Cooperative Board Games – We All Win or Lose

In 2000, Reine Knizia published Lord of the Rings, as far as I can remember the first fully cooperative board game that either everyone won or everyone lost (although individuals could die or be corrupted). There had been other [...]

Jan 31, 2015 / 0 comment / maltamike610

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Dominion Deck Building Game – Best Game of Last 10 Years

One of the best game systems released in the last ten years was the Dominion deck building game from Rio Grande Games. Taking a different approach from TCG’s like Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokemon or LCG’s like Netrunner, Game of [...]

Jan 24, 2015 / 0 comment / maltamike610

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Ticket to Ride: Fun and Educational

Another Spiel des Jahres award winner, this one was published by Days of Wonder. It also won the prestigious Origins Award for Board Game of the Year in 2004. At Malta Comics Expo this was one of the most [...]

Jan 21, 2015 / 0 comment / maltamike610

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Settlers of Catan – Board Game of the Year 1995

When I bought my game store in 1998 I found a game on the shelf with a layer of dust on it. It was created by someone I had never heard of, Klaus Teuber. It had also won an [...]

Jan 19, 2015 / 0 comment / maltamike610

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