Category: Board Games

Posts about board games

Expansion Review – Smash Up Micro-Expansion – Knights of the Round Table

It’s been a while since I did one of these micro-expansion Smash Up reviews (has it really been 5 months? Where has the time gone?). I had meant to do these monthly, but that promise to myself was like a new version of Glory… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up Micro-Expansion – Knights of the Round Table”

Review – Aces of Valor

Ever since the pandemic started, I have been collecting a lot of solo wargames. Even once the lockdowns ended and life returned to at least relative normal, I still found the idea of chucking dice or drawing cards for a game where I am… Continue Reading “Review – Aces of Valor”

Friday Night Shots – How Do You Use Boardgame Geek?

It’s Friday, the week is over, the shots are flowing, and I’m thinking about board games. Because that’s what I do! One of the best things for a lot of board gamers is Boardgame Geek. You can find so much good stuff on the… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – How Do You Use Boardgame Geek?”

Underworld Expansion Coming to Digital Root

It’s been a light week here at Dude Take Your Turn (sorry about that), but I saw this pop into my email yesterday and I knew I had to talk about it. The wonderful digital version of Root (published by Dire Wolf Digital) is… Continue Reading “Underworld Expansion Coming to Digital Root”

Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2023

It’s Wednesday and part of me is still coming down from the high of a weekend full of boardgames! For the first time since March 2019, the annual (until COVID, damn it) Terminal City Tabletop Convention was held in my hometown of Vancouver this… Continue Reading “Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2023”

The Last Hundred Yards (Volume 2) – Airborne Over Europe – Storage Solution With Rails on Boards

Hey there! It’s Dave, your friendly neighbourhood board game storage solution guy. You may know me from my stint on an old Simpsons episode. Ummm…or maybe not. Anyway, after extolling the virtues of the various wargame storage solutions from Rails on Boards (Cube4Me), and… Continue Reading “The Last Hundred Yards (Volume 2) – Airborne Over Europe – Storage Solution With Rails on Boards”

New to Me – February 2023

February is the shortest month of the year, though it can seem quite long (or did before a stat holiday was added to it). It can seem even longer when you don’t get as many games played as usual! As I mentioned in my… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2023”

February 2023 Gaming

February was a weird month for gaming. I missed on Sunday Funday because of doing a math trade (where I traded 17 games for a bunch of money and 5 other games!) and then I was on vacation for a week so we didn’t… Continue Reading “February 2023 Gaming”

Aces of Valor – Storage Solution with With Rails on Boards

Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a big fan of the Rails on Boards (Cube4Me) storage solution for wargames. Heck, I’ve already done 5 posts about various ones that I have purchased from them. However, you may notice that the title of… Continue Reading “Aces of Valor – Storage Solution with With Rails on Boards”

Twilight Struggle: Red Sea Coming to Digital via Playdek on March 28

(Edit 3/28/23) – Playdek announced in the March GMT newsletter that they wouldn’t be meeting the March 28 release date. Further information will be released as soon as they have it. More news from the GMT February newsletter! This one is exciting too, though… Continue Reading “Twilight Struggle: Red Sea Coming to Digital via Playdek on March 28”