A Gaming Life
Posts about board games
Stained glass windows are beautiful things to look at. No matter what you think of a church’s architecture, the stained glass is usually one of the main attractions and draws your eye to them. You know what else draws your eye? Beautiful boardgames! (Editor:… Continue Reading “Review: Sagrada”
I know this is very late, but it’s been a sad time in the Cult of the New to Me headquarters. There was a bit of an insurrection with our Cult member over doctrine and my leadership, and because…I know this is heresy and… Continue Reading “New to Me – July 2018”
We all know the stereotype of the old lady living alone with hundreds of cats, right? Of course you do. What’s the next best thing to becoming a cat lady, though? Playing a card game where you get to collect cats, of course! Cat… Continue Reading “Review – Cat Lady”
I know, I know. I haven’t posted in a month and I start with a bad pun. I’m still getting back in the swing of things. In order to do that, I have a question for you. One of my favourite games right now… Continue Reading “No Points at the End of Game – Pointless?”
What, it’s July 13 and I haven’t posted anything in July yet? My apologies for my tardiness. How about some Fallout news? I played the base Fallout boardgame at the Terminal City Tabletop Convention back in March, and it was a fun game. Went… Continue Reading “New Expansion for Fallout: the Boardgame Coming”
Rubies make the world go around. Isn’t that what Marilyn Monroe always said? (Editor – Dating yourself *and* being wrong all in one sentence. That’s quite the accomplishment!) If you’re a merchant in Istanbul in some vague time period of the past, rubies are… Continue Reading “App Review – Istanbul”
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”