Strat-O-Matic Pro Football Board Game Review and Rules
Strat-O-Matic Pro Football does a great job of simulating football while also showing that simulation board games might not be the best for football.
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Airlines Europe Board Game Review and Rules
While not quite as good as Ticket to Ride, Airlines Europe is another fantastic game made by Alan Moon that shows that a game doesn’t have to be complex to be satisfying.
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All The King’s Men (AKA Smess: The Ninny’s Chess) Board Game Review and Rules
All The King’s Men does a good job at simplifying Chess but in the process eliminates some of things that make Chess enjoyable.
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Terzetto Board Game Review and Rules
Terzetto is a solid simple game which leads to it being kind of boring.
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Square Off Board Game Review and Rules
Every once and a while you come across a board game that truly surprises you. Square Off is one of those games.
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Chess on the Loose Board Game Review and Rules
Chess on the Loose tries to add some interesting mechanics to Chess but ends up making Chess a worse game.
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Game of the Generals (AKA Salpakan) Review and Rules
Game of the Generals has some interesting tweaks for Stratego with some improving the game and others making it worse.
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Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game Review and Rules
While Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game really innovates on the Chess formula, an analysis paralysis problem prevents it from being as good as it could have been.
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Shove Off Board Game Review and Rules
Shove Off has one interesting mechanic but doesn’t really distinguish itself from the other “get x number of items in a row” games.
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New York 1901 Board Game Review and Rules
While there is a little too much luck in the game, New York 1901 is a great example of a game not having to be difficult to be fun.
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