Tag: Card Games
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”
Posted on August 31, 2022
by whovian223
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August turned out to be a good month for gaming after a smaller July. Not only 30 plays of 22 games, but 11 new to me ones! That means (Gulp!) the “New to Me” post is going to be a bit late this month.… Continue Reading “My August 2022 Gaming”
Category: Board GamesTags: Action Selection, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Combat Commander: Europe, Deckbuilders, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Paul Peterson, Renegade Games Studios, Roll and Write Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Smash Up, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Worker Placement Games
Posted on August 19, 2022
by whovian223
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As part of a partnership with The OP, Alderac Entertainment Group is releasing three different Smash Up core sets with IP that the OP has (is that too much EP?). The first, of course, was Smash Up: Marvel, which was a pretty good expansion… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: Disney”
Posted on August 17, 2022
by whovian223
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Dire Wolf Digital, in addition to being the publisher for some great tabletop games (like Clank in Space), is also one of the premiere publishers of digital boardgame adaptations. From Raiders of the North Sea (which I haven’t reviewed yet but probably should!) to… Continue Reading “App Review – Everdell”
Posted on August 4, 2022
by whovian223
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July was a good month. When you have the entire month of July off of work as vacation, it’s a glorious month! It was sadly not a month for writing, which I apologize for to anybody who’s been anxiously awaiting the chance to read… Continue Reading “New to Me – July 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Arcane Wonders, Auction Games, Card Games, Cascadia, David Gray, Flatout Games, Furnace, Ivan Lashin, Lunch Time Games, Randy Flynn, Tile-Laying Games
Posted on July 11, 2022
by whovian223
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Are you in need of a really cool, super-fast game that can be played almost between ordering your food and it actually arriving? Have I got the game for you! Jump Drive is like a combination of designer Tom Lehmann’s Race for the Galaxy… Continue Reading “Review – Jump Drive”
Posted on July 4, 2022
by whovian223
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June 2022 was a weird month. For the most part, things are going ok, especially compared to last year. But there are so many bad things going on the world that it’s still really stressful. Plus, I’m on vacation the entire month of July… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Area Majority, Carcassonne, Card Games, Cooperative Games, D-Day Dice (2nd Edition), Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Dune Imperium, Emmanuel Aquin, Hans im Gluck, Honshu, Kalle Malmioja, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Legendary Entertainment, Mille Fiori, Paul Dennen, Reiner Knizia, Renegade Games Studios, Schmidt Spiele, Tile-Laying Games, Word Forge Games, Worker Placement Games
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