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Category: Friday Night Shots
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”
Friday Night Shots – Are We All Required to Like the Same Games?
Taking a break from the Boardgame Geek thread that has been inspiring these posts the last couple of weeks, because I saw something else that sparked a desire to rant a little bit. Not that these posts should be rants, but sometimes they might… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Are We All Required to Like the Same Games?”
Friday Night Shots – If You Aren’t Playing the Game to Win, Are You Playing the Game?
I mentioned last week that this Boardgame Geek thread about unpopular opinions was going to be a gold mine for Friday Night Shots posts. Lo and behold, here’s a second post! Games are games, with winners and losers. The cogent question this time around… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – If You Aren’t Playing the Game to Win, Are You Playing the Game?”
Friday Night Shots – Should Solo Games Exist?
Last week, I was reading a Boardgame Geek forum post that I thought would be a goldmine for some Friday Night Shots posts. And it is! The thread is entitled “Do you have an unpopular opinion that is TRULY unpopular?” As opposed to those… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Should Solo Games Exist?”
Friday Night Shots – Lifestyle Games
Lifestyle games What does that mean and are you into them? At Bottoscon (not just last weekend, but every time, along with Terminal City Tabletop Convention as well!), a dedicated group of gamers play nothing but 18XX games. (18XX games are train games where… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Lifestyle Games”