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    Dominion & Nightfall Fight! 

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    Published on 03-17-2011 09:11 AM  Number of Views: 4141 
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    It looks like deckbuilding games are really heating up as a new subgenre of board games, just like worker-placement games and co-op games have in years past. I was recently sent a preview copy of one of the newest, AEG's Nightfall. In the manner of my past ...
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    Co-Op Interviews: Reiner Knizia & Lord of the Rings 

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    Published on 02-17-2011 03:54 PM  Number of Views: 2395 
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    In previous articles in this column I discussed the primordial co-operative play board games, from 1987 to 2000—starting with Arkham Horror and ending with Lord of the Rings—and I talked with Richard Launius, who helped to kick-off the co-operative ...
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    Sweating the Details for iPhone Card Games: Visuals, AIs, and Player Numbers 

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    Published on 02-10-2011 10:50 AM  Number of Views: 2502 
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    This week Apple released my fourth eurogame iPhone release, Michael Schacht's Gold!. It was a particularly exciting release for me not just because it was my first chance to work with Michael Schacht, but also because it was the first-ever (as far as I know) ...
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    Gone Gaming Index: 2005 

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    Published on 01-04-2011 03:59 PM  Number of Views: 1134 
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    This article indexes all of my Gone Gaming articles from 2005, newly edited and annotated for reading here at BGi.


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    Memoir '44, The Seafarers of Catan, and Other Scenarios

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    Co-Op Interviews: Richard Launius & Arkham Horror 

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    Published on 11-25-2010 03:47 PM  Number of Views: 617 
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    Last month I started a discussion of co-op games with an article I called "Gaming Evolution: Co-Op Games, Part One: Honored Ancestors". It talks about some of the primordial co-op games which helped to create the genre in the 1980s and 1990s. Before I move ...
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    What Makes a Great Mobile EuroGame? 

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    Published on 10-28-2010 01:37 PM  Number of Views: 833 
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    This Sunday my game company, Skotos Tech, released its third mobile game for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad: Reiner Knizia's Kingdoms. It follows on the heels of our previous releases, Reiner Knizia's High Society and Reiner Knizia's Money. All told, I've ...
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    Gaming Evolution: Co-Op Games, Part One: Honored Ancestors 

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    Published on 10-14-2010 09:44 AM  Number of Views: 851 
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    Over the last decade, we've seen the evolution of a new genre of gaming: the co-op game. Because we're still here in the early days of the genre, we've had the good fortune over the last decade (and to a smaller extent, since 1987) to really see the genre ...
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    The Games of Stefan Feld, Part 2 

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    Published on 09-02-2010 09:44 PM  Number of Views: 1088 
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    In my last column, The Games of Stefan Feld, Part 1, I talked about the originality underlying Stefan Feld's designs, highlighting four of his publications from 2005-2007. This time around I'm going to look at his more recent fare, from 2008-2010, and again ...
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