Justin Bell
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Berlin 1960 Game Review
It was easily the most shocking designer news I heard at last year’s SPIEL Essen event. The designers of Devir’s new hidden role game, Berlin 1960 —complete with cover art that made it look like a movie thriller combined with a wargame—were Flaminia Brasini & Virginio Gigli, co-designers of modern classics such as Coimbra and Lorenzo il Magnifico , some of t
Thunder Road: Ignition Game Review
Thunder Road: Ignition is Restoration Games’ attempt to streamline the production, ruleset, and gameplay of Thunder Road: Vendetta , itself an update of the 1980s Milton Bradley game Thunder Road , designed by Jim Keifer. I’m on record here at Meeple Mountain as saying that Thunder Road: Vendetta is perfect in every single way save for one: the game runs abo
Dr. Finn’s Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games Game Review
Thanks to my side gig writing a weekly column for BoardGameGeek , I recently got a note from Steve Finn, the designer of Biblios as well as the co-designer of Cities and Cities USA . Steve saw that I do a ton of business travel, so he was kind enough to send a review copy of his recent release Dr. Finn’s Book of Solo Strategy and Word Games . The book really