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Podcast Episode – The Board Game Review room: Relic Runners from Days of Wonder

Relic Runners was released at Spiel 2013 by Days of Wonder and I was super keen to take a proper look. Designed by Matthew Dunstan, Relic Runner puts the players in the roles of intrepid treasure hunters who will have to search for treasure and uncover the secrets they need to obtain the relics needed…
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Days of Wonder Announces Ticket to Ride Map Collection Featuring Two $10,000 Contest Winners

Best-Selling Board Game Gets 3 All New Maps in Multi-Volume Collection Los Altos, CA; Paris, France – August 29, 2011. Days of Wonder today announced the upcoming release of the Ticket to Ride™ Map Collection, a series of new maps playable with the original Ticket to Ride USA or Ticket to Ride Europe board games.…
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Birth of a Legend: Lee and the Seven Days

So here we have a recent issue of Against the Odds Magazine, which is a very interesting publication on military history with a game in every issue. What more can I ask? Years ago, I used to subscribe to Strategy & Tactics magazine and I’ve played games published in the Wargamer, so this is all familiar ground for me. The magazine is of high quality with excellent articles, artwork, etc. and I highly recommend it to war gamers.

Keep up the Fire! by Victory Point Games

By Mark Rivera from Boardgames in Blighty  Designer – John Welch Art – Tim Allen note – Thanks to Victory Point Games for providing a copy of this game for review Ever see 55 Days at Peking with Charleton Heston and David Niven? Ava Gardner? Pretty cool right? Well thats pretty much the extent of…
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Small World Review

Small World was one of this year’s Meeple’s Choice Awards, and with good reason. This game, similar to Days of Wonder’s other juggernaut, Ticket to Ride, combines simple rules with a focus on strategy to create a game that’s easy to learn, but provides a challenge each time.