Posted on January 10, 2023
by whovian223
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OrcaCon is a convention held in Bellevue, Washington in January every year. Sadly, I wasn’t able to go last year and the two years before that…well, something happened. I’m not really sure what. I went to my first OrcaCon in January 2020 and then… Continue Reading “OrcaCon 2023 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 2-Player Games, Alexander Pfister, Andrew Parks, Atlas Games, Auction Games, Bezier Games, Bluffing, Calico, Card Games, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Charioteer, CMON, Contracts, Core Worlds, David Fooden, Deckbuilders, Drafting Games, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Eggertspiele, Elizabeth Hargrave, Engine-building, Gizmos, GMT Games, Great Western Trail: Argentina, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Kevin Russ, Lunch Time Games, Matt Calkins, Monster Couch, Muneyuki Yokouchi, Nick Little, Nicolas Robert, On Mars, Pearl Games, Phil Walker-Harding, Racing Game, Rondel Games, Seals of Cthulhu, Sean Epperson, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Bloody Inn, Thing 12 Games, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Wingspan, Wingspan: Asia, Wingspan: European Expansion, Wingspan: Oceania expansion, Yukon Salon
Posted on January 7, 2023
by whovian223
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(Edit – Now check out the Top 5!) It’s been a while since I’ve done a true Top 10 list. Last year’s Top 10 was rolled into my Top 25 Games Played of All Time. I didn’t play enough in 2020 to do a… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2022 – #10-6”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, Block Wargames, Card Games, Clank in Space, Commands & Colors: Medieval, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, GMT Games, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Nick Little, Prodigals Club, Renegade Games Studios, Richard Borg, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Tile-Laying Games, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Worker Placement Games
Posted on December 28, 2022
by whovian223
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Sometimes we just need a little peace in our lives, especially during these tumultuous times. What can be more peaceful than brewing and selling tea? Ok, maybe a certain panda game, but other than that? I’ve heard a ton of good things about the… Continue Reading “App Review – Chai”
Category: Apps, Board Games, ReviewTags: Android, Card Games, Chai, Connie Kazmaier, Contracts, Dan Kazmaier, Digidiced, ios, Lunch Time Games, Set Collection Games, Steam, Steeped Games
Posted on December 6, 2022
by whovian223
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November was an interesting month for boardgaming. I went to my second convention this year, a relatively small (compared to SHUX, anyway!) local wargaming convention where I was finally able to get a bit of wargaming done! Considering how many wargames I now have,… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Adam Rebottaro, Almoravid, Amigo Spiel, Arcana Rising, Ben Rosset, Between Two Cities, Block Wargames, Caesar's Empire, Card Games, Christopher Badell, Commands & Colors: Medieval, Cooperative Games, David Thompson, Deduction, Dice-rolling, Drafting Games, Engine-building, Excape, FloodGate Games, GMT Games, Greater Than Games, Grey Fox Games, Holy Grail Games, Kevin Hamano, Kites, Levy & Campaign Series, Lunch Time Games, Matthew O'Malley, Matthieu Podevin, No Mercy, Pixie Games, Push Your Luck Games, Rapido, Real-Time Games, Rebellion Unplugged, Reiner Knizia, Richard Borg, Roger Tankersley, Route-building, Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition, Sniper Elite: the Board Game, Stonemaier Games, Tim Armstrong, Volko Ruhnke, Wargames
Posted on November 22, 2022
by whovian223
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Welcome to the second in a series (of four…that’s a series, right?) of Smash Up micro-expansion reviews for one of my favourite games from Alderac Entertainment Group. If not my favourite, it’s certainly one of my most-played, mainly due to the variety of expansions… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up Micro-Expansion – Penguins”
Posted on October 26, 2022
by whovian223
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(Edit: 11/7/23) – A release date has been announced! December 12 at 10:00 am PST! It’s nice when you look at your email inbox and find some welcome news instead of the usual spam and people bothering you about things you don’t care about.… Continue Reading “Wingspan: Oceania Expansion Coming to Digital”
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 September 29, 2022
by whovian223
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One of the things Alderac Entertainment Group has been doing for Smash Up aficionados (Editor – “oooo, look at you with the fancy foreign words) has been releasing micro-expansions. In fact, they’ve been doing that for a bunch of their games, including Space Base… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up Micro-Expansion – Goblins”
Posted on September 3, 2022
by whovian223
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It was weird to see a Saturday announcement email, and I normally don’t post on the weekends, but this one was too good to pass up. Munchkin (published by Steve Jackson Games back in 2001 originally) is notorious in gaming circles as being either… Continue Reading “Munchkin Coming Electronically by Dire Wolf Digital This Fall”
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