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Month: August 2025
Witch One Will You Convict? – Witchcraft! Review
Solo games make a great thing to do when you’re working at home and want to take a lunch break to enjoy some games. David Thompson, Trevor Benjamin, and Roger Tankersley already have a wonderful solo game called Resist! that almost brought a tear… Continue Reading “Witch One Will You Convict? – Witchcraft! Review”
Trading Against the Tide – Tides of Trade Review (Wayfarers of the South Tigris Expansion)
The recent Kickstarter from Garphill Games with all of the South Tigris expansions recently showed up on my doorstep, so apologies for the fact that you’re going to be inundated with South Tigris content for a little bit! After getting through the Scholars of… Continue Reading “Trading Against the Tide – Tides of Trade Review (Wayfarers of the South Tigris Expansion)”
Defiance or Appeasement? – Bell of Treason Review
There’s something about a meaty game that plays in 45 minutes that just appeals to me. It makes for a nice lunch but it still exercises the brain a bit. Adding historical flavour is just the icing on the cake. I really enjoyed Mark… Continue Reading “Defiance or Appeasement? – Bell of Treason Review”
Bury the Nose – Body of Books Review (Scholars of the South Tigris expansion)
Sometimes expansions comes out and they fix something that may have been a little off in the base game. (Wayfarers of the South Tigris expansion, I’m looking at you a little bit). Sometimes, though, an expansion just gives you more stuff to think about… Continue Reading “Bury the Nose – Body of Books Review (Scholars of the South Tigris expansion)”
How Big is Your Camel? – Resafa Review
Sometimes games with historical themes throw in as much as possible regarding that theme, even when they might be unrelated. Overcompensation? Maybe, or maybe they just want to make sure there are enough things to do to keep the game interesting, and at least… Continue Reading “How Big is Your Camel? – Resafa Review”
Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 27 – Carentan Causeway
After getting my July Combat Commander game done on July 1, July was a long month to wait for another one! I was going to set up another one in July but ended up not doing so. Thankfully my August game was also done… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 27 – Carentan Causeway”
How is This Acceptable?
(8/8/25 Edit Number 2: CGE has now put out a statement apologizing and pledging that all profits from the Harry Potter Codenames game will be donated to trans rights charities, in discussions with those most affected by Rowling’s evil. J from 3 Minute Boardgames… Continue Reading “How is This Acceptable?”
New to Me – July 2025
It’s funny, but no matter how bad a month might be as far as playing games, I usually get a decent number of “new to me” games played. I thought July would be slow, but it ended up being pretty normal. I also thought,… Continue Reading “New to Me – July 2025”
July 2025 Gaming
Being off for almost the entire month of July, I wasn’t expecting much on the gaming front. However, I managed to attended a Wednesday night meet-up a couple of times, which greatly helped take the place of our normal lunchtime games at work, at… Continue Reading “July 2025 Gaming”