Category: Board Games

Posts about board games

AEG Adjusts its Views on Expansions

I saw an interesting post on the Smash Up Facebook group the other day. It was a link to a post on the AEG (Alderac Entertainment Group) blog by CEO John Zinser regarding their policy on expansions in 2020 and beyond. Last year, AEG made… Continue Reading “AEG Adjusts its Views on Expansions”

GMT’s Labyrinth: the War on Terror coming to Steam Early Access – Feb 27

What can be more exciting than a snow day in Vancouver where I don’t have to go to work? How about receiving big digital boardgame news in my Inbox? Yes, that’s right. GMT’s awesome-sounding (since I haven’t played the board game yet) Labyrinth: the War… Continue Reading “GMT’s Labyrinth: the War on Terror coming to Steam Early Access – Feb 27”

Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (5-1)

Whew! After telling you the first half of my Top 10 games played in 2019, I needed a break. Being surrounded by all that awesomeness can be tiring! But now I’m back with the bottom half of the list. These are the 5 best… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (5-1)”

Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (10-6)

It’s that time of year again! Time to look back at 2019 and see what games I played this year and which ones I definitely want to play again. Also, which ones can be left by the side of the road looking all forlorn… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (10-6)”

Friday Night Shots – Negativity in Response to Reviews

Welcome to the first in what may be a series (or at least a semi-series) of Friday night posts that are at least partially inspired by Canadian Club whiskey (that we tend to drink on Friday nights). Tonight’s topic is the idea of negativity… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Negativity in Response to Reviews”

New to Me – December 2019

Happy New Year! As we start the new year here at the Cult of the New to Me, we want to look back at the previous month, because looking back is what we do! That’s right. We never talk about the new to me… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2019”

Blog in Review – 2019

I normally don’t do this, but a number of my blogging buddies are doing a look back at their blog and seeing how things went for them in 2019. While I haven’t done this in the past, it is an interesting academic exercise as… Continue Reading “Blog in Review – 2019”

Rival Networks to hit Kickstarter on January 28

Gil Hova’s The Networks is in my Top 5 games played of all time (at least as of earlier this year) so I was kind of excited to hear about the 2-player version of the game, called “Rival Networks“. Now it finally has a release… Continue Reading “Rival Networks to hit Kickstarter on January 28”

Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun from Board & Dice

It’s a New Year’s Eve miracle! I wasn’t going to post anything else this week (other than Monday’s review and the December “New to Me” post) when I received this lovely email from Board & Dice announcing the 2020 release from designer Daniele Tascini… Continue Reading “Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun from Board & Dice”

Review – Nagaraja

Everybody likes exploring ancient tombs and seeing what the artifacts there may tell us about our ancient ancestors. Right? We all have an inner Indiana Jones inside us, striving to get out. Or maybe it’s just me? Anyway, with the 2019 game Nagaraja from… Continue Reading “Review – Nagaraja”