Author: RichMShay

  • 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 who served as GM for the tournament this year.

  • Recon #7: Trajan Part 2

    Welcome to another episode of Play Boardgames Better Recon. In this episode, I’ll continue the examination of Trajan, Stefan Feld’s 6 ring circus of a Euro with more direct competition than many games. [display_podcast] This is part 2 of a 2-part Recon. We’ll go over the mancala (and I was surprised at what I found…

  • Recon #6: Trajan

    Welcome to another episode of Play Boardgames Better Recon. In this episode, I’ll examine Trajan, Stefan Feld’s 6 ring circus of a Euro with more direct competition than many games. [display_podcast] This is part 1 of a 2-part Recon. Trajan has a lot going on and much important information is better understood if you go…

  • Recon #5: Le Havre: The Inland Port

    Welcome to another episode of Play Boardgames Better Recon. In this episode, I’ll examine Le Havre: The Inland Port. Its Uwe Rosenberg’s 2-player, fast game based on Le Havre for theme and Ora & Labora for mechanisms. [display_podcast]

  • Recon #4: Village

    Welcome to another episode of Recon. This time we are going to explore Village.  It was designed by Inka and Markus Brand. Originally published by Eggertspiele, an American edition has been produced by Tasty Minstrel Games and is now widely available. Because it is fairly new, I’ll go through play of the game, but it…