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Bob Moyer, proprietor of Steel Town Games, is a lifelong resident of Western Pennsylvania. When he isn’t playing, selling, designing, or recommending board games, he’s most likely thinking about them. Bob can be reached at

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Game profile: Ghost Chase in Canterville Castle

For centuries, people of all ages have hunted ghosts. Their paranormal passions have inspired clubs, books, television shows, movies, and a whole...
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Game profile: Power Grid Power Plant Deck 2

How do you expand a game that needed no expansions? Power Grid from Rio Grande Games is a wonderfully complete game experience. Where do you go from...
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Game profile: Power Grid Expansion Maps

The original maps in Power Grid focused on Germany and the United States. This made sense since Germany was the game’s country of origin and the...
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Game profile: Power Grid

To paraphrase a line from the film The Color of Money, we may take things like electricity for granted, but it can really make your day. But as...
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Game profile: Carcassonne - Inns and Cathedrals

As brilliant a design as the original Carcassonne is, I have always questioned one aspect of it. Why limit the number of players to five? I can...
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Publisher profile: Rio Grande Games

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Jay Tummelson, publisher of Rio Grande Games, knows a good thing when he sees it. Board games designed and produced in Germany were the high quality,...
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Game profile: Carcassonne - Traders and Builders

Carcassonne: Traders and Builders from Rio Grande Games does exactly what a good game expansion should. It widens the scope of the game without...
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Game profile: Carcassonne - King and Scout

Whoever said that great things come in small packages must have been referring to this small but essential expansion for Carcassonne by Rio Grande...
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Game profile: Carcassonne

Published by Rio Grande Games in the United States, the German tile-laying game Carcassonne is named and modeled after the southern French city of...
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Game profile: Balloon Cup

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I was on a business trip in Ottawa, Canada a number of years back and I saw something I will never forget. It was late afternoon and as I drove down...
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