A Gaming Life
Posts about board games
It has definitely been a long year. As mentioned in my 4-year anniversary post on Monday, this year has been especially hard for me, personally but also as a gamer (this is not to diminish how hard it’s been to so many people, especially… Continue Reading “Post-COVID Gaming”
I sometimes lose track of when I started this blog. Over the weekend, I realized that Saturday was the 4-year anniversary, with my first post going out on March 13, 2017. It was a review of a wonderful little game called World’s Fair 1893,… Continue Reading “4 Years and Counting”
Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
I am continuing our Combat Commander Europe games with Dave. We had such a blast with the first scenario (see here: Once again introducing Combat Commander Europe – #1 Fat?Lipki) that is was a no-brainier that we will…
If you’re a fan of this blog (and I can see you, Randy…), you know that I love me some Clank!In!Space! (and once again, that will be the last time I use the exclamation marks as the key on my keyboard is getting worn… Continue Reading “Clank In Space Adventures: Pulsearcade Coming in July”
One of my new favourite deckbuilding games is the brilliant Shards of Infinity, a game I reviewed back in January. The game is published by Stoneblade Entertainment and Ultra-PRO and is Designed by Gary Arant and Justin Gary with artwork by Aaron Nakahara. One… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Shards of Infinity: Relics of the Future”
One genre of games I haven’t really gotten into, mainly because I haven’t had the opportunity, is solo gaming. There are many great-sounding solo wargames out there, but the idea of spending 2-3 hours playing a game on the table by myself just doesn’t… Continue Reading “App Review – Pavlov’s House”
Nomad Games has been very good to me, giving me review codes for many of their games, from Talisman to Talisman: Origins and then the old-time deduction game, Fury of Dracula. Last week, Nomad Games brought Fury of Dracula to mobile devices, both iPad… Continue Reading “Fury of Dracula from Nomad Games Comes to Mobile”
It’s now March and the Cult of the New to Me is getting restless. We’re now close to a year since lockdowns and social distancing became a thing rather than some abstract concept. This past weekend, a year ago, I was coming home from… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2021”
Who can resist a TV show (or game!) that has bloody arena combat between two (or more) fierce gladiators, where death may come quickly or it may come slowly in quick, debilitating cuts here and there that leave your gladiator struggling to survive? Gale… Continue Reading “new edition of Spartacus from Gale Force 9 releases on April 17”