Category: Board Games

Q&A – Stephen Buonocore (President of Stronghold Games)

(Edit: And it’s live! Let me know what you think now that it’s up and running in the comments. I also did a post about it.) (Edit: Apparently this has now been pushed back to June 16) You may have heard something last week,… Continue Reading “Q&A – Stephen Buonocore (President of Stronghold Games)”

Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 70-61

It’s week 4 of my weekly look at the Boardgame Geek Top 100 games to see how many I’ve played and how many I even want to play. It’s a rather blah week, for a lot of reasons, but also just because there aren’t… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 70-61”

Roll for the Galaxy – App Beta First Impressions

A while back,  I reported that Temple Gates, developer of the wonderful Race for the Galaxy and Shards of Infinity apps (the latter of which a review is coming soon!), was going to be rolling out the beta for the app version of Roll for the Galaxy,… Continue Reading “Roll for the Galaxy – App Beta First Impressions”

New to Me – May 2020

We’re back! Pandemic notwithstanding, I managed to actually get a new to me game (and a new to me expansion) play in with the wife this last month. I have some new games coming so hopefully this trend will continue into June as well.… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2020”

Imbalanced Boardgames – What’s Wrong With These People?

Yesterday, in the midst of watching my blog views go to new heights because of a small bit of Terraforming Mars news, I saw this tweet from Robin David on Twitter: Cold blooded! pic.twitter.com/hAZLBeEjfd — Robin David (@robinwriting) May 27, 2020 This tweet highlighted comments… Continue Reading “Imbalanced Boardgames – What’s Wrong With These People?”

Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 80-71

It’s week 3 of our weekly look through the Boardgame Geek Top 100 to see what games I’ve played and which ones I may be interested in playing. Last week I got educated about Dominion, maybe even enough to try it again some day. What… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 80-71”

Stronghold Games Announces Terraforming Mars Big Box & More!

(Edit: And it’s live! Let me know what you think now that it’s up and running in the comments. I also did a post about it.) (Edit: Apparently this has now been pushed back to June 16) (Edit: For all of the information on… Continue Reading “Stronghold Games Announces Terraforming Mars Big Box & More!”

Wingspan Digital App on Steam – Beta Impressions

Wingspan is one of the more popular games out there right at the moment, with it arriving in January 2019 by sitting on a wire and crapping onto a whole bunch of tables. No, sorry, that’s taking the bird metaphor a bit too far.… Continue Reading “Wingspan Digital App on Steam – Beta Impressions”

Talisman – Legendary Decks

In addition to the three new characters that Nomad Games recently released for the digital version of Talisman, they also released a series of what are called “Legendary Decks” for the base game and a number of the expansions. These Legendary Decks are for the… Continue Reading “Talisman – Legendary Decks”

Tiny Epic Pirates on Kickstarter

Gamelyn Games is the king of tiny yet epic games (hence the titles of many of their games, I guess!). I’m a big fan of Tiny Epic Galaxies, but so far haven’t really had the chance to try any of their other ones. However, the… Continue Reading “Tiny Epic Pirates on Kickstarter”