A Gaming Life
Posts about board games
Another day, another Smash Up expansion. This is becoming almost a weekly thing! Or maybe it just seems that way. Anyway, with my latest expansion acquisition (not the latest expansion period, since I am nothing if not eclectic (Editor: You mean random, right?) in… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: What Were We Thinking?”
I was just going to do one post today, but something that I saw last night made me wonder. And making me wonder is a really dangerous thing sometimes. On Boardgame Geek in the Smash Up forum, there’s a thread called “Play mat unavailable?” In… Continue Reading “The Completionist Mindset”
(Edit – 3/26/19) – Guess what! Playdek is bringing this game to digital platforms! Check out my post with the announcement. (Edit – 5/27/19) – Here’s my review of the app! (Edit: This is one of my Top 25 Games Played of all Time,… Continue Reading “Review – Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis, 1860-61”
The Robot Revolution is upon us. Soon, robots will be taking over our lives, providing us with every luxury, moving us around, serving us, fighting our wars, and all of that good stuff. And our economy will tank because nobody’s actually working. Then we’ll… Continue Reading “Review – Sentient”
To end the week, how about some news that I missed out on while I was saving the world away? One of my favourite games played in 2017, Clank! In! Space!, is expanding! (too many exclamation marks…I’m going to run out! Damn, there’s another… Continue Reading “Lord Eradikus Getting More Annoyed in August”
Sorry for the super-long delay in posting here at Dude Central (not counting yesterday’s repost). I had a mission, should I have chosen to accept it, that I had to take care of. Yes, you are looking at Tom Cruise, why do you ask?… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2018”
Just a quick post is all I have time for on this sunny Monday. Lately I have been on a bit of a GMT Games kick, mainly starting with Time of Crisis. It’s not so much the wargames or the COIN games, because I… Continue Reading “Flashpoint South China Sea – Let’s Get This Produced!”
Meteorfall, the rogue-like deck-building card game app created by Slothwerks, was one of my favourite apps of the last year. It was the perfect blend of difficult but not impossible game play, where you could spend a good deal of time with it but… Continue Reading “Necrodude Coming to Meteorfall – Gamers Go Nuts”
Fans of White Wizards Games excellent Star Realms app have some reason to be excited today. Literally as I type this, the new update has dropped and is available for download onto your favourite mobile devices. For two measly dollars (us Canadians of course… Continue Reading “Star Realms App Expands and Goes to the Arena”
April was an interesting month for the Cult of the New to Me. First, we had our new member initiation, but nobody came (oops!). (Editor: Doesn’t help that you gave them the wrong date) Then I took a look at the new to me… Continue Reading “New to Me – April 2018”