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Game Overview: The Game on Fire, or Playing Cards Faster

Game Overview: The Game on Fire, or Playing Cards Faster
Board Game: The Game
Board Game: The Game on Fire
When I first heard about Steffen Benndorf's The Game (a.k.a. The Game: Spiel...so lange du kannst!, a.k.a. the game that's easier to find when you search for its subtitle rather than its main title), I didn't expect much. You play cards onto discard piles. That's it.

Publisher Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag gave me a demo copy at Spielwarenmesse 2015, and I played a few times with my cameraperson in the airport and solo on the flight home. The more that I played, the more I got hooked, and I've now played more than seventy times. I've given away multiple copies as gifts and bought additional copies so that I can have it on hand in the car or at home. I recorded an overview video in March 2015 ahead of The Game's Spiel des Jahres nomination, and now I'm presenting an overview video of The Game on Fire, a mini-expansion that NSV released at Spiel 2015 on its own and as part of a compilation.

Following the success of both Qwixx and The Game — simple designs that keep everyone at the table engaged at all times — I'm excited to see what Benndorf and NSV have coming in the years ahead...

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