Posted on November 30, 2023
by whovian223
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With a convention coming in November, I had a feeling that this New to Me games list would get pretty hefty. Little did I know how hefty it would get! This was a big month for new to me games. Even better, many of… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, 999 Games, Action Selection, Amigo Spiel, Brotherwise Games, Caesar: Rome vs Gaul, Century: a New World, Codenames: Deep Undercover, Czech Games Edition, Devir, Dice Drafting, Emerson Matsuuchi, Empire's End, Fréderic Moyersoen, GMT Games, Hellapagos, Isra C, John D Clair, Last Hundred Yards Volume 2: Airborne Over Europe, Laurence Gamelin, Lunch Time Games, Mark Simonitch, Mike Denson, Party Games, Philippe Gamelin, Plan B Games, Saboteur: the Dark Cave, Shei S, Team Games, The White Castle, Vlaada Chvátil, Wargames, Worker Placement Games
Posted on November 14, 2023
by whovian223
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This post has been a long time coming, mainly due to exhaustion on my part. A four-day con is a long con, especially when you are playing a lot of longer games. All of that would be fine, except then I started work on… Continue Reading “Bottoscon 2023 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Ark Nova, Bottoscon, Caesar: Rome vs Gaul, Codenames: Deep Undercover, Dominant Species, Flash Point, Hellapagos, Here I Stand, Last Hundred Yards Volume 2: Airborne Over Europe, Merchant of Venus, Saboteur: the Dark Cave, Starship Captains, TEN, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: the Dice Game
Posted on November 3, 2023
by whovian223
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Look at it out there! It’s dark and it’s only 5:00. But the bar is cozy, and it’s certainly airy with nobody but you in it. I hope you’re looking forward to a really nice weekend. I know I am! Have a seat and… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Con Anticipation”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Bottoscon, Caesar: Rome vs Gaul, Caylus, Commands & Colors: Medieval, Dominant Species, Dragonflight, Eldritch Horror, Last Hundred Yards Volume 2: Airborne Over Europe, Obsession, Star Wars: Rebellion, Versailles 1919
Posted on September 29, 2023
by whovian223
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Welcome back for another week! I’ve been keeping the seat warm for you, since it’s starting to get a little colder out. Yes, I’ve added heaters! Hasn’t brought in anymore customers, though, which is too bad. Maybe I shouldn’t have started testing these heated… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Convention Game Behaviour”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Caesar: Rome vs Gaul, conventions, Dice Tower West, Dokmus, Dominant Species, Dragonflight, Gizmos, Great Western Trail: Argentina, Last Hundred Yards Volume 2: Airborne Over Europe, OrcaCon, Paladins of the West Kingdom, The Isle of Cats, Thing 12 Games, Wingspan
Posted on October 25, 2021
by whovian223
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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 December 2, 2020
by whovian223
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(Edit: For those of you coming here from the Boardgame Chronicle article about our game, welcome! I hope you check out the rest of the blog. If you’re finding this page some other way, check out that blog for the Roman side of things.… Continue Reading “Caesar: Rome vs Gaul PBEM Report”
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