Westpark Gamers - Boardgaming in Munich: Recent Episodes

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Essays about gaming in Germany, thoughts about boardgames and game designs as well as reports from our game sessions with rules explanations and game rankings.

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Moritz short piece on what is so special in EON's Cosmic Encounter

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Moritz tells the story behind the German roleplaying game Armageddon

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Moritz talks about what mechanics makes games silent or loud

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Moritz' April 1st report on the latest in game development

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This time Moritz talks about Star Trek III, a collection of three games published by West End Games in 1984

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Moritz gives a tribute to Gary Gygax, one of the masterminds behind the Dungeons and Dragons game design, who recently passed away

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In this episode Moritz talks abut a bug that is possessing so many gamers: the search for "the one game"

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Moritz talks about boring elements in game designs. Part 1: repetition combined with futility

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Moritz talks about another game from the golden age of fantasy wargaming

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Moritz takes a look back at the gaming year 2007

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Moritz forecasts the 2008 trends in gaming plus adds a new (and serious) startegy tip

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Moritz talks about Valkenburg Castle, a fantasy title by Taskforce Games

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Tension in games - part 3: The Race

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Tension in games - part 2: The Unknown

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Moritz talks about features that make games exciting - and he provides a strategy tip for ASL.

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Moritz talks about the greatest games never made. And he provides his first random strategy tip.

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Moritz' third segment on innovative game designs. This time he talks about paragraph based game designs.

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Moritz' first episode about the hazards of gaming: Here I Stand with a baby.

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Game themes are a matter of taste, no question. And while the rest of the Westpark Gamers rate games of the 18xx series among the best games ever designed Moritz has a completely different opinion about railroad games.

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Moritz' second segment on innovative game designs. This time he talks about a concept that avoids ganging up on the leader.

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Moritz talks about new game mechanics. This time he provides ideas for step-by-step games.

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Moritz talks about the need for new game mechanics and innovation in game designs

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Moritz has defined the ten commandments of good game design.

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Moritz has defined the ten commandments of gaming.

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A report about the fantastic Titan game that will be republished soon.

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The fifth and last part of the Wilderness War match between Jason and Moritz.

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Moritz about H.G. Wells, the inventor of wargames.

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This is Moritz' view on one of his favorite fantasy games.

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Moritz this time provides news about Mozart and gaming.

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The fourth part of the Wilderness War match between Jason and Moritz.

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Moritz tells us about the new Yspahan for Windows release.

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This is Moritz' very special April edition of the German Gaming News with lots of fresh information directly from the top game publishers of the world. And JLo joins in as a surprise guest.

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The third part of the Wilderness War match between Jason and Moritz.

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The second part of the Wilderness War match between Jason and Moritz.

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Moritz' first report about the Wilderness War match between Jason and him.

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Moritz talks about another favorit game accessory of his - The Black Arpad.

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Moritz reveals his favorite game accessory.

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Moritz talks about the influence free review copies might have on reviewers.

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Moritz' view on why there are so few fantasy and SF games in Germany.

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Today Moritz talks about new versions of old games.

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The latest edition of Moritz's gaming news. This time he talks about the website hexwars.com.

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The latest edition of Moritz's news about gaming in Germany. This time he talks about German children games.

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The latest edition of Moritz's news about gaming in Germany. This edition is about game collectors.

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The latest edition of Moritz's news about gaming in Germany. This edition is about one of his favorite games: Magic Realm.

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Moritz' list of top ten games (classic range).

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The latest edition of Moritz's news about gaming in Germany.

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Moritz' scenic review of the new game from Alan Paull: Tara - Seat of Kings.

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Moritz' slightly different review of the new Sunriver game 24/7.

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The latest edition of Moritz's news about gaming in Germany.

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This is lesson three of the Moritz' Spielsh course.

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Yspahan galt schnell als eines der besten Neuerscheinungen der diesjaehrigen Spiel in Essen. Hier gibt es einen Mitschnitt eines der ersten Durchgaenge bei den Westpark Gamers.

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This is lesson two of the Moritz' Spielsh course.

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Moritz provides interesting insight into the German gaming talk. This is part one of the series.

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Moritz's review of the new Hans im Glueck game Kabale und Hiebe.

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Moritz the reviews one of the highlights of Essen 2006: Die Saeulen der Erde by Kosmos.

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Moritz's subjective list of Essen 2006 top games.

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In this show Moritz talks about the weird Frantic Frankurt game.

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Capsule Reviews of Nottingham, Taluva and Canal Mania

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The first of a series of essays about weird games

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The last part of Moritz' series of previews of Essen 2006 releases.

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Part six of Moritz' series of previews of Essen 2006 releases.

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Part five of Moritz' series of previews of Essen 2006 releases.

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Part four of Moritz' series of previews of Essen 2006 releases.

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Part three of Moritz' series of previews of Essen 2006 releases.

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Moritz' part two of a series of reports about the Essen 2006 releases.

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Moritz' first of a series of reports about the Essen 2006 releases.

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Moritz' Podcast review of Urs Hostettler's game "Millionen von Schwalben".

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Moritz' Podcast about this year's Spiel des Jahres.

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Moritz' recommendation of ten German games for beginners.

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Today Moritz tells us all about the facts behind the German gaming culture.

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It's been a while since the last German Gaming News do to the Soccer Championship here in Germany and Moritz' envolvement in it. Today Moritz tells us about the German cardgame "Quartett".

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In this issue Moritz provides insights into the German culture of the "Stammtisch" and the games played there.

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In his new issue of the German Gaming News Moritz reports about game stores in Germany.

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Here is Moritz new essay this all the facts behind the "Poeppel".

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Here is Moritz latest edition about the German gaming scene.

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In this essay Moritz explains the details about the Kramer Leiste.

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In this edition Moritz has news about the Pfefferkuchl award and the online gaming site Brettspielwelt.

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This edition of Moritz' German Gaming News is a little essay about the German Spiel des Jahres award.

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This edition of Moritz' German Gaming News has information about the games Antike, John Silver, Settlers and China.

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This is Moritz' essay about the reasons why there are no wargames in Germany.

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Here is Moritz latest edition about the German gaming scene, resolving some April Fool's Day jokes and some information about the "Games International" magazine.

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Here is Moritz' April 1st edition about the German gaming scene.

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Here is Moritz' new report about the German gaming scene. Today he he has news about the games "Friedrich" and Dragon Riders" and the publisher "Krimi total".

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Here is Moritz' latest report about the German gaming scene.

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Here is Moritz' spezial edition about the new Andreas Seyfarth game "Thurn und Taxis".

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Here is Moritz' latest episode about German gaming.

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Here is Moritz' latest episode about German gaming. He talks about the latest list of recommended games by the Hippodice Game Club in Bochum, the new games by Symbiose and other new games published in Europe.

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Kurzportrait und Spieleindruecke ueber "Das Ende des Triumvirats" von Lookout Games

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Here is Moritz' latest episode about the German gaming scene.