Posted on July 3, 2025
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Ah, June. Halfway through the year (at the end of it anyway) and it’s good to take stock of where I am in my boardgaming. I’ve played more than half again the number of unique games as I did last year, meaning I (hopefully)… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, After Us, AJ Porfirio, Bill Fawcett, Card Games, Catch Up Games, COIN Games, Czech Games Edition, Darwin Bromley, David Karesh, Dice Drafting, Empire Builder, Evan Derrick, Fillers, Final Girl, Florian Sirieix, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Kenneth Tee, Lepidoptery, Lunch Time Games, Mayfair Games, Mob+, New Mill Industries, Pandasaurus Games, People Power, Pulsar 2849, Resource Management, Route-building, Shem Phillips, Skara Brae, Solo Games, Srinivas Vasudevan, Train Games, Trick & Snipers, Trick-taking games, Van Ryder Games, Vladimír Suchý, 宮野 華也 (Kaya Miyano)
Posted on May 23, 2025
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No, you’re not drunk or stoned or just seeing things. Yes, this is the third week in a row for a Friday Night Shots post. The bar is now open weekly! At least for now. Maybe not next week. I’m glad you happened to… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Cooperative Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Card Games, Cooperative Games, Dice-rolling, Eldritch Horror, Fantasy Flight Games, Fillers, Flash Point, FloodGate Games, Greater Than Games, Kites, Lunch Time Games, Pandemic: the Cure, Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition, Z-Man Games
Posted on May 12, 2025
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As I spoke about on Saturday, the word “filler” for a game is often seen as derogatory, when it really shouldn’t be. Some fillers are really great! Many card games are filler games, and one really juicy one (though it does feel a bit… Continue Reading “Salty Origami – Sea Salt & Paper Review”
Posted on May 10, 2025
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Welcome back to the bar! It’s been a whole five weeks, so sorry about that. One of the kegs exploded and we had beer all over the floor. Spent a number of weeks trying to save as much as possible rather than cleaning it… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Filler Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 2-Player Games, Bang: the Dice Game, Card Games, Dice-rolling, Fillers, Heavy Cardboard, Kosmos, Lunch Time Games, Orapa Mine, Playte, Social Deduction Games, The Gang
Posted on August 13, 2018
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We all know the stereotype of the old lady living alone with hundreds of cats, right? Of course you do. What’s the next best thing to becoming a cat lady, though? Playing a card game where you get to collect cats, of course! Cat… Continue Reading “Review – Cat Lady”
Posted on April 19, 2017
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(Designed by Eduardo Baraf, Steve Finn, and Keith Matejka with art by Benjamin Shulman and Beth Sobel, published by Dr. Finn’s Games and Pencil First Games LLC) Have you ever wanted to be a gardener? To grow your own herbs? Maybe you’re a cook and think… Continue Reading “Review – Herbaceous”