Posted on February 28, 2024
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Welcome to another amazing tale from the Combat Commander ladder, that monthly chance for me to play one of my favourite games of all time! Run by the sensational Patrick Pence, he of Patrick’s Tactics & Tutorials fame (one day I will be featured… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 74 – Sturmgruppe Granit”
Posted on February 26, 2024
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It’s the first month of the year! And it’s also almost the end of February. Yes, it took so much energy to get my Top 50 games played of all time done, along with getting sick recently, that we’re into the last week of… Continue Reading “New to Me – January 2024”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, Adam Porter, Alain Epron, Alexander Pfister, BLAM Games, Board & Dice, Card Games, Claim, Clever 4Ever, Cody Miller, Daily Magic Games, Daniel McKinley, David Turczi, Dice Drafting, Economic Games, Eric Zimmerman, Far Off Games, Funforge Games, German Railroads, Guild Academies of Valeria, Helmut Ohley, Helvetiq Games, Hit Me!, I Found Bigfoot, John David Wood, Kompromat, Leonhard Orgler, Luc Rémond, Lunch Time Games, Matches, Mike A Pratt, Nucleum, Pegasus Spiele, Pick Up & Deliver, Port Royal, Puppy Pile, Push Your Luck Games, Quantum, Quined Games, Rob Fisher, Roll and Write Games, Romaric Galonnier, Russian Railroads, Schmidt Spiele, Scott Almes, Set Collection Games, Simone Luciani, Space Games, Splito, Stan Kordonskiy, Thing 12 Games, Trick-taking games, Tricky Dicks, Vanuatu, White Goblin Games, Wolfgang Warsch, Worker Placement Games, Wryknot Games, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, Z-Man Games
Posted on February 23, 2024
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Welcome back to our usual Friday! Sorry for last weekend’s abnormal post. We’re getting back to the swing of things here at Dude Central, with a visit to the bar on Friday night! Ok, I still haven’t done the “New to Me” post yet,… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Player Count”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 7 Wonders, Compass Games, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Ion Game Design, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Repos Games, Stationfall, Time of Crisis, Western Front Ace
Posted on February 19, 2024
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(Edit: 3/12/24) – It’s live! Go back it here. In my sick doldrums last week, I missed the announcement from Garphill Games that the next (and final) entry in the South Tigris trilogy of games, Inventors of the South Tigris, is coming to Kickstarter… Continue Reading “Inventors of the South Tigris Coming to Kickstarter March 12”
Posted on February 17, 2024
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Hola! Welcome back to the bar on a cozy Saturday night of Family Day weekend up here in Canada. It’s been a rough week, with me being sick for most of it. Which would explain the complete lack of new content here at Dude… Continue Reading “Holiday Weekend Shots – Games & Updates”
Posted on February 11, 2024
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It’s been a long journey getting to this top 10. Not so much in weeks, as these posts have appeared for 5 weeks just like the previous Top 25 did (or they should have, but I’d forgotten that I took a much too long… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#10 – 1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Action Selection, Ark Nova, Brad Johnson, Capstone Games, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Clank in Space, Combat Commander: Europe, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Dice Placement, Dire Wolf Digital, Earth, Engine-building, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Inside Up Games, Jason Matthews, Mathias Wigge, Maxime Tardif, Paul Dennen, Prodigals Club, Renegade Games Studios, Scholars of the South Tigris, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Time of Crisis, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Wayfarers of the South Tigris, Wray Ferrell
Posted on February 9, 2024
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Welcome back! I know it’s been a couple of weeks, but I was taking some time putting a new bar up. With heated seats! I hope that works ok and isn’t a fire hazard. Oops. Anyway, have a seat and let me get you… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Old vs New?”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Ark Nova, Board & Dice, Daily Magic Games, Explorers of the North Sea, Ezra & Nehemiah, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Guild Academies of Valeria, Jump Drive, Nucleum, Obsession, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shipwrights of the North Sea - Redux, Smash Up, Stationfall
Posted on February 7, 2024
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Betting on horse racing can be so much fun. Especially when the money’s not yours! Or at least it’s fake and just part of a game. Ready Set Bet was published in 2022 by Alderac Entertainment Group. Designed by John D. Clair (one of… Continue Reading “Ready Set Bet – High Roller – Coming to Kickstarter March 5”
Posted on February 4, 2024
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How our tastes change over time is always kind of interesting to look at. As a kid, I loved Brussels Sprouts! Now, I really really hate them. Ok, I’m kidding…nobody sane likes Brussels Sprouts. But you get my point! Things you like as a… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#20-11)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Amalfi: Renaissance, Andrew Veen, Area Majority, Card Games, Cole Wehrle, ctr, Dan Hallagan, Deckbuilders, Deep Water Games, Dice-rolling, Elizabeth Hargrave, Fantastic Factories, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, Kayenta Games, Lunch Time Games, Nick Little, Obsession, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Rio Grande Games, Rodney Thompson, Schadenfreude, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Sydney Engelstein, Sylex, Tableau-building, Takeo Yamada, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Trick-taking games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Underwater Cities, Vladimír Suchý, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
Posted on February 1, 2024
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Has a month already gone by in 2024? Wow, time is just flying by, really. January had a number of gaming highlights, mainly because of OrcaCon. The annual convention down in Bellevue, Washington, it just a remarkably-run convention, so inclusive, and so fun. And… Continue Reading “January 2024 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Alderac, BG Stats, Brotherwise Games, Cape May, Combat Commander, Empire's End, GMT Games, Schadenfreude, Smash Up, Smash Up: Excellent Movies Dudes, Thunderworks Games, Zilla Blitz