Posted on January 3, 2023
by whovian223
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December was a curtailed month for games. The last game I played was on December 13 (or December 16 if you count my Combat Commander ladder game I played on a Friday night). Between a Sunday Funday being snowed out, Christmas falling on a… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, Asger Granerud, Bruce Glassco, Card Drafting, Charioteer, Daniel Skjold Pedersen, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Eilif Svensson, GMT Games, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Lunch Time Games, Marvel: Remix, Matt Calkins, Racing Game, Revive, Set Collection Games, Wizkids
Posted on August 12, 2020
by whovian223
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After finally getting the last post for the BGG Top 100 games done last week, I was a bit at a loss. What to do for a follow-up? I’m still not getting many games played and while I am behind on a review or… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #200-191”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Age of Empires III - Age of Discovery, Asger Granerud, Bora Bora, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Czech Games Edition, Dice Drafting, Dixit: Odyssey, Dungeon Petz, Flamme Rouge, Glenn Drover, GMT Games, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Imperial, Imperial Settlers, Jason Matthews, Jean-Louis Roubira, Keith Matejka, Libellud, Mac Gerdts, Maciej Obszański, Portal Games, Ravensburger, Régis Bonnessée, Rio Grande Games, Roll Player, Seasons, Stefan Feld, Stronghold Games, Thunderworks Games, Tropical Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Worker Placement Games
Posted on March 18, 2019
by whovian223
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The early 1960s were a different time. The chaos in American society over the war in Vietnam hadn’t really started yet. Protests and radicalism weren’t prominent like they became later in the decade. The Cold War, however, was definitely a thing and it was… Continue Reading “Review – 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis”
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
Posted on October 31, 2017
by whovian223
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Welcome to this month’s New to Me post, as discussed on an episode of the Boardgames in Bed podcast (not this month’s, but the concept of “New to Me” games) It was looking like a lean month for new to me games in October.… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2017”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Asger Granerud, Brad Johnson, Bruno Cathala, Charles Chevallier, Custom Heroes, Daniel Pedersen, GMT Games, Golden Ages, Iello Games, Iron Curtain, John D Clair, Jolly Roger Games, Kanagawa, London, Luigi Ferrini, Lunch Time Games, Martin Wallace, Osprey Games, Stronghold Games, Time of Crisis, Wray Ferrell
Posted on October 18, 2017
by whovian223
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The Cold War has always been an interesting topic for me. As a child of the 70s and 80s, I grew up during the height of it, when TV-movies like The Day After and World War III (damn, David Soul could act) made us wonder… Continue Reading “Review – Iron Curtain”
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