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Video Interview – Aporta Games and Doodle City at Spiel 2014

Aporta Games released Doodle City at Spiel and it went down with the crowds like a dream. Hardly  a surprise since the game is everything you could want from a new game. The very simple gameplay and deceptively simple rules  hide a really good fun and strategic game in which players draw roads to build…
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Video Interview: Cranio Creations at Spiel 2014

After an interesting year, Cranio Creations was once again at Spiel with a new offering of games that looked really good. Hardly surprising. They always deliver the goods! I got together at the show with Giuliano Acquari to talk about Dungeon Bazar, Soquadro and Valentina, which will make the delights of anyone into comic books.…
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Interview: Ludonaute at Spiel 2014

Ludonaute is a darling company of mine. I really dig their games and I dig their people and so far they have never disappointed me. I keep saying (and I will keep saying) that French companies are the ones producing some of the best looking and best playing games out there. This year at Spiel…
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Video Interview – Mindwarrior Games at Spiel 2014

I have a soft spot for Mindwarrior Games. Not just they are utterly charming people, they make tremendous games. Part of the Tactic Group, they are a relatively new addition to the company and they’re venturing further into the world of gaming. Last year they had a great selection of games and this year they…
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Video Interview – Capsicum Games at Spiel 2014

A new company at Spiel that left us very pleasantly surprised with their games was the French company Capsicum Games. Fleet Commander puts the players in the helm of a fleet of spaceships in a game with some production values that left us gagging for more. Speakeasy is a very deceptive game. What sounds like…
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