Posted on November 10, 2021
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I’m not sure if Vampires will ever go out of style. Is it the exotic nature of them that can sometimes turn erotic? (Please, nobody bring up Twilight….crap, too late) Whatever it is, vampires are all over pop culture, and even in a few… Continue Reading “Review – Crave”
Posted on October 25, 2021
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It’s been since June that one of my favourite blogs, the Players’ Aid, has had a post about the monthly GMT Games update. I’ve missed it (along with all of their other posts). Life happens, I know. Both Grant and Alexander have been extremely… Continue Reading “October 2021 Monthly Update from GMT Games”
Category: Board Games, GMT Update, NewsTags: 2-Player Games, A Gest of Robin Hood, Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea, Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East, Atlantic Chase, Baltic Empires, Bear Trap, Caesar: Rome vs Gaul, CDG Solo System, Charioteer, Chariots of Fire, Combat Commander, Combat Commander: Europe, Combat Commander: Mediterranean, Combat Commander: Resistance, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Flashpoint South China Sea, GMT Games, In the Shadows, Matt Calkins, Mystery Wizard, Players' Aid, Rebel Fury, Red Flag Over Paris, Skies Above Britain, Skies Above the Reich, The Barracks Emperors, The Bell of Treason, The Last Hundred Yards, The Last Hundred Yards Volume 3: The Solomon Islands, The Last Hundred Yards Volume IV: The Russian Front, Thunder Alley, Thunder Alley Crew Chief, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea
Posted on October 14, 2021
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I have always loved The Networks, ever since the beginning. It was one of my first Kickstarter games and it’s solidly in my Top 10 games of all time. So when I heard that a 2-player version of the game, The Rival Networks, was… Continue Reading “Review – The Rival Networks”
Posted on October 7, 2021
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(Edit – 12/14/21: I completely forgot to update this to say that the Steel Police faction is now out. Free if you had it in the app before! Now there are 5 factions to choose from) The Neuroshima Hex app has been around for… Continue Reading “App Review – Neuroshima Hex by Portal Games”
Category: Apps, Board Games, ReviewTags: 2-Player Games, Android, Apps, Big Daddy Creations, ios, Lunch Time Games, Michal Oracz, Neuroshima Hex 3.0, Portal Games
Posted on October 4, 2021
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Just saw this on Boardgame Geek over the weekend and since I loved Hanamikoji, I am definitely interested in the new sequel game called Hanamikoji: Geisha’s Road. Designed by Jerry Chiang and Eros Lin with art by Maisherly, the game will be published by… Continue Reading “Hanamikoji: Geisha’s Road & More Coming to Kickstarter in October”
Posted on October 1, 2021
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A rare double post day, but when you discover some news right after your scheduled post for the day goes out, you have to do it! Dire Wolf Digital announced today that on Monday, October 18, they are releasing the really great 2-player trick-taking… Continue Reading “The Fox in the Forest Goes Electronic From Dire Wolf Digital”
Posted on September 29, 2021
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Another month and another “New to Me” games post. This is the 50th! It feels so good to finally be playing some new games. I’m trying to play some of the many games I bought during the worst of the pandemic (so this is… Continue Reading “New To Me – September 2021”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Alien Frontiers, Alien Frontiers: Factions, Alien Frontiers: Outer Belt, Arcane Wonders, Card Games, Chad Jensen, Combat Commander: Pacific, Formal Ferret Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Kosmos, Lost Cities, Lunch Time Games, Nick Little, Onitama, Randall Bart, Reiner Knizia, Shimpei Sato, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Rival Networks, Tory Niemann, Wargames
Posted on September 27, 2021
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Can it really be? Yes, this is the last post in the BGG Top 300 series, first begun back in February. It’s been a long, hard year with COVID being alternately defeated and then making a rebound and forcing people to still try and… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #210-201”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, 2-Player Games, Auction Games, Bora Bora, Card-Driven Game, Cédrick Chaboussit, Christian Leonard, Czech Games Edition, Darwin Kastle, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Dungeon Petz, Economic Games, EmperorS4, Fantasy Flight Games, Friedemann Friese, GMT Games, Hanamikoji, Hero Realms, Imperial, Jason Matthews, Kota Nakayama, Lewis & Clark: the Expedition, Libellud, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mac Gerdts, Power Grid Deluxe, Ravensburger, Régis Bonnessée, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Samurai, Seasons, Stefan Feld, Tile-Laying Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Wise Wizard Games
Posted on August 30, 2021
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What? Two editions of this list in two weeks? Could Dave be back? I wouldn’t count on it, but this is a welcome thing to see! My editor is very happy (Editor: Yeah, so happy I could almost not speak in a monotone) It’s… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #250 – 241”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Above and Below, Abstract Games, Action Points, Arcane Wonders, Area Control, Benjamin Pope, Bryan Pope, Card Drafting, Century: Spice Road, City Building, CMON, Concordia Venus, Cthulhu Wars, David Thompson, Deckbuilders, Emerson Matsuuchi, Ethnos, Gen42 Games, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Herve Lemaitre, Hive, John Yianni, Kolossal Games, Lincoln Petersen, Lunch Time Games, Mac Gerdts, Mage Wars Arena, Onitama, Osprey Games, Paolo Mori, Petersen Games, Plan B Games, Red Raven Games, Rio Grande Games, Ryan Laukat, Sandbox games, Sandy Petersen, Set Collection Games, Shimpei Sato, Tile-Laying Games, Trevor Benjamin, Undaunted: Normandy, Wargames, Western Legends
Posted on August 4, 2021
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(Edit: 8/19/21) – Just confirmed with Portal Games on Twitter that the online play will have asynchronous options. Yay! One of the classic boardgame apps for iOS (and maybe Android? I’m not sure) was Neuroshima Hex, the 1-4 player duel game where each player… Continue Reading “Updated Neuroshima Hex App Coming in September”
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