Daniel Bush
Did you know the euro game is an American invention? Acquire, by legendary designer Sid Sackson, is an important piece of board gaming history. This game of tile laying and stock speculation has been in and out of print since 1964. Players found hotel chains, buy up shares, and merge companies in pursuit of the […]
This game of snobbery and larceny won designer Klaus Teuber the second of his four Spiel des Jahres awards, five years before Catan. Players are aristocrats in a seedy world of antiques. Buy new items and show them off to your rich friends, hire thieves to rip them off, or tip off detectives to catch […]
Trader? Pirate? Explorer? The choice is yours! Xia is a sandbox game that puts players in the pilot’s seat of a small spaceship. Through a variety of means, players can earn money for bigger ships and better components. The winner is the most famous pilot in all Xia – how you get there is up […]
Shikoku 1889 is a brand new production of Yasutaka Ikeda’s 2004 game of investors and railroads on Shikoku, the smallest of the Japanese main islands. The game has all the basics of the 18xx genre on a smaller board that favors interaction and provides a shorter game playable in an evening. Like any 18xx game, […]
If you’ve ever been interested in “train” games, this is the one for you! Shikoku 1889 is a brand new production of one of the very best introductions to the 18xx genre of economic games. Players start and operate companies that build and run railroads on Shikoku, the smallest of the Japanese main islands. Only […]
Aliens have come to Earth, and they want to…establish peaceful orbital outposts! Space Station Phoenix is an engine-deconstruction euro game where you compete to build out and crew space stations. Spaceships provide actions but you must dismantle them to expand your station. Fortunately, you can use other players’ ships…for a price! Work toward bonuses and […]