{"id":42,"date":"2012-10-08T10:29:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T14:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masqueradegames.com\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2012-10-08T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T17:21:39","slug":"reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masqueradegames.com\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/103368\/epigo\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46\" title=\"bgg_cornerlogo\" src=\"https:\/\/masqueradegames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bgg_cornerlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/masqueradegames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bgg_cornerlogo.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a>The Epigo Board Game Geek Page:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/103368\/epigo\">http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/103368\/epigo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RUNNER-UP &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesmagazine-online.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GAMES MAGAZINE<\/a> 2012 BUYER&#8217;S GUIDE &#8211; ABSTRACT STRATEGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In terms of play options compared to the amount you might invest in a game Epigo is excellent. Few, if any, games have the sort of value Epigo has in terms of the rich variant options players have to explore.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>Cal Mardan, Yorkton This Week newspaper:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/calsboardgamemusings.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/review-epigo.html\">http:\/\/calsboardgamemusings.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/review-epigo.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Epigo truly strikes me as the love child of Robo Rally,\u00a0Abalone, and\u00a0Yomi&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n8\/10 &#8211; Josh Edwards, Boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com\/2012\/04\/epigo-review.html\">http:\/\/www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com\/2012\/04\/epigo-review.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am delighted with EPIGO and I can see keeping it in my basic game rotation for a long time. It offers variety, depth, originality, and insight. It is wonderfully interactive, rewards experience, and reveals interesting surprises. It plays quickly and it can be enjoyed by a wide variety of ages. I would not hesitate introducing it to gateway abstract gamers. EPIGO is one of the most original abstract games of the last decade.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nMitchell Thomashow, The Opinionated Gamer:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opinionatedgamers.com\/2011\/12\/23\/epigo-a-review-by-mitchell-thomashow\/\">http:\/\/opinionatedgamers.com\/2011\/12\/23\/epigo-a-review-by-mitchell-thomashow\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The large number of variants is also a great selling point \u2013 because the core mechanics stay the same while the victory conditions change, this is a game that will take a long time to master.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\nBoard and Bees:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boardsandbees.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/18\/0081\/\">http:\/\/boardsandbees.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/18\/0081\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Video Reviews<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>8.5\/10 &#8211; Tom Vasel, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dicetower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dice Tower<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KweeImE7pIk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>8\/10 &#8211; Ryan Metzler, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dicetower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dice Tower<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2CxS4WZW9eo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>7\/10 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardtodeath.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Board To Death.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/67BqtPNBslk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Epigo Board Game Geek Page:\u00a0http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/103368\/epigo &nbsp; RUNNER-UP &#8211; GAMES MAGAZINE 2012 BUYER&#8217;S GUIDE &#8211; ABSTRACT STRATEGY &nbsp; &#8220;In terms of play options compared to the amount you might invest in a game Epigo is excellent. 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