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Pantheon: Right off the top of my head

Does anybody remember Father Guido Sarducci, the chain smoking, off-beat Roman Catholic priest, portrayed by Don Novello on Saturday Night Live in...
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Olympos: Old design, new rendering from the man who brought you Small World

  • Olympos
  • August 12, 2011
I’m just settling into the game of Olympos; not ‘there’ yet, but I’m working on it. It’s a Philippe Keyaerts game,...
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Asara: Another winner from Kramer & Kiesling

  • Asara
  • August 9, 2011
Of the games I taught at the World Boardgaming Championships for Rio Grande Games this year (11 of them, altogether), Asara by the Wolfgang Kramer...
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"Nessie" comes to the world of board games

Having just played one of Rio Grande’s newest releases, called Loch Ness, I got curious about the legend. Heard a lot about it over the years...
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Factory Manager: An exercise in efficiency

  • Factory Manager
  • May 13, 2011
The odd thing about my winning the first game of Factory Manager that I ever played is that I have no idea how I pulled it...
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Carcassonne 10th Anniversary Special Edition up for Pre-Order

The globally popular tile based game of Carcassonne, from Rio Grande Games, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year with a new pre-order on...
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Power Grid may look dated but it packs a punch on your gaming table

In 2004, creator Friedmann Friese and game company, Rio Grande Games, released a strange little enigma of a table top board game called Power Grid....
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Lost Cities the Board Game brings fast paced card play to a board game setting

In 2008, Rio Grande Games and game creator Reiner Knizia collaborated to release the Lost Cities board game. This Lost Cities board game version,...
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Zooloretto is an animal tile collecting game suited for family fun

  • zooloretto
  • November 29, 2010
In 2007, Rio Grande Games and designer Michael Schacht released the family matching tile game called Zooloretto. Zooloretto was originally created...
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Macao: A brain burner with some unique mechanics

Though I have yet to figure out a viable path to victory in a game of Macao, I’m working on it. As often...
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