Tag: Architects of the West Kingdom
Posted on December 22, 2020
by whovian223
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This appears to be a “week before Christmas news extravaganza” but I hope to get a review done this week too (or something, at least). However, I just stumbled across this on Boardgame Geek and I had to shout my “huzzahs!” to all of… Continue Reading “Works of Wonder – Architects of the West Kingdom expansion”
Posted on May 27, 2020
by whovian223
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It’s week 3 of our weekly look through the Boardgame Geek Top 100 to see what games I’ve played and which ones I may be interested in playing. Last week I got educated about Dominion, maybe even enough to try it again some day. What… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 80-71”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Aeon's End, Agricola, Alain Orban, Architects of the West Kingdom, Battlestar Galactica, Card Games, CodeNames, Corey Konieczka, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, Helmut Ohley, Hidden Traitor, Indie Boards & Cards, Kevin Riley, Leonhard Orgler, Lookout Games, Marvel Champsions: the Card Game, Party Games, Patchwork, Renegade Games Studios, Rio Grande Games, Roll for the Galaxy, Russian Railroads, Sébastien Dujardin, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Train Games, Troyes, Uwe Rosenberg, Vlaada Chvátil, Wei-Hwa Huang, Worker Placement Games, Xavier Georges, Zman Games
Posted on April 1, 2020
by whovian223
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As we move into April, the self-isolation continues. For some people, that was their normal behaviour anyway, but it’s still hard to be sequestered away from seeing pretty much anybody. I’ve been working from home since March 16 and it’s been quite the adjustment.… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Architects of the West Kingdom, Architects of the West Kingdom: Age of the Artisans, Awkward Guests, Deduction, Expansions, Garphill Games, MegaCorpin Games, Renegade Games Studios, Ron Gonzalo Garcia, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Worker Placement Games
Posted on January 8, 2020
by whovian223
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Whew! After telling you the first half of my Top 10 games played in 2019, I needed a break. Being surrounded by all that awesomeness can be tiring! But now I’m back with the bottom half of the list. These are the 5 best… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Andrew Veen, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Cole Wehrle, Deckbuilders, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Jason Matthews, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Time of Crisis, Tyrants of the Underdark, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on November 13, 2019
by whovian223
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It’s no secret that Architects of the West Kingdom is a fantastic game. It’s my #4 game played of all time! Designed by Shem Phillips and S J MacDonald and published by both Garphill Games and Renegade Game Studios, this wonderful worker-placement game about… Continue Reading “Architects of the West Kingdom: Age of the Artisans Looks Seriously Cool”
Posted on August 5, 2019
by whovian223
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It’s been a week of news last week, so why not start this week with another excellent tidbit that I can’t wait for? Shem Phillips, co-designer of one of my favourite games (Architects of the West Kingdom), has announced that an expansion will be… Continue Reading “Architects of the West Kingdom Getting More Stuff”
Posted on March 13, 2019
by whovian223
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(Edit: 5/16/22) – I did a review of the Age of Artisans expansion. Check it out! History is my bag. I was “hist” online for a long time before I realized that I would never be found by search engines with that title. Hence, “whovian223”… Continue Reading “Review – Architects of the West Kingdom”
Posted on February 14, 2019
by whovian223
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Happy Valentine’s Day! What a fitting day to share the love I have for my Top 5 Games. We’ve reached the end, those of you who have been holding your breath to see what my Top 5 games played are. Hopefully you didn’t hold… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time (5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andrew Veen, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Formal Ferret Games, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Time of Crisis, Tyrants of the Underdark, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on January 17, 2019
by whovian223
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As promised in my “Taking a hiatus” post right before Christmas, I was planning on doing a Top 10 games played in 2018 as well as a list of top games played of all time. I wasn’t sure how many “Top games of all… Continue Reading “Where are the Best Games Played in 2018?”
Posted on December 6, 2018
by whovian223
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It’s December! And too many days into December for my New to Me Games post for November, so my apologies. I do have a good reason, though. The Cult of the New to Me was having a fundraiser, but unfortunately it didn’t go well.… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 13 Days, Action Selection, Andreas Steding, Archaeology - The New Expedition, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Asger Granerud, Brett Sobol, Card Games, Crosstalk, Daniel Pedersen, Deep Sea Adventure, Emerson Matsuuchi, Garphill Games, Goro Sasaki, Gugong, Ian O'Toole, Jolly Roger Games, Jun Sasaki, Lunch Time Games, Nauvoo Games, Oink Games, Phil Walker-Harding, Push Your Luck Games, Reef, Set Collection Games, Seth Van Orden, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games