Tag: Capstone Games
Posted on May 25, 2022
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One of the cool new 2-player games I bought during the pandemic lockdowns and brought to work once we came back to the office was Riftforce. The game is designed by Carlo Bartolini with artwork by Miguel Coimbra. It was published by Capstone Games.… Continue Reading “Riftforce: Beyond – Coming From Capstone Games in August”
Category: Board Games, NewsTags: 2-Player Games, Capstone Games, Card Games, Carlo Bortolini, Cooperative Games, Duel Games, Expansions, Riftforce, Riftforce: Beyond, Solo Games
Posted on March 22, 2022
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Some games have names that make you think one thing when they are really something else. Whether that’s good or bad, I couldn’t tell you. I guess it depends on whether what you thought it was turns you off or not. When I first… Continue Reading “Review – Ark Nova”
Posted on March 7, 2022
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February is the shortest month of the year, but I still managed to not only get a bunch of new to me games in, but they were all good! I mean, none of them were 1960: The Making of a President good (well, maybe… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Abstract Games, Alderac, Ark Nova, Axio Rota, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Carlo Bortolini, Clank in Space, Clank in Space Adventures: Pulsearcade, Corey Young, Cubitos, Deckbuilders, Dice Drafting, Dice-rolling, Duel Games, Evan Lorentz, Expansions, Gravwell 2nd Edition, Hurrican Games, John D Clair, Lunch Time Games, Mathias Wigge, Paolo Mori, Pattern-Building Games, Paul Dennen, Pegasus Spiele, Push Your Luck Games, Racing Game, Reiner Knizia, Renegade Games Studios, Riftforce, Tableau-building, Via Magica
Posted on January 25, 2022
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It’s another week so it’s time for another edition of the Top 25 Games Played (by me) of All Time – 2022 edition! We’ve gone through ten of them so far and so far they have been very cool games! I don’t really care… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (15-11)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Action Points, Alderac, Area Control, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Cole Wehrle, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Elizabeth Hargrave, Hand Management, John D Clair, Lunch Time Games, Matthias Cramer, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Prodigals Club, Space Base, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, VladimĂr SuchĂ˝, Watergate, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan, Wingspan: European Expansion
Posted on December 27, 2021
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Have you ever wanted to just get slammed upside the head repeatedly by a deck of cards? No, just me? Well, it’s a good thing that you probably don’t suck at Maracaibo as much as I do, so you’ll probably actually enjoy not having… Continue Reading “App Review – Maracaibo”
Posted on December 17, 2021
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It’s Friday, a week before Christmas, and the whiskey is flowing while I read blog posts. Or write them! I just got three new games this week from 401 Games (my Canadian retailer of choice for boardgames) and as I was eagerly ripping the… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Removing the Shrinkwrap From New Games”
Posted on April 21, 2021
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(Edit: 12/6/21 – We have a release date! It’s coming on December 20. So soon!!! Here’s another screenshot. (Edit: 10/7/21 – Spiralburst Studio has released a couple more screenshots and a preview video! Here’s the video And here are a couple of screenshots. No… Continue Reading “Maracaibo – Digital Coming Soon!”
Posted on December 28, 2020
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Most years, I get to play at least 100 unique games, based on conventions and my Sunday game days. Sadly, due to COVID, that didn’t happen in 2020. My wife willingly played a bunch of games with me during our lockdown, so the fact… Continue Reading “Top 5 Games Played in 2020”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Architects of the West Kingdom, Capstone Games, Card-Driven Game, Clank in Space, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Fryx Games, Garphill Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Matthias Cramer, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Renegade Games Studios, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Big Box, Tile-Laying Games, Watergate, Worker Placement Games
Posted on January 6, 2020
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It’s that time of year again! Time to look back at 2019 and see what games I played this year and which ones I definitely want to play again. Also, which ones can be left by the side of the road looking all forlorn… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (10-6)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card-Driven Game, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Formal Ferret Games, Frosted Games, Fryx Games, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, Jacob Fryxelius, Lunch Time Games, Matthias Cramer, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Paul Dennen, Renegade Games Studios, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Tableau-building, Terraforming Mars, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Watergate, Worker Placement Games
Posted on December 16, 2019
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The beginning of the 1970s was a tumultuous time. The Vietnam War was in full swing, I had just been born so I hadn’t really amounted to much yet, and worst of all, people were wearing some really ugly clothes. Oh yeah, there was… Continue Reading “Review – Watergate”