Tag: Deckbuilders
Posted on January 3, 2020
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Happy New Year! As we start the new year here at the Cult of the New to Me, we want to look back at the previous month, because looking back is what we do! That’s right. We never talk about the new to me… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alexander Pfister, Bluffing, Bruno Cathala, Card Games, Crowd Games, Daniele Tascini, Deckbuilders, Dice Placement, Exploration, Filip Miłuński, Granna Games, Great Western Trail, Great Western Trail: Rails to the North, Hurrican Games, Lunch Time Games, Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan, Nagaraja, North Star Games, Simone Luciani, Space Explorers, Stronghold Games, Tableau-building, Théo Rivière, The Taverns of Tiefenthal, Tile-Laying Games, Warsaw: City of Ruins, Wolfgang Warsch, Yuri Zhuravljov, Zman Games
Posted on November 12, 2019
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I’m probably one of the few people who remembers the “new” War of the Worlds TV series that came out in the 1980s. It was a “sequel” series to the 1950’s movie. It was campy, but I really did enjoy it. The aliens had… Continue Reading “Review – War of the Worlds: The New Wave”
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 October 30, 2019
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Just a quick news post (hasn’t been one of those for a while!) to give you more information on the exciting new Clank in Space (my #3 best game played of all time) expansion, Cyberstation 11. Designer Evan Lorentz has posted to the Dire… Continue Reading “New Designer Diary out for Clank in Space: CyberStation 11”
Posted on August 2, 2019
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Fans of the Epic Spell Wars series of card games designed by Matt Hyra and published by Cryptozoic Games have another reason to be excited this Fall. Cryptozoic has announced the there will be a new deckbuilding version of the classic card game coming out… Continue Reading “Epic Spells Wars Moves into Deckbuilding”
Posted on July 30, 2019
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The first day back at work after a month off is always going to be hard. I wouldn’t know normally because I’ve never done it until this month. While it wasn’t too hard to get back into the swing of things, it was kind… Continue Reading “Ascension: Delerium arrives on the App!”
Posted on July 1, 2019
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June was a very slow month for new to me games. Only two! And one expansion. Man, were they great ones, though. The expansion is to my favourite game of all time (at least for now) and I got another COIN game in! I… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alea, Brad Johnson, Brian Train, COIN Games, Colonial Twilight, Deckbuilders, Glen More, GMT Games, Matthias Cramer, Ravensburger, Tile-Laying Games, Time of Crisis, Time of Crisis: The Age of Iron and Rust, Wargames, Wray Ferrell
Posted on May 6, 2019
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Clank in Space is one of my favourite games. As you would know if you read my Top 25 Games Played of All Time! While it certainly didn’t need anything additional added to it, there is always room for more cool cards and concepts,… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Clank in Space: Apocalypse”
Posted on April 10, 2019
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I’m a huge Ascension fan, maybe partially because it helped get me back into the whole gaming scene but also because it’s just a fun little deckbuilder. It’s hard to believe it’s been around since 2010 and there are literally tons of expansions (Editor – That could… Continue Reading “Ascension – Skulls & Sails Coming in May”
Posted on April 5, 2019
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You know what might be a piece of news that none of you know? That’s right, the Valley of the Kings Premium Edition Kickstarter is now live! It’s not like I posted about it…much. Anyway, in honour of this great series of games coming… Continue Reading “Q & A – Tom Cleaver (Valley of the Kings)”