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SPIEL 2016 XV: Inis, Millions of Dollars, The Perfumer, Round House, and Rory's Story Cubes

SPIEL 2016 XV: Inis, Millions of Dollars, The Perfumer, Round House, and Rory's Story Cubes
Board Game: Inis
• I posted an overview of Christian Martinez' Inis from Matagot a few days before SPIEL 2016 opened, but should you not care for the sound of my voice or want to compare presentations of the game, here's an overview of this big box game — one in which players try to expand their presence, oversee sanctuaries, dominate others, or all three — from Matagot's Fabien Conus.





Board Game: Millions of Dollars
• Hey, time to start posting the videos that John and I recorded at various publisher booths at SPIEL 2016 since I can follow the title above with designer Jeremie Kletzkine's presentation of his own Millions of Dollars, a sort of hidden role game from Matagot.





Board Game: The Perfumer
• While many people enjoy that "new box smell" when opening a game for the first time, few anticipate smelling their games over and over again, but that's the proposition presented by Chu-Lan Kao's The Perfumer from Big Fun Games, a strategy game with scratch-and-sniff cards that are integral to gameplay as you try to fill client orders and assemble the ingredients needed for your secret formula.





Board Game: Round House
• Burano from EmperorS4 Games was a hit at SPIEL 2015, and for 2016 Burano co-designer Eros Lin has paired with Zong-Hua Yang to create Round House, a worker-placement-ish rondel game in which you move family members through the round house you all share, conducting business and bringing as many people as possible home to worship your ancestors as they'll reward you for your attention.





Board Game: Rory's Story Cubes: Doctor Who
Board Game: Rory's Story Cubes: Looney Tunes
• Every year at SPIEL, Beth checks in with Rory O'Connor of the giant Story Cubes "game" line to see what he's been working on, so here's the take from Rory at SPIEL 2016:

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