Posted on June 1, 2026
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There were no conventions attended in May, but there was a 14-hour games marathon where a bunch of games were played. So I knew this would be a lengthy post! This month, I actually played more new to me games than I did in… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2026”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Amigo Spiel, Area Control, Asmodee North America, AuZtralia, Brett J Gilbert, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Circus Flohcati, Cooperative Games, Craig E. Somerton, Dice-rolling, DNUP, Drafting Games, El Grande, Farm Hand, First Giants, Florenza: the Card Game, Gang of Dice, Gémklub, Gst, Hand Management, Hans im Gluck, Hasbro, Heckmeck am Karteneck, Katharine Chapman, Kei Kajino, Limited communication games, Lookout Games, Luc Rémond, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Martin Wallace, Matthew Dunstan, Monopoly Deal - Card Game, Nusfjord, Placentia Games, Push Your Luck Games, Reiner Knizia, Richard Ulrich, Route-building, SchilMil Games, Scorpion Masqué, Semi-cooperative Games, Set Collection Games, Sky Team, Space Cowboys, Stefano Groppi, Take-That games, Trick-taking games, Uwe Rosenberg, Wolfgang Kramer, Worker Placement Games, Zoch Verlag
Posted on November 11, 2025
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This past weekend was the 19th annual Bottoscon convention at the Inn at the Quay in New Westminster, Canada. We’re almost at 20! The con is run by Rob Bottos, a great guy who has taken to heart what many of us Canadians have… Continue Reading “Bottoscon 2025 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 6 Nimmt!, Action Selection, Alderac, AllPlay, Aporta Games, Artipia Games, Bad Company, Bottoscon, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Cascadia, CMON, CMYK, Cover Your A$$ets, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Devir, Diamonds, Dice-rolling, Dire Wolf Digital, Dune Imperium, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Ecos: First Continent, Flatout Games, Galactic Cruise, Gizmos, GMT Games, I'm Out, Ivanhoe, Jackie Fox, Kinson Key Games, Kosmos, Lisboa, Lunch Time Games, Magical Athlete, Oddland, Origin Story, Prodigals Club, Rock Hard 1977, Roll and Move, Schadenfreude, Sea Salt & Paper, Sea Salt & Paper - Extra Pepper, Sea Salt & Paper - Extra Salt, SETI, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, The Gang, The Pursuit of Happiness, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Worker Placement Games
Posted on March 21, 2025
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Joining circuses can be fun! But who knew the process of joining was just playing a bunch of cards? Do the cards with people’s names and circus skill set represent them being rejected when they are placed on the table? Or are the combinations… Continue Reading “Wanna Join the Circus? – Scout Review”
Posted on March 20, 2025
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Last weekend was the 10th (maybe 11th?) annual Terminal City Tabletop Convention (though I guess it was interrupted by COVID so not actually 11?). I have to say it was probably the best yet. In previous years, the people running it didn’t do the… Continue Reading “Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2025”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 2-Player Games, Auction Games, Bombyx, Brotherwise Games, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Catch Up Games, CMYK, Cooperative Games, CuBirds, Czech Games Edition, Deduction, Dice Placement, Empire's End, Fantastic Factories, Faraway, Finspan, Firestarter Games, Fives, Garphill Games, Huch & Friends, Kosmos, Living Forest, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Metafactory Games, Mighty Boards, Multi-use cards, Oink Games, Orapa Mine, Pandasaurus Games, Playte, Push Your Luck Games, Rajas of the Ganges: Cards & Karma, Rebirth, Reforest, Repos Games, Resource Management, Scholars of the South Tigris, SCOUT, Sea Salt & Paper, Secrets, Set Collection Games, SETI, Social Deduction Games, Stonemaier Games, The Gang, Tile-Laying Games, Toy Battle, Trick-taking games
Posted on November 15, 2024
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Once again in November I was able to attend Bottoscon, the largest wargaming convention in the Pacific Northwest. This year, they managed to get over 150 attendees, which is amazing considering that when they began 18 years ago, they had 32 attendees. The convention… Continue Reading “Bottoscon 2024 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 11 Nimmt!, 6 Nimmt!, Action Selection, Alderac, Amigo Spiel, Avalon Hill, Azul: Queen's Garden, Bang: the Dice Game, Bottoscon, Brew Crafters, Can't Stop, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Cover Your A$$ets, Devir, Dice Hate Me Games, Dice Placement, Dice-rolling, DV Games, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Economic Games, Ecos: First Continent, Fantastic Factories, Fryx Games, Gamewright Games, Grandpa Beck's, Let's Go to Japan, Lunch Time Games, Merchant of Venus, MESA Boardgames, Metafactory Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Next Move Games, Oink Games, Panamax, Pick Up & Deliver, Push Your Luck Games, Qwixx, Rio Grande Games, Rock Hard 1977, Roll for the Galaxy, Schadenfreude, SCOUT, Star Trek: Lower Decks - Buffer Time: The Card Game, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Take-That games, Terraforming Mars, The White Castle, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on March 21, 2024
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It’s a few days after another great convention experience, so let’s talk a little bit about Terminal City Tabletop Convention – 2024. This year, it was held at the Vancouver Convention Centre which is right on the water in downtown Vancouver. It’s a beautiful… Continue Reading “Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2024”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Amalfi: Renaissance, Ape Games, Aporta Games, Bad Company, Blob Party, Bombyx, Brotherwise Games, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Challengers, Delta, Dice-rolling, Empire's End, First Rat, FloodGate Games, Game Brewer, John D Clair, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Lookout Games, Loosey Goosey Games, Lunch Time Games, Of What's Left, Oh My Goods, Oh My Goods - Longsdale in Revolt, Pandasaurus Games, Party Games, Pegasus Spiele, Resource Management, Rise to Power, Sagrada, Schadenfreude, Sea Salt & Paper, Set Collection Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Surfosaurus Max, Sylex, Tableau-building, Track Movement, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Wizkids, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on March 9, 2020
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Being on a game company’s mailing list is an interesting thing. It’s cool that a little blog like mine is actually on a list where they send you news and say “this is embargoed until…” a date. It makes me feel important (even though… Continue Reading “Three 2020 Games from Bezier Games”
Category: Board Games, NewsTags: Bezier Games, Card-Shedding Games, Luke Laurie, Maglev Metro, Resource Management, Scott Caputo, Silver Coin, Ted Alspach, Tile-Laying Games, Whistle Mountain