Posted on January 3, 2023
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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 December 23, 2020
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‘Twas the day before the day before the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. (Certainly not this blogger.) The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Vital would… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #120-111”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Acram Digital, Age of Steam, Alan R Moon, Alderac, Area Control, Area Movement, Ben Cichoski, Bob Naismith, Card Drafting, Carl de Visser, Chaos in the Old World, Contracts, Cooperative Games, Cranio Creations, Daniel Mandel, Darwin Kastle, Days of Wonder, Dead of Winter, Deckbuilders, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Endeavor: Age of Sail, Eric Lang, Fantasy Flight Games, Francesco Nepitello, Hand Management, Isaac Vega, Istanbul, Jarratt Gray, Jonathan Gilmour, Legendary Encounters: an Alien Deck Building Game, Marco Maggi, Martin Wallace, Modular Board, Plaid Hat Games, Point to Point Movement, Rüdiger Dorn, Robert Dougherty, Roberto Di Meglio, Set Collection Games, Star Realms, Ticket to Ride: Europe, Train Games, Upper Deck, Vinhos: Deluxe Edition, Vital Lacerda, War of the Ring, White Wizard Games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on November 12, 2020
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Welcome to this week’s edition of BGG’s Top 200 games! The series where I look at those games in the BGG rankings from #200-101, ten games at a time. Two weeks in a row? That’s gotta be a record. Things are actually looking pretty… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #140 – 131”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andreas Steding, Area Control, Bezier Games, Bill Eberle, Bill Norton, Card Games, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Cosmic Encounter, Days of Wonder, Deduction, Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, Dice-rolling, Fantasy Flight Games, GMT Games, Hansa Teutonica, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Jack Kittredge, Jaipur, Jakub Łapot, Kevin Wilson, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Memoir '44, Nate French, Ora et Labora, Peter Olotka, Portal Games, Przemysław Rymer, Richard Borg, Roll and Write Games, Sebastien Pauchon, Space Cowboys, Stronghold Games, Suburbia, Ted Alspach, That's Pretty Clever, The Lord of the Rings: the Card Game, Tile-Laying Games, Uwe Rosenberg, Wargames, Wolfgang Warsch, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on October 9, 2020
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Another week, another “wow, I haven’t played many games” post. It’s almost like I’m failing as a “gamer”. Is that possible? Should I really feel bad that I haven’t played a bunch of games? Maybe, if I’m actually writing about them. Am I not… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #160-151”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Adrian Adamescu, Aeon's End: War Eternal, Alan R Moon, Andreas "Ode" Odendahl, Arcadia Quest, Area Control, Block Wargames, Card Drafting, Card Games, CMON, Codenames: Duet, Collectible Card Game, Cooperative Games, Czech Games Edition, Daryl Andrews, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Deduction, Dice Drafting, Dice-rolling, Eric Lang, FloodGate Games, Fred Perret, GMT Games, Guilherme Goulart, Indie Boards & Cards, Kevin Riley, La Granja, Lunch Time Games, Magic: the Gathering, Matt Calkins, Michael Keller, Miniatures, Richard Garfield, Rio Grande Games, Sagrada, Scot Eaton, Sekigahara: the Unification of Japan, Set Collection Games, Space Cowboys, Splendor, Thiago Aranha, Tichu, Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries, Trick-taking games, Urs Hostettler, Vlaada Chvátil, Wizards of the Coast
Posted on October 1, 2020
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Yes, there is a shower of toads raining down on Vancouver right now. Yes, Hell has frozen over and the devil is ice skating. That’s right, this post is actually coming out a week after the last post! I know you’re all amazed, right?… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #170-161”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Abstract Games, Action Points, Alan R Moon, Auction Games, CMON, Coimbra, Darwin Kastle, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Devin Low, Dice Drafting, Dice-rolling, Eggertspiele, Flaminia Brasini, Go, Goa, Hand Management, HUCH Games, Inka Brand, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, Jens Christopher Ulrich, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Markus Brand, Marvel Legendary, Miniatures, Nicolas Raoult, Rajas of the Ganges, Raphaël Guiton, Rüdiger Dorn, Richard Ulrich, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Star Realms, Star Realms: Colony Wars, Stronghold Games, The Princes of Florence, Ticket to Ride, Tile-Laying Games, Upper Deck, Virginio Gigli, Vital Lacerda, White Wizard Games, Wolfgang Kramer, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games, Zombicide: Black Plague, Zombies
Posted on June 10, 2020
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With this post we’re half-way through the BGG Top 100 and I have to say that this has been a fun project for me. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have. One thing going through this list does for me is… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 60-51”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Area Control, Auction Games, Bruno Cathala, Card Games, Caylus, Chad Jensen, Clank, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Dominant Species, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Fields of Arle, Five Tribes, GMT Games, Huch & Friends, Keyflower, Lords of Waterdeep, Mancala games, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Race for the Galaxy, Renegade Games Studios, Richard Breese, Rio Grande Games, Rodney Thompson, Sebastian Bleasdale, Tableau-building, The Gallerist, Tom Lehmann, Underwater Cities, Uwe Rosenberg, Vital Lacerda, Vladimír Suchý, William Attia, Wizards of the Coast, Worker Placement Games, Ystari Games, Zman Games
Posted on October 31, 2019
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October was SHUX month. SHUX is a 3-day boardgame convention in Vancouver that was simply phenomenal. I had so much fun, and would have had even more fun if I hadn’t felt so terrible. Maybe next year! You know what conventions mean, right? No,… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 5x5 City, Alderac, Board & Dice, Brian Henk, Card Drafting, Card Games, Civilization Building, Clayton Skancke, Corinth, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Denis Plastinin, Dice-rolling, Dylan Mangini, Explorers of the North Sea, Garphill Games, Grey Fox Games, Hisashi Hayashi, Jamey Stegmaier, Jonny Pac Cantin, Lunch Time Games, Mico, Modular Games, Molly Johnson, Okazu Brand, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Pull the Pin Games, Renegade Games Studios, Robert Melvin, Roll and Write Games, Sebastien Pauchon, Shawn Stankewich, Shem Phillips, Sierra West, SJ MacDonald, Stonemaier Games, Tapestry, Tile-Laying Games, War of the Worlds: the New Wave, Worker Placement Games, Zorro Dice Game
Posted on March 30, 2018
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I’m tired. It’s been a busy month of playing new games! So I’ve definitely enjoyed it. But I’m tired. If I hadn’t been writing this post as I played the games, I’m not sure if it would have come out. This is a long one.… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Adrian Adamescu, Alan R Moon, Alderac, Andrew Fischer, Arboretum, Corey Konieczka, Dan Cassar, Daryl Andrews, Days of Wonder, Eldritch Horror, Fallout, Fantasy Flight Games, FloodGate Games, Fox in the Forest, Foxtrot Games, Gamewright Games, Garphill Games, Go Nuts for Donuts, Iello Games, John D Clair, Joshua Buergel, Karsten Hartwig, Lucky Loop, Lunch Time Games, Mexica, Michael Kiesling, Michael Schacht, Nathan I Hajek, Nikki Valens, Queen Games, Raiders of the North Sea, Renegade Games Studios, Sagrada, Shem Phillips, Smile, Space Base, Ticket to Ride Old West, Wolfgang Kramer, Wolfgang Panning, Zachary Eagle, Zman Games
Posted on June 5, 2017
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After a week of being away, how about a big “New Games I Played in May” post as a return? May was a good month for new games for me, and three of them were actually 2016 games! That’s kinda new, right? Anyway, on… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2017”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 7 Wonders Duel, Arcane Wonders, Bezier Games, Colony, Days of Wonder, Five Tribes, Imhotep, Jorvik, Kosmos, Lunch Time Games, Phil Walker-Harding, Repos Games, Royals, Stefan Feld, Stronghold Games, Ted Alspach
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