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Samarkand Board Game Review and Rules

September 20, 2021September 17, 2021 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1980, Doris Matthäus, James Guerney, Rio Grande Games, Sid Sackson

While it shows its age in some areas, I was genuinely surprised how well Samarkand has held up as it is still enjoyable 40 years after it was first released.

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Mystic Market Board Game Review and Rules

June 5, 2020June 4, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2019, James Nelson, Ken Gruhl, ThinkFun

Mystic Market is not perfect, but it combines fun set collecting mechanics with a truly unique market mechanic to create a fun and original experience.

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Hock Shop Board Game Review and Rules

July 12, 2019July 1, 2019 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1975, Whitman

Hock Shop is a glorified Monopoly clone whose theme makes almost no sense leading to the game only appealing to the biggest of Monopoly fans.

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Oh My Goods! Card Game Review and Rules

February 8, 2019January 31, 2019 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2015, Alexander Pfister, Klemens Franz, Lookout Games, Mayfair Games

Oh My Goods! may not be perfect but it does a fantastic job streamlining a complicated economic game into a quick simple card game.

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Sold! The Antique Dealer Game Board Game Review and Rules

July 27, 2018July 22, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1997, Frank DiLorenzo, John Vetter, R&R Games

Sold! The Antique Dealer Game has some interesting ideas that could have lead to a good game if they weren’t a little before their time and left a little unpolished.

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Sheriff of Nottingham Board Game Review and Rules

July 2, 2018June 3, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2014, André Zatz, Arcane Wonders, Bryan Pope, David Sladek, Lorraine Schleter, Sérgio Halaban

I have played a lot of board games and Sheriff of Nottingham is arguably the best bluffing game that I have ever played that everyone that has any interest in bluffing games should have in their collection.

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Advance to Boardwalk Board Game Review and Rules

May 16, 2018April 6, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1985, Charles Phillips, Parker Brothers, Winning Moves Games

Being a Monopoly spinoff game Advance to Boardwalk has some interesting ideas that are ruined due to the game’s reliance on luck.

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U-Build Monopoly Board Game Review and Rules

April 23, 2018May 2, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2010, Hasbro

U-Build Monopoly actually showed a lot of potential to improve upon the original Monopoly but ultimately fails leading to an experience arguably worse than the original Monopoly.

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