Green City Review – Network-building East meets West

Fabio Lopiano and Mandela F-G’s names are well known around these parts. I’ve covered six of Fabio’s games here before. I’m a confessed big fan. I also love quirky games...

Fabio Lopiano and Mandela F-G’s names are well known around these parts. I’ve covered six of Fabio’s games here before. I’m a confessed big fan. I also love quirky games...

Ragusa is a meaty Euro game from Braincrack Games and designer Fabio Lopiano. Players are developing the titular city, generating the precious commodities of the day, trading, importing and developing...

...Rather than enlisting the design services of Messrs. Turczi & Tascini, this time around the game comes from the brain of Punchboard favourite, Fabio Lopiano. His hallmark as far as...

...to bits, so I was incredibly happy when Osprey Games agreed to send me a copy to put through its paces. Designer Fabio Lopiano is joined by Mandela Fernandez-Grandon to...

...that I like Fabio Lopiano’s games. Even though I thought they used to end too soon (Merv, Zapotec), and even though this series of games through Osprey all seem to...

...be. Play with three or four players to get the full experience, it’s where it’s at its best. Final thoughts I have a love-hate relationship with Fabio Lopiano’s games. Actually,...

...corporations in different combinations, and I’ve just had a huge amount of fun with the game every time I’ve played it. Bravo Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone, and it’s yet...

Merv: The Heart Of The Silk Road is a new game from the mind of Fabio Lopiano (Ragusa) and the design of Ian O’Toole (Nemo’s War: 2nd Edition, Lisboa). The...

...column. It made me think back to Fabio Lopiano’s brilliant I-need-one-more-turn Merv (review here). The little purple spore discs re-activate cards during scoring, and can yield big points. It might...

...another game in the line from Fabio Lopiano who gave us Merv (review here) and Sankoré (review here) before it, and there’ll be a full review here before long. I...