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A Gaming Life
Category: Board Games
Review – Fantasy Realms
Sometimes for dinner you just want a big, juicy steak grilled to perfection with a mashed potato, something that you can savor for a long time while you’re enjoying good company and a glass of wine. And sometimes you just want a few White… Continue Reading “Review – Fantasy Realms”
New Designer Diary out for Clank in Space: CyberStation 11
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”
App Expansion Review – Talisman Origins – Beyond the Veil
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”
Podcast Episode 1 – At SHUX19 with Paula Deming!
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!”
New to Me – September 2019
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”
App Expansion Review – Talisman: The Clockwork Kingdom
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”
Deciding on Buying a Game – Crystal Palace
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”
App Review – Talisman: Origins – The Legend of Pandora’s Box
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”
Review – Welcome to Centerville
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”
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