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Category: Friday Night Shots
Friday Night Shots – Con Behaviour?
Happy Friday night! I’m writing this earlier in the week because I am currently, as this post goes live, playing a game at Bottoscon 2026 and enjoying the hell out of the evening. Or we could be eating dinner or gabbing with other con-goers,… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Con Behaviour?”
Friday Night Shots – Games You Defend Despite Their Flaws
Another Friday Night Shots stream of consciousness opinion post (sorry if you find that off-putting) about a topic that was first brought up on Boardgame Geek. I find that the forums there can be a gold mine of inspiration for thoughtful posts (or just… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Games You Defend Despite Their Flaws”
Friday Night Shots – Games That Grabbed You on First Look
It’s another Friday night, so time for some stream of consciousness writing about a boardgame topic that makes me happy. What better thing to do on a Friday night? Tonight, with a little bit of whiskey added to the mix, I’d like to talk… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Games That Grabbed You on First Look”
Friday Night Shots – Games Where the “Extras” Make the Game Better
We’ve all played those games before. The games where just sitting there playing the game, using the mechanisms (card drafting, worker placement, whatever) and you just think “this isn’t really that different than (fill in the blank) and it’s kind of boring.” But then… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Games Where the “Extras” Make the Game Better”
Friday Night Shots (Saturday Edition) – Games That Intimidate You
I was going to leave my Friday post to be the Tag Team review that posted yesterday. Then I was reading something tonight while eating dinner (I can’t even remember what prompted it, so it must have been stewing a bit in my subconscious)… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots (Saturday Edition) – Games That Intimidate You”
Friday Night Shots – The Art of the Pass
Last week, I talked about people intentionally breaking a game by doing something that doesn’t change the game state. In the post, I referenced everybody in a game of Terraforming Mars just passing as their first action, which doesn’t do anything to make the… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – The Art of the Pass”
Friday Night Shots – Breaking a Game Intentionally – Why?
It’s weird what you can find on the Boardgame Geek forums sometimes. Usually it’s rules questions or reviews or comments about a game in a game’s forum on the site. Many times, those rules questions would be quickly answered if they’d either do a… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Breaking a Game Intentionally – Why?”
Friday Night Shots – Game Systems
Those of you who follow this blog (hi, Doug!) know that I’m a huge Final Girl fanboy. See that page for all of my individual feature film reviews! I have everything, except maybe some promos and stuff. I have the Season 3 Ultimate Box… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Game Systems”
Friday Night Shots – Expansions Revisited
I know I’ve talked about expansions before on Friday Night Shots (both ones you won’t play again and whether or not you even like them to begin with), but a recent post on Boardgame Geek prompted another thought that I wanted to explore. Somebody… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Expansions Revisited”
Friday Night Shots – Hidden Information
The title of this post is obviously about hidden information in games and not hidden information about me, because I am an open book! Just…don’t open that door over there, please. And ignore the sounds coming from behind it. Thank you. Anyway, many games… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Hidden Information”