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[13 May 2012 | No Comment | 63 views]
Power Grid – First Sparks  (Video Review & Play Through)

Which technology cards offer you the biggest advantages? When is the right time to spread your clan on the game board? Which hunting areas will grant the most food?

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[5 May 2012 | 2 Comments | 49 views]
20th Century (Video Review)

Very nice Euro with a lot of interlocking auction mechanisms.

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[1 May 2012 | 2 Comments | 79 views]
The Van Dyk Family Players Review:  Loch Ness

Players take on the roles of Nessie sleuths and attempt to snap photos of the elusive beast.

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[19 Apr 2012 | No Comment | 93 views]
Hans Im Gluck, Pantheon, Hawaii, and the Decline of the Middle Weight Eurogame

My least favorite games tend to be mid-weight eurogames. They frequently seem to be stuck in an awkward middle ground, lacking the conciseness of the lightweight eurogames, the sheer ambition and magnitude of the heavyweight eurogames, and the excitement and immersion of thematic and conflict simulation games.

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[17 Apr 2012 | No Comment | 59 views]
Saint Petersburg (Video Review)

Methodical card drafting game that will take some practice to get used to. I think Race for the Galaxy fans may take to this one.

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[8 Apr 2012 | No Comment | 33 views]
Medici (Video Review)

Easy auction filler.

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[7 Apr 2012 | No Comment | 38 views]
Carcassonne (Video Review)

The southern French city of Carcassonne is famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications.

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[30 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 112 views]
Dominion (Video Review) Introducing Starlit Citadel Reviews

You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.

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[26 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 111 views]
Samurai (Mixed Review/Reflection)

Samurai is an exercise in purity.

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[24 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 58 views]
Thurn and Taxis ( Video Review)

Build your routes throughout the Bavarian countryside !

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[9 Mar 2012 | No Comment | 57 views]
20th Century (A Video Review)

Buy your tiles, place your workers, and keep the garbage down!

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[21 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 60 views]
Last Will (A Video Review)

What would you do with a million dollars.

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[10 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 99 views]
Dominion The Collection (A Video Review)

The Original Deck Building Game!

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[7 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 118 views]
Friday (A Video Review)

Friday is a good man helping a stranger in strange circumstances.

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[3 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 54 views]
Last Will ( A Video Review)

In his last will, your rich uncle stated that all of his millions will go to the nephew who can enjoy money the most.

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[5 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 64 views]
Famiglia (A Written Review)

“Hey you, you talking to me?”

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[19 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 66 views]
Power Grid ( An Overview)

Supply cities with power and make that money!

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[16 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 45 views]
Bolide a Review

Ever since caveman days, when he discovered that being faster meant that he not only had a better chance of catching dinner but more likely not to become dinner, we have been obsessed with speed so it’s no surprise that race games are a popular genre.

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[19 Sep 2011 | No Comment | 97 views]
Dracula ( A Video Review)

The master peers down on his domain high upon his ancient walls.

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[18 Sep 2011 | No Comment | 78 views]
Black Friday Review

On any given day you could make millions in the stock market. All you need is sufficient starter capital and enough intuition to know when a stock will go a lot lower than its normal value for the buy.

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[15 Sep 2011 | No Comment | 95 views]
Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War (A Video Review)

As conflicts spread, galactic prestige becomes all-important, both to extract concessions and to fend off attackers.

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[3 Jul 2011 | 2 Comments | 149 views]
Asteroyds  ( A Video Review)

In the deepest parts of space there is a race going on through one of the deadliest asteroid belts in the Universe. Your skill of flying through a field of heavenly bodies will be the only thing that will keep you alive!

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[23 May 2011 | No Comment | 94 views]
Fürstenfeld Review

To brew a good drink will make you rich in heart, and to share it with others will just plain make you rich!

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[24 Apr 2011 | 2 Comments | 105 views]
Havana (A Video Review)

Become the most influential Cubano on your small tropical Paradise!

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[11 Mar 2011 | No Comment | 182 views]
Albion Review

Albion was designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (of Carcassonne fame) and published by Rio Grand Games. Albion is a simple to play resource management game for 2-4 players set in ancient Great Brittan (which was called Albion before the Romans arrived). The players take the role of Roman envoys that are competing for the favor of the emperor by constructing and developing the most impressive settlements on the island while at the same time protecting those settlements from the increasingly restless native Picts.

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[8 Mar 2011 | No Comment | 187 views]
Piece o’ Cake or Pie in the Sky ~ A Piece o’ Cake Review

Well let us get the obvious white elephant out of the room. The game has the wrong name for the American sensibility. As I sat down to start to play, I felt like I was living a lie. Every-part of my little American mind was screaming this is pie.

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[7 Jan 2010 | One Comment | 2,109 views]
Dominion Tutorial

On top of providing our own brand of video reviews, we’ve decided to also produce concise audio / video board game tutorials that focus on providing the bare essentials necessary for bringing a new player up to speed.

The hope is that not only will we be able to teach your chums how to play your favorite game in under 3 minutes, but we’ll also be able to supplement a basic understanding of the play incorporated in the games that we review.