Posted on September 11, 2023
by whovian223
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There is a phrase in boardgaming that I’m sure you’ve all heard of (unless you’re new to the gaming scene). When a game has a bunch of ways to get points, and where every action is going to get you some points but the… Continue Reading “Review – Point Salad”
Posted on September 8, 2023
by whovian223
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Welcome back to the bar! I’m so happy you chose to regale us with your presence when it’s such a clear and sunny evening out there. Have a seat, let me turn the music down a bit (who the heck put Air Supply on… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Birthday Wishes of Unplayed Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 1960: The Making of a President, 51st State Master Set, Alderac, Card Drafting, Card-Driven Game, Dice Placement, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Portal Games, Rally the Troops, Roll Player, Santa Monica, The Barracks Emperors, Thunderworks Games, Time of Crisis, Wargames
Posted on February 4, 2023
by whovian223
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It’s a brand new year and hopefully it will be better than last year. Though last year wasn’t too bad, compared to the two before. It’s January (or February, but we’re talking about January) and that means a new beginning where we’re not sure… Continue Reading “New to Me – January 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 9 Lives, Alban Nanty, Alexander Pfister, Andrew Parks, Bites, Block Wargames, BoardgameTables.com, Brigitte Ditt, Calico, Card Drafting, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Contracts, Core Worlds, David Fooden, Deckbuilders, Eggertspiele, Flatout Games, GMT Games, Great Western Trail: Argentina, Hand Management, Kevin Russ, Minigolf Designer, Nicolas Robert, Pearl Games, Richard Borg, Rondel Games, Stronghold Games, Taiki Shinzawa (新澤 大樹), The Bloody Inn, Thematic Games, Tile-Laying Games, Wolfgang Ditt, Yukon Salon
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 October 21, 2022
by whovian223
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September was a weird month as far as boardgaming went. Our Sundays were sparsely-attended and we ended up playing games that we were already familiar with. With one of my usual gaming co-workers away for most of the month, my other co-worker agreed to… Continue Reading “New to Me – September 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Alderac, Ben Eisner, Betting, Blitzkrieg!, Card Drafting, Card Games, Cédric Lefebvre, Charlie Bink, Christophe Raimbault, Colt Super Express, Dominic Crapuchettes, Gabriele Bubola, Gudetama: The Tricky Egg Card Games, John D Clair, Justin D. Jacobson, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Merchants of Dunhuang, Northstar Games, Oni Games, Paolo Mori, Programmed Movement, PSC Games, Ready Set Bet, Restoration Games, Rob Daviau, Steve Ellis, Trekking Through History, Trivia Games, Underdog Games, Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 1, Wits & Wagers: It's Vegas Baby
Posted on October 6, 2022
by whovian223
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Last weekend, for the first time in almost three years, I actually went to a game convention. COVID really did put a damper on things. SHUX is the Shut Up & Sit Down gaming convention held at the Convention Centre in my home town… Continue Reading “SHUX 2022 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, Alderac, Alea, Andreas Schmidt, Ark Nova, Ben Eisner, Betting, Bezier Games, Blitzkrieg!, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Castles of Burgundy, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Cédric Lefebvre, Christophe Raimbault, Colt Super Express, Cory Jones, Czech Games Edition, Deep Water Games, Devil Dice Games, Dominic Crapuchettes, Duel Games, Eggertspiele, Epic Spell Wars: Annihilageddon, Fantastic Factories, Finca, Gabriele Bubola, Gudetama: The Tricky Egg Card Games, John D Clair, Joseph Z Chen, Jump Drive, Justin D. Jacobson, Justin Faulkner, Kei Kajino, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Mathias Wigge, Matt Dunn, Matt Hyra, Merchants of Dunhuang, Michael Kiesling, Muneyuki Yokouchi, Northstar Games, Oink Games, Oni Games, Paolo Mori, Prodigals Club, Programmed Movement, PSC Games, Ral zur Linde, Ravensburger, Ready Set Bet, Restoration Games, Rio Grande Games, Rob Daviau, Rondel Games, SCOUT, Set Collection Games, Space Base, Stefan Feld, Steve Ellis, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Trekking Through History, Underdog Games, Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 1, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Wits & Wagers: It's Vegas Baby, Wolfgang Sentker
Posted on March 7, 2022
by whovian223
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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 February 7, 2022
by whovian223
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We’re almost to the end of my Top 25 games played of all time, 2022 edition, and there may have been a few surprises. I know there have been some new games, and some games have fallen drastically from their 2019 ranking. I feel… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (#10-6)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andrew Veen, Area Control, Card Drafting, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Formal Ferret Games, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Set Collection Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Tile-Laying Games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Viscounts of the West Kingdom
Posted on January 25, 2022
by whovian223
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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, Vladimír Suchý, Watergate, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan, Wingspan: European Expansion
Posted on January 10, 2022
by whovian223
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With the close of the year 2021, I have actually played 422 games since I really started playing boardgames in 2012. Since my “Top 25 Games Played of All Time” series in 2019 was predicated on my having played almost 300 games, I thought… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (25-21)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Brian Train, Card Drafting, COIN Games, Colonial Twilight, Cooperative Games, Corey Konieczka, Eldritch Horror, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Jerry White, Mark Aasted, Nick Little, Nikki Valens, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Renegade Games Studios, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Solo Games, Storm Above the Reich, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Tableau-building, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Tile-Laying Games, Worker Placement Games
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