A Gaming Life
One of my favourite games that I didn’t know I liked that much but the pandemic brought it more to my attention (I know that’s kind of a limited category) was Roll Player, the dice-placement game designed by Keith Matejka with artwork JJ Ariosa,… Continue Reading “Roll Player App Enters Early Access on Steam”
It’s that time again! Yes, it’s another installment of my Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 edition, all because I’ve now played over 400 games. The last edition was 3 years ago, so there are a bunch of new games in… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (20-16)”
Roll Player has been one of the greatest purchases I made during the pandemic lockdown in 2020-21, when I was trying to buy some games I could play at home. My wife and I played it a bunch of times! As part of buying… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars”
(Edit: 4/26/22) – The Kickstarter’s live! Go here to back it. If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you know how much I love Garphill Games and their trilogies. Architects of the West Kingdom is one of my favourite games… Continue Reading “Garphill Games Announces the “South” Trilogy of Upcoming Games”
One of the biggest hits for me during the beginning of the pandemic (when I bought way too many games than I really should have) was Roll Player. I had played it once before, was intrigued by it, but never actually got to play… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Roll Player: Monsters & Minions”
There have been a few games published recently about Prohibition and various alcohol-related activites. I fully endorse more of that! *hic* One of the ones that looked really cool but I never pulled the trigger on buying it was Speakeasy Blues. When the pandemic… Continue Reading “Review – Speakeasy Blues”
Ah, 2021. The past year has been dangerous, depressing, disappointing, in some cases despotic, and many other words that begin with “d”. Everybody was so happy to get rid of it, to see it in the rear view mirror, like stopping at a rest… Continue Reading “New to me – January 2021”
(Edit: 5/19/22) – I’ve also reviewed both the Monsters & Minions expansion and the Fiends & Familiars expansion Growing up, while I played a few wargames with my brother, I was also an avid player of Dungeons & Dragons. I played with a few… Continue Reading “Review – Roll Player”
Another month and another COVID month where I actually have some new stuff to talk about! Kind of. Expansions aren’t necessarily the same as playing “new” games, but they are still cool, right? You’re not one of those that hates on all expansions just… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2020”
(Edit 3/31/20) – Sagrada is now out on full release, iOS & Android! It’s $9.99 CDN for me, so maybe $7.99 US? Not sure. It requires you to be in Portrait mode, which I guess makes sense. Here’s hoping that notifications work on the mobile… Continue Reading “Sagrada App – Early Access on Steam – First Look”