A Gaming Life
Posts about board games
One of the great things about Combat Commander is that you’re almost never truly out of the running to win the scenario. There are times, of course, where there’s really no point in going on, but those times are much fewer than in some… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 02 – Hedgerows & Hand Grenades”
There’s something about chains in games that is just so cool, even though they burn my brain sometimes. I’m not talking about actual chains, of course. That would be terrible. Unless you’re into that sort of thing, in which case who am I to… Continue Reading “Review – Furnace”
Yes, the bar is still open! It’s just been under renovations for the last…month, I guess. Hopefully they’ve fixed that jukebox so that it stops playing shitty music. Anyway, welcome back! I’m happy to have you stop by, have a drink, and talk a… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Box Size Preference – Room for Expansions?”
There’s just something about a really neat storage solution for games. Sure, baggies are fine, and you can just turn the box upside down and drop a bunch of baggies onto the table for everybody to sort out. They work…ok. And it’s not the… Continue Reading “Fantastic Factories – Storage Solution from Folded Space”
May was a weird month for gaming. Tomorrow (or Monday) I’ll be talking about the month in general, but as for new to me games, there was only one! Which is annoying and that’s why I’m going to talk about a couple of new… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2024”
Two-player trick-taking games are odd ducks. I mean, not Cobra Chicken odd ducks. Nothing compares to them. But they are odd in their own way. They always have to have some kind of neat twist because otherwise it’s just two players laying down cards… Continue Reading “Review – Claim”
It’s been a little while since I raved about the virtues of Folded Space boardgame inserts! I bought three of them at the same time back in December, but then only assembled the Guild Academies of Valeria one. However, I’ve now put together the… Continue Reading “Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria – Storage Solution from Folded Space”