Category: Board Games
Posted on October 8, 2021
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It’s Friday and the vodka is flowing yet again. What does that mean? That my liver will be complaining for a while? That is true, but it also means it’s time for another edition of Friday Night Shots! I wasn’t actually sure what I… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Are Boardgame Playthroughs Boring? Or Awesome?”
Posted on October 7, 2021
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(Edit – 12/14/21: I completely forgot to update this to say that the Steel Police faction is now out. Free if you had it in the app before! Now there are 5 factions to choose from) The Neuroshima Hex app has been around for… Continue Reading “App Review – Neuroshima Hex by Portal Games”
Category: Apps, Board Games, ReviewTags: 2-Player Games, Android, Apps, Big Daddy Creations, ios, Lunch Time Games, Michal Oracz, Neuroshima Hex 3.0, Portal Games
Posted on October 4, 2021
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Just saw this on Boardgame Geek over the weekend and since I loved Hanamikoji, I am definitely interested in the new sequel game called Hanamikoji: Geisha’s Road. Designed by Jerry Chiang and Eros Lin with art by Maisherly, the game will be published by… Continue Reading “Hanamikoji: Geisha’s Road & More Coming to Kickstarter in October”
Posted on October 1, 2021
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Welcome to the first of what could be a series of posts, or might just be a one-shot. Basically, it’s Friday night, I’ve had a couple of drinks, and maybe it’s time to visit a pressing issue in the boardgame industry. Or maybe I… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Score Sheets for Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night Shots, OpinionTags: 7 Wonders Duel, Alderac, Architects of the West Kingdom, Clank in Space, Deus, Fantasy Realms, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Renegade Games Studios, Repos Games, Rio Grande Games, Roll for the Galaxy, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Speakeasy Blues, The City, Trains, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Wizkids
Posted on October 1, 2021
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A rare double post day, but when you discover some news right after your scheduled post for the day goes out, you have to do it! Dire Wolf Digital announced today that on Monday, October 18, they are releasing the really great 2-player trick-taking… Continue Reading “The Fox in the Forest Goes Electronic From Dire Wolf Digital”
Posted on October 1, 2021
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This review actually has more twists and turns than a City Council meeting trying to issue a policy that will please all of its residents. I guess I should identify the game I’m talking about first, though. The City is a tableau-building card game… Continue Reading “Review – The City”
Posted on September 29, 2021
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Another month and another “New to Me” games post. This is the 50th! It feels so good to finally be playing some new games. I’m trying to play some of the many games I bought during the worst of the pandemic (so this is… Continue Reading “New To Me – September 2021”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Alien Frontiers, Alien Frontiers: Factions, Alien Frontiers: Outer Belt, Arcane Wonders, Card Games, Chad Jensen, Combat Commander: Pacific, Formal Ferret Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Kosmos, Lost Cities, Lunch Time Games, Nick Little, Onitama, Randall Bart, Reiner Knizia, Shimpei Sato, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Rival Networks, Tory Niemann, Wargames
Posted on September 27, 2021
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Can it really be? Yes, this is the last post in the BGG Top 300 series, first begun back in February. It’s been a long, hard year with COVID being alternately defeated and then making a rebound and forcing people to still try and… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #210-201”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, 2-Player Games, Auction Games, Bora Bora, Card-Driven Game, Cédrick Chaboussit, Christian Leonard, Czech Games Edition, Darwin Kastle, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Dungeon Petz, Economic Games, EmperorS4, Fantasy Flight Games, Friedemann Friese, GMT Games, Hanamikoji, Hero Realms, Imperial, Jason Matthews, Kota Nakayama, Lewis & Clark: the Expedition, Libellud, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mac Gerdts, Power Grid Deluxe, Ravensburger, Régis Bonnessée, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Samurai, Seasons, Stefan Feld, Tile-Laying Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Wise Wizard Games
Posted on September 24, 2021
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“Trading in the Mediterranean” has become a bit of a cliche. But look at designer Mac Gerdts breaking that cliche and making it interesting again! The boardgame version of Concordia, designed by Gerdts with artwork by Marina Fahrenbach, Mac Gerdts and Dominik Mayer, came out in… Continue Reading “App Review – Concordia by Acram Digital”
Posted on September 22, 2021
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We’re heading into the home stretch with our look at the Top 300 games on Boardgame Geek. I may even finish before October! Wouldn’t that be a hoot? I’ve actually really enjoyed doing this list, even as I stated last week that it just… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #220-211”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Adam Kwapiński, Age of Empires III: Discovery, Alderac, Area Control, Area Movement, Auction Games, Awaken Realms, Blue Orange Games, Bruno Cathala, Card Games, Civilization Building, CMON, Cooperative Games, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Dixit: Odyssey, Fantasy Flight Games, Frank Brooks, Fury of Dracula, Glenn Drover, Hand Management, Hidden Movement, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Imperial Settlers, Jean-Louis Roubira, John D Clair, Kevin Wilson, Kingdomino, Libellud, Lords of Hellas, Lunch Time Games, Modern Art, Portal Games, Pulsar 2849, Reiner Knizia, Space Alert, Space Base, Stephen Hand, Tile-Laying Games, Tropical Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Vladimír Suchý
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