Tag: Area Control
Posted on June 1, 2026
by whovian223
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There were no conventions attended in May, but there was a 14-hour games marathon where a bunch of games were played. So I knew this would be a lengthy post! This month, I actually played more new to me games than I did in… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2026”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Amigo Spiel, Area Control, Asmodee North America, AuZtralia, Brett J Gilbert, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Circus Flohcati, Cooperative Games, Craig E. Somerton, Dice-rolling, DNUP, Drafting Games, El Grande, Farm Hand, First Giants, Florenza: the Card Game, Gang of Dice, Gémklub, Gst, Hand Management, Hans im Gluck, Hasbro, Heckmeck am Karteneck, Katharine Chapman, Kei Kajino, Limited communication games, Lookout Games, Luc Rémond, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Martin Wallace, Matthew Dunstan, Monopoly Deal - Card Game, Nusfjord, Placentia Games, Push Your Luck Games, Reiner Knizia, Richard Ulrich, Route-building, SchilMil Games, Scorpion Masqué, Semi-cooperative Games, Set Collection Games, Sky Team, Space Cowboys, Stefano Groppi, Take-That games, Trick-taking games, Uwe Rosenberg, Wolfgang Kramer, Worker Placement Games, Zoch Verlag
Posted on May 20, 2026
by whovian223
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It’s Wednesday, the middle of the week, so how about a middle post about Boardgame Geek rankings? I mentioned last week that I’ll keep doing these until I hit a week where I haven’t played anything. That ain’t this week! I should remind folks… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 3001 – 3100”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 1923 Cotton Club, 9 Lives, Action Selection, Alderac, AllPlay, Area Control, Avalon Hill, Board & Dice, Card Drafting, Card Games, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Fields of Fire: Deluxe Edition, Firestarter Games, GMT Games, Kingmaker, Looping Games, Lunch Time Games, Point Galaxy, Reforest, Sierra West, Solo Games, Stratego, Tableau-building, The City, Trick-taking games, Wargames, What Were We Thinking, Worker Placement Games
Posted on May 7, 2026
by whovian223
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Doing these weekly posts about these centuries of “top games” on Boardgame Geek have often been interesting because of the conversations they’ve sparked with friends and fans. But they’ve also been interesting because I’ve seen some unexpected movement in the games I’m seeing. For… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2801-2900”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: Alley Cat Games, Amun-Re, Amun-Re 20th Anniversary Edition, Area Control, Assyria, Auction Games, Bingo, Block Wargames, Brotherhood & Unity, Card-Driven Game, Colt Super Express, Columbia Games, Compass Games, Dice-rolling, General Orders: World War II, GMT Games, Hurrican Games, Indie Boards & Cards, Kokoro, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, New Amsterdam, Osprey Games, Programmed Movement, Push Your Luck Games, Richard III: The Wars of the Roses, Roll and Write Games, Silent Victory, Solo Games, Via Magica, Wargames, White Goblin Games, Worker Placement Games, Ystari Games
Posted on May 1, 2026
by whovian223
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I knew this month would not be as good as last month. No conventions! But I was still able to get some solid gaming in, though maybe not as much as usual. One Sunday I wasn’t able to make it and the lunchtime games… Continue Reading “April 2026 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Area Control, Auction Games, BG Stats, Card Drafting, Card Games, Catch Up Games, Deckbuilders, Dice Drafting, Dire Wolf Digital, Dune Imperium, Dune Imperium - Rise of Ix, Faraway, Faraway: Under Starry Skies, Pegasus Spiele, Schmidt Spiele, Strasbourg, Tableau-building, The Taverns of Tiefenthal
Posted on April 22, 2026
by whovian223
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I hope you’re enjoying my weekly look at games ranked on Boardgame Geek that aren’t in the Top 1000. I know I’m enjoying writing them, because I love the discussion they can cause (though sadly not last week, because I left two hooks in… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2601-2700”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, Area Control, Avalon Hill, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Comancheria, Conquest of Paradise, Cryptozoic, Dual Powers, Epic Spell Wars, Exploration, Fantasy Flight Games, First Fish Games, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Mistwind, Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars, Pick Up & Deliver, Push Your Luck Games, Solo Games, Team Games, The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus, Thunderworks Games, Victory in the Pacific, Wargames
Posted on March 21, 2026
by whovian223
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As we get further and further down the BGG rankings, the pickings are becoming increasingly slim. But it’s also made me think a little bit, considering some of the games that show up in each century. I know, thinking is dangerous, especially for me.… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2201 – 2300”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 5 Minute Marvel, Alderac, Area Control, Area Majority, Ascension, Ascension: Rise of Vigil, Avalon Hill, B-17: Queen of the Skies, Caesar's Empire, Capstone Games, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Cease and Desist, Citrus, City of Iron, Civilization Building, Cooperative Games, Deckbuilders, DLP Games, Dragonfire, GMT Games, Hearts, Holy Grail Games, Levy & Campaign Series, Nevsky, Real-Time Games, Red Raven Games, Route-building, Smash Up, Solo Games, Spades, Spielworxx, Spin Master Games, Stoneblade, Unconditional Surrender, Wargames, Weimar, Wizards of the Coast
Posted on March 5, 2026
by whovian223
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Rob Bottos is a great guy. Not only is he kind and really interesting to talk to, but he also looks after his fellow gamers. He’s run the regular Bottoscon in New Westminster since 2007 (with one year’s break due to COVID) and it’s… Continue Reading “Bottoscon Winter 2026 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Action Selection, Area Control, Bottoscon Winter, Can't Stop, Card Games, CMYK, Combat Commander: Europe/Med Master Edition, Cooperative Games, Cover Your Kingdom, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Earth, Eldritch Horror, Expeditions, Fantasy Flight Games, Fliptoons, GMT Games, Grandpa Beck's, Hand Management, How I Roll - Youtube, Inside Up Games, Kosmos, Lunch Time Games, Magical Athlete, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Rio Grande Games, Roll and Move, Roll for the Galaxy, Sea Salt & Paper, SETI, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Take-That games, The Gang, Thunderworks Games, Wargames
Posted on February 11, 2026
by whovian223
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January 2026 wasn’t a huge month for new to me games, though the ones I did play were very fun. That may change in February, though, since a friend of mine has bought a few games I’ve never played, so we’ll get some of… Continue Reading “New to Me – January 2026”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Area Control, Åsmund Svensson, Campaign Games, Card Games, Castellans, Chilifox Games, Christian Kudahl, Daily Magic Games, Dice Drafting, Eilif Svensson, Erik Andersson Sundén, Glorious Guilds of Buttonville, Isaias Vallejo, Lunch Time Games, Office Dog, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Roll and Write Games, Set Collection Games, Spectacular, The Hobbit: There & Back Again, Tile-Laying Games
Posted on January 16, 2026
by whovian223
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It’s another week and another entry in the Top 50 Games Played of All Time (the 2026 edition!) Of course, this is “games played,” not “games” because at only 587, my number of games played doesn’t even scratch the surface of what’s out there,… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#30-21)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Andrew Veen, Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Card Games, Cranio Creations, Dan Hallagan, Deckbuilders, Delicious Games, Devir, Dice Drafting, Earth, Eilif Svensson, Flaminia Brasini, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Helge Meissner, Inside Up Games, Isra C, Kayenta Games, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lunch Time Games, Maxime Tardif, Obsession, Peter Lee, Revive, Rodney Thompson, Schadenfreude, Shei S, Shem Phillips, Shipyard (2nd Edition), Simone Luciani, SJ MacDonald, Studio Turbine, Tableau-building, The White Castle, Time of Crisis, Trick-taking games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Virginio Gigli, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on January 7, 2026
by whovian223
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Another break in the weekly schedule, but that’s because of New Years, a new month, some end of the year stuff, and all of that. I hope your new 2026 year has been treating you well so far! We’re back with another century of… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 1601 Through 1700”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 2-Player Games, Alderac, Area Control, Asymmetric Games, Auction Games, Avalon Hill, Board & Dice, Capstone Games, Card Games, Daily Magic Games, Deckbuilders, Drafting Games, Eerie Idol Games, EmperorS4, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, Granna Games, Inventors of the South Tigris, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Merchant of Venus, Nagaraja, NEOM, Pick Up & Deliver, Sanctuary, Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game - Clone Wars Edition, Tableau-building, Terracotta Army, The Old King's Crown, Tile-Laying Games, Titan, Trains: Rising Sun, Villages of Valeria, Walking in Burano, Warsaw: City of Ruins