Category: Board Games
Posted on October 31, 2019
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October was SHUX month. SHUX is a 3-day boardgame convention in Vancouver that was simply phenomenal. I had so much fun, and would have had even more fun if I hadn’t felt so terrible. Maybe next year! You know what conventions mean, right? No,… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 5x5 City, Alderac, Board & Dice, Brian Henk, Card Drafting, Card Games, Civilization Building, Clayton Skancke, Corinth, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Denis Plastinin, Dice-rolling, Dylan Mangini, Explorers of the North Sea, Garphill Games, Grey Fox Games, Hisashi Hayashi, Jamey Stegmaier, Jonny Pac Cantin, Lunch Time Games, Mico, Modular Games, Molly Johnson, Okazu Brand, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Pull the Pin Games, Renegade Games Studios, Robert Melvin, Roll and Write Games, Sebastien Pauchon, Shawn Stankewich, Shem Phillips, Sierra West, SJ MacDonald, Stonemaier Games, Tapestry, Tile-Laying Games, War of the Worlds: the New Wave, Worker Placement Games, Zorro Dice Game
Posted on October 30, 2019
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Just a quick news post (hasn’t been one of those for a while!) to give you more information on the exciting new Clank in Space (my #3 best game played of all time) expansion, Cyberstation 11. Designer Evan Lorentz has posted to the Dire… Continue Reading “New Designer Diary out for Clank in Space: CyberStation 11”
Posted on October 29, 2019
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Talisman and Talisman: Origins are two of the really great digital board game adaptions. The former because it looks so tedious on the table but in digital form you can start a game, go for a while, then turn it off and come back to it.… Continue Reading “App Expansion Review – Talisman Origins – Beyond the Veil”
Posted on October 9, 2019
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Yes, that’s right. I’ve started a podcast! Well, kind of. This is going to be fairly irregular, and almost “guerrilla podcasting” quality (I don’t have a fancy microphone or recording studio or anything like that…just my phone). This will be a way for me… Continue Reading “Podcast Episode 1 – At SHUX19 with Paula Deming!”
Posted on October 1, 2019
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It had been a quiet September at Dude Central. There was a birthday party that nobody came to (it’s not my fault I accidentally put September 9, 2018 on the invitations. How was I supposed to know that everybody would actually look at the… Continue Reading “New to Me – September 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alea, Alexander Pfister, Area Control, Benjamin Schwer, Blackout: Hong Kong, Chariot Race, Civilization Building, Dice Placement, Dice-rolling, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Eggertspiele, George Skourtis, Hadara, Hans im Gluck, Lunch Time Games, Macao, Matt Leacock, Nocturion, Pegasus Spiele, Racing Game, Ravensburger, Resource Management, Stefan Feld, Vesuvius Media, Zman Games
Posted on September 27, 2019
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I’ve done a couple of reviews now for Talisman: Origins and one of its expansions, but there’s also a new digital-only expansion out for the base Talisman game as well. As we all know, Talisman is the roll and move game where you are journeying around the… Continue Reading “App Expansion Review – Talisman: The Clockwork Kingdom”
Posted on September 17, 2019
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One of the things about us gamers are that, yes I know it may sound strange to you, we all like to buy games. Some much more than others! But even those who are successful in curbing their game buying (or acquiring them in… Continue Reading “Deciding on Buying a Game – Crystal Palace”
Posted on September 16, 2019
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Fresh off of my review of Talisman: Origins, the solo Talisman game for Steam and mobile devices, let’s talk about the latest expansion for it (discussion of the previous expansion, Beyond the Veil, will be coming later). As with the base game, Talisman: Origins – The Legend of… Continue Reading “App Review – Talisman: Origins – The Legend of Pandora’s Box”
Posted on September 11, 2019
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If I were ever voted to city council or the urban planning commission for Vancouver, you know what I would hope to see? All of the people in the meeting rolling dice and making decisions based on that. I think that would be hilarious… Continue Reading “Review – Welcome to Centerville”
Posted on September 9, 2019
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It’s my birthday! Yes, I’m turning the big 49 today, and in celebration, I’m going to tell you the 49 games I’m really anticipating over the next few months. Ok, no. I’m not that much of a masochist. Instead, the number 4 is part… Continue Reading “Birthday Post – 4 Games I’m Looking Forward To”
Category: Board Games, Opinion, PersonalTags: Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein, Alderac, Capstone Games, Card-Driven Game, Dan Blanchett, Ecos: First Continent, John D Clair, Lunch Time Games, Matthias Cramer, Mike Elliott, Plaid Hat Games, Renegade Games Studios, Tableau-building, Terror Below, Tile-Laying Games, Watergate, Worker Placement Games