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Artisans of Naqala

Aritsans of Naqala Unboxing Artisans of Naqala is an expansion for Five Tribes released in 2015, designed by Bruno Cathala. The game was published by Days of Wonder.

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Orleans DeLuxe

Orleans DeLuxe Unboxing Orleans DeLuxe was designed by Reiner Stockhausen and published by Tasty Minstrel in 2015. This is a special printing of Orleans in English.

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Nippon

Nippon Unboxing Nippon was created by Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro & Paulo Soledade and published by What’s Your Game, in 2015 My first video unboxing. I got this game from my friend, Rob Kircher’s, trip to Essen.

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Episode 8 – Tournament Game Master Basics Part 4: Scary Being the GM!

In this episode, I conclude the series covering the basics of running a game tournament. Rob Kircher co-hosts and my son Rich joins us as we review how GMing can go wrong based on our WBC 2015 adventures and misadventures. … Continue reading

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WBC 2015 Puerto Rico Tournament

115 different people played 60 games of Puerto Rico to determine that Ben Scholl is the 2015 champion. Congratulations Ben! Here I am with the finalists:

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Episode 7 – Tournament Game Master Basics Part 3: Be the GM!

In this episode, I conclude the series covering the basics of running a game tournament.   Rob Kircher co-hosts  and my son Rich joins us as we explore the problems that can come up when running a tournament. Alas, we discuss … Continue reading

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Episode 6 – Tournament Game Master Basics Part 2: Sadly, Paperwork

In this episode, I continue the series covering the basics of running a game tournament.   Rob Kircher co-hosts as we explain the nuts and bolts and documentation aspects of running a tournament. Below are links to example documents we reference … Continue reading

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Episode 5 – A New Beginning: Tournament Game Master Basics

In this episode, I restart my podcasts with a series covering the basics of running a game tournament.  I realized that only a handful of people know how to organize and run a board game tournament. We learned by apprenticing … Continue reading

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WBC 2014 Puerto Rico Tournament

132 different people played 59 games of Puerto Rico to determine that Raphael Philbert-Larivee is the champion. Here I am with the finalists: Below are the final player boards at the end of the game: The tournament has 3 preliminary … Continue reading

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WBC 2013 Puerto Rico Tournament

Results from the WBC 2013 Puerto Rico Tournament will appear here. Starting with a transcript of the final game and pictures of the players’ final boards, followed by the long version of the event report written by your humble host … Continue reading

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