now for a limited time! This is where you’ll find the lowest

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Strategy and Tactics Press: Briefing Room: MW18 –  China’s Liaoning Aircraft Carrier

Strategy and Tactics Press: Briefing Room: MW18 – China’s Liaoning Aircraft Carrier

Other May 19, 2015 0

   China’s Liaoning Aircraft Carrier By Carl O. Schuster On 13 March 2012, the deputy commander of China’s navy, Adm. Xu Hongmeng, announced his country’s first operational aircraft carrier would be commissioned by year’s

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Wall Street journal: Bridge—Not Chess—Is the Ultimate War Game

Wall Street journal: Bridge—Not Chess—Is the Ultimate War Game

Other May 19, 2015 0

By MICHAEL LEDEEN There’s a reason why Eisenhower and his generals were passionate about this most cerebral pastime. On the night of Nov. 7, 1942, as allied forces in Operation Torch headed for the North

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“Mounted Heroes” on Kickstarter

“Mounted Heroes” on Kickstarter

Other May 19, 2015 0

By the Staff of “Imagine 3D Miniatures” About Us Imagine 3D Miniatures is a startup company located in Madrid, Spain. It was born in 2013 with the idea of using the capabilities offered by 3D printing

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Lamps Video Goes Live

Lamps Video Goes Live

Other May 18, 2015 0

I particularly like that right hand. It’s got star power. – Fred (The components shown are the playtest versions only. The game should be published sometime later this year. Check the Compass Games website

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The New Yorker:  WORLD WITHOUT END, Creating a full-scale digital cosmos.

The New Yorker: WORLD WITHOUT END, Creating a full-scale digital cosmos.

Other May 16, 2015 0

By Raffi Khatchadourian The universe is being built in an old two-story building, in the town of Guildford, half an hour by train from London. About a dozen people are working on it. They

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