Posted on April 21, 2021
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(Edit: 12/6/21 – We have a release date! It’s coming on December 20. So soon!!! Here’s another screenshot. (Edit: 10/7/21 – Spiralburst Studio has released a couple more screenshots and a preview video! Here’s the video And here are a couple of screenshots. No… Continue Reading “Maracaibo – Digital Coming Soon!”
Posted on September 2, 2020
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When I began this series about the Boardgame Geek rankings and talking about the games in them, I didn’t think it would be this difficult. The Top 100 was pretty static. So when I spent the first part of the week putting all of… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #190-181”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, 18XX, Abstract Games, Alexander Pfister, Andreas Pelikan, Andrew Veen, Area Control, Cambridge Game Factory, Card Drafting, Card Games, Carl Chudyk, Cartographers: a Roll Player Tale, Cédrick Chaboussit, Darwin Kastle, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Ed Carter, Francis Tresham, Friedemann Friese, Gale Force 9, Gamewright Games, Glory to Rome, Hand Management, Hero Realms, HUCH Games, Isle of Skye, Jordy Adan, Kris Burm, Lewis & Clark: the Expedition, Line-Drawing Games, Lookout Games, Ludonaute, Peter Lee, Phil Walker-Harding, Power Grid Deluxe, Racing Game, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Rodney Thompson, Sushi Go Party, The Quest for El Dorado, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tyrants of the Underdark, YINSH
Posted on August 3, 2020
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It’s been almost 4 weeks since the last post in this series looking at the Top 100 Games ranked on Boardgame Geek. I was riding high, feeling all the love the series was creating and posting something almost every week day. And then I… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Play or Played – #10-1”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Alexander Pfister, Ananda Gupta, Brass: Birmingham, Campaign Games, Card-Driven Game, Cephalofair Games, Christian T. Petersen, Civilization Building, Corey Konieczka, Czech Games Edition, Dane Beltrami, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Gaia Project, Gavan Brown, Gloomhaven, GMT Games, Great Western Trail, Helge Ostertag, Isaac Childress, Jacob Fryxelius, Jason Matthews, Jens Drogemuller, Martin Wallace, Matt Leacock, Matt Tolman, Pandemic: Legacy Season 1, Rob Daviau, Roxley Games, Star Wars: Rebellion, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Twilight Imperium : 4th Edition, Twilight Struggle, Vlaada Chvátil, Zman Games
Posted on July 8, 2020
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We are getting close to the end of this 10-week opus, this look at the Boardgame Geek Top 100 games and which ones I’ve played. This has actually been my favourite series to write so far in the 3+ years of this blog. Mainly… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play #20-11”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 7 Wonders Duel, Antoine Bauza, Ares Games, Arkham Horror: the Card Game, Brass: Lancashire, Bruno Cathala, Castles of Burgundy, Concordia, Cooperative Games, Economic Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Francesco Nepitello, Greater Than Games, Helge Ostertag, Jamey Stegmaier, Jens Drogemuller, Mac Gerdts, Marco Maggi, Martin Wallace, Matthew Newman, Nate French, R. Eric Reuss, Ravensburger, Repos Games, Rio Grande Games, Roberto Di Meglio, Roxley Games, Scythe, Spirit Island, Stefan Feld, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Terra Mystica, War of the Ring, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
Posted on September 6, 2019
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I’ve never done well with a number of Uwe Rosenberg’s “big” games (A Feast for Odin, Agricola, Caverna, etc), which I’m sure is my problem and not his. I can see the good design in them, but they’re just not for me (though I… Continue Reading “Review – Le Havre : Inland Port”
Posted on February 1, 2019
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Damn, I hate colds. Colds that work their way into your head and then just sit there, clogging up your sinuses until your head feels bigger than when you get a compliment from somebody you really admire. But not in a good way. The… Continue Reading “New to Me – January 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 18Lilliput, 18XX, Action Selection, Anthony Burch, Brass: Birmingham, Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done, Dark Dealings, Dice-rolling, Economic Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Fox in the Box Games, Gamelyn Games, Gavan Brown, Leonhard Orgler, Lunch Time Games, Mancala games, Martin Wallace, Matt Tolman, Michael D. Kelley, Nevermore Games, Push Your Luck Games, Roxley Games, Scott Almes, Seth Jaffee, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Tiny Epic Galaxies: Beyond the Black, Train Games, Tuesday Night Games, Wingspan, World Championship Russian Roulette
Posted on July 6, 2017
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It was a pretty lean month in June for new games. There were a few that I played for a second time, but that doesn’t count (or so the mean-looking guy behind me holding the truncheon says). Only three new games in June, which… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2017”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alea, Area Control, Automobile, CMON, Economic Games, Ethnos, Martin Wallace, Mayfair Games, Notre Dame, Paolo Mori, Ravensburger, Stefan Feld