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Vampire Empire Card Game Review and Rules

September 7, 2020September 5, 2020 Eric Mortensen 1 Comment 2012, Filip Miłuński, Piotr Słaby, Stronghold Games, White Goblin Games

Vampire Empire is a really interesting deduction card game with some unique ideas that leads to a satisfying if not a little flawed experience.

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Lost Cities Card Game Review and Rules

September 4, 2020September 2, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1999, Anke Pohl, Claus Stephan, Franz Vohwinkel, Kosmos, Michaela Kienle, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Thilo Rick, Vincent Dutrait

Lost Cities does have an issue with its reliance on luck, but it is a simple game that anyone can enjoy that has more strategy than you would initially expect.

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Abalone Board Game Review and Rules

August 31, 2020August 29, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1987, Abalone Games, Asmodee, Esdevium, FoxMind, Galoob, Goliath Games, Hasbro, Laurent Levi, Michel Lalet, Schmidt International, University Games

Abalone is a solid abstract strategy game that is simple enough for the whole family to enjoy which unfortunately has a potentially fatal flaw that has to be addressed in order to truly enjoy the game.

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First ‘N’ Ten A Football Dice Game Review and Rules

August 28, 2020August 29, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1976, Thomas R Newton

First ‘N’ Ten A Football Dice game might be the most boring and anti-climatic game of football that I have ever played where a more suitable name would have been snoozeball.

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League of Pirates Dice Game Review and Rules

June 19, 2020May 30, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2006, Front Porch Classics, Steve Hart

League of Pirates tries to add some strategy to your typical dice rolling game by adding an action point system which utterly fails leading to a game that relies almost entirely on luck.

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Hexagrams Board Game Review and Rules

March 6, 2020February 20, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1988, Marv Nelson, Marv Nelson Enterprises

Hexagrams has some interesting ideas that unfortunately don’t really work leading to another pretty bland and boring Checkers spinoff.

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Hockey Night in Canada Challenge Board Game Review and Rules

March 2, 2020February 19, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2010, BLM Games Inc., CBC Sports

Hockey Night in Canada Challenge shares little in common with the actual sport leading to a boring and somewhat broken game.

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Tank Battle Board Game Review and Rules

February 28, 2020February 19, 2020 Eric Mortensen 2 Comments 1975, John Sands Pty Ltd, Milton Bradley

Tank Battle is an interesting combination of Battleship and Stratego that you can have some fun with even if it ends up becoming a basic guessing game.