Posted on September 27, 2021
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Can it really be? Yes, this is the last post in the BGG Top 300 series, first begun back in February. It’s been a long, hard year with COVID being alternately defeated and then making a rebound and forcing people to still try and… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #210-201”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, 2-Player Games, Auction Games, Bora Bora, Card-Driven Game, Cédrick Chaboussit, Christian Leonard, Czech Games Edition, Darwin Kastle, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Dungeon Petz, Economic Games, EmperorS4, Fantasy Flight Games, Friedemann Friese, GMT Games, Hanamikoji, Hero Realms, Imperial, Jason Matthews, Kota Nakayama, Lewis & Clark: the Expedition, Libellud, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mac Gerdts, Power Grid Deluxe, Ravensburger, Régis Bonnessée, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Samurai, Seasons, Stefan Feld, Tile-Laying Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Wise Wizard Games
Posted on September 22, 2021
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We’re heading into the home stretch with our look at the Top 300 games on Boardgame Geek. I may even finish before October! Wouldn’t that be a hoot? I’ve actually really enjoyed doing this list, even as I stated last week that it just… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #220-211”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Adam Kwapiński, Age of Empires III: Discovery, Alderac, Area Control, Area Movement, Auction Games, Awaken Realms, Blue Orange Games, Bruno Cathala, Card Games, Civilization Building, CMON, Cooperative Games, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Dixit: Odyssey, Fantasy Flight Games, Frank Brooks, Fury of Dracula, Glenn Drover, Hand Management, Hidden Movement, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Imperial Settlers, Jean-Louis Roubira, John D Clair, Kevin Wilson, Kingdomino, Libellud, Lords of Hellas, Lunch Time Games, Modern Art, Portal Games, Pulsar 2849, Reiner Knizia, Space Alert, Space Base, Stephen Hand, Tile-Laying Games, Tropical Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Vladimír Suchý
Posted on September 6, 2021
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Three weeks. Yes, that’s three weeks. Three weeks in a row where I’ve done an entry for the Top 300 games on BGG! Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? I know, right? I don’t believe it either! Anyway, this is the… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #240 – 231”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Points, Antiquity, Area Control, BattleLore 2nd Edition, Burgle Bros, Card Drafting, Card-Driven Game, Contracts, Daniele Tascini, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Dominion: 2nd Edition, Donald X. Vaccarino, Fantasy Flight Games, Fowers Games, Grid Movement, Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage, Imperial 2030, Jamey Stegmaier, Jeroen Doumen, Joris Wiersinga, Luke Laurie, Mac Gerdts, Marc Neidlinger, Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan, Mark Simonitch, Minion Games, Orange Nebula, Point to Point Movement, Richard Borg, Rio Grande Games, Robert A Kouba, Rondel Games, Simone Luciani, Splotter Spellen, Stonemaier Games, Tapestry, The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire, Tile-Laying Games, Tim Fowers, Tom Jolly, Valley Games, Vindication, Wargames, Z-Man Games
Posted on September 3, 2021
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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”
Posted on June 14, 2021
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I know it’s been a while (my last post was May 28), but here were finally are with another entry in the COVID-long series of posts about games on Boardgame Geek and whether or not I’ve played them. Thankfully, it looks like the main… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #270-261”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Points, Andreas Schmidt, Area Movement, Bag Building, Christian Marcussen, Corey Konieczka, Dice-rolling, Don Eskridge, Eggertspiele, Fantasy Flight Games, Gabriele Mari, Gamelyn Games, Gianluca Santopietro, Glass Road, Heaven & Ale, Indie Boards & Cards, Kasper Aagaard, KLASK, Letters From Whitechapel, Lunch Time Games, Merchants & Marauders, Michael Kiesling, Mikkel Bertelsen, Northstar Games, Pick Up & Deliver, Rondel Games, Scott Almes, Social Deduction Games, Star Wars: Outer Rim, The Resistance, The Taverns of Tiefenthal, Tikal, Tile-Laying Games, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Tony Fanchi, Uwe Rosenberg, Wolfgang Kramer, Wolfgang Warsch, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on February 26, 2021
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Who can resist a TV show (or game!) that has bloody arena combat between two (or more) fierce gladiators, where death may come quickly or it may come slowly in quick, debilitating cuts here and there that leave your gladiator struggling to survive? Gale… Continue Reading “new edition of Spartacus from Gale Force 9 releases on April 17”
Posted on December 29, 2020
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It’s the end of December and 2020 has been a really cruel and wicked year. However, one benefit of all of this is that I’ve played a lot more games with my wife than I had in the past. She graciously volunteered to play… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Card Drafting, Dice-rolling, Elder Sign, Elder Sign: Unseen Forces, Fantasy Flight Games, Frédéric Guérard, It's A Wonderful World, Keith Matejka, Kevin Wilson, Lucky Duck Games, Richard Launius, Roll Player, Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars, Thunderworks Games, Variable Player Powers
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