Posted on December 22, 2023
by whovian223
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It’s the last Friday before Christmas and all through the malls, too many creatures were stirring, so much so that I would rather carve Shem Phillips’ initials into my hand with a penknife than go shopping. I think that’s how that old Christmas poem… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Catch Up Mechanisms”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Action Selection, Auction Games, Cryptozoic, Daily Magic Games, DC Comics Deck-Building Game, Dice Drafting, Food Chain Magnate, Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism and Other Ideas, Formal Ferret Games, GMT Games, Isle of Skye, Mayfair Games, Power Grid, Rio Grande Games, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Splotter Spellen, The Networks, Twilight Struggle, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Worker Placement Games
Posted on November 17, 2023
by whovian223
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It’s another clear, and cold, Friday night, but it’s warm here in the bar, isn’t it? I think I turned up the heat. Or maybe I just have a bad fever. Either way, have a seat and let me get you your favourite libation!… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Playing with Non-Gamers?”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Architects of the West Kingdom, Arkham Horror: the Card Game, Brass: Birmingham, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Diamonds, Flash Point, Food Chain Magnate, Imhotep, Marvel Legendary, Schadenfreude, Ticket to Ride, Twilight Imperium : 4th Edition, Uno
Posted on September 21, 2023
by whovian223
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Food Chain Magnate is not a game that I’ve ever really been able to get into, mainly because it appears to be long and pretty vicious. It’s a Splotter game, and I’ve never actually played one of their games before. I want to! But… Continue Reading “Food Chain Magnate: Special Edition Coming to Gamefound November 14”
Posted on June 2, 2023
by whovian223
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Welcome back! I hope that you had a good week. Belly up to the bar and let me get you a drink. Whatever you like. Let me turn the music down so we can chat a bit. Ok, perhaps I shouldn’t say a “bad”… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Stuck in the Middle of a Bad Game”
Posted on July 1, 2020
by whovian223
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It’s that time of week again. The sun’s out (kind of, though it’s supposed to rain by the time this actually posts) and we’re into Summer. Yet the temperature’s in the 60s in Vancouver and I’m really enjoying it. I don’t need it to… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? #30-21”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: A Feast for Odin, Action Selection, Agricola, Alan Stone, Andreas Seyfarth, Bag Building, Bruno Sautter, Caverna, Cooperative Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Food Chain Magnate, Jamey Stegmaier, Jeroen Doumen, Joris Wiersinga, Ludovic Roudy, Mage Knight, Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition, Morten Monrad Pedersen, Nikki Valens, Orleans, Puerto Rico, Ravensburger, Reiner Stockhausen, Serious Poulp, Splotter Spellen, Stonemaier Games, Tasty Minstrel Grames, The 7th Continent, Uwe Rosenberg, Viticulture, Vlaada Chvátil, Wizkids, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games