Tag: Fryx Games
Posted on September 4, 2023
by whovian223
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(Edit: 9/5/23) – The campaign is now live! I thought this warranted its own post rather than editing the previous post, because this is so much bigger than it seemed before. No new images yet, so I’ll post the graphic that’s currently on the… Continue Reading “Big Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Opens Tomorrow, September 5”
Posted on August 4, 2023
by whovian223
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Welcome back! It wouldn’t be a Friday night without seeing you here. I hope your week has gone well and, if you’re like I am, looking forward to a long weekend. Grab a seat, and let’s chat about “first player rules”! This will probably… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Who’s First Player?”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Alderac, Architects of the West Kingdom, Beyond the Sun, Elder Sign, Everdell, Fantasy Flight Games, Fryx Games, Garphill Games, Planes, Rio Grande Games, Shem Phillips, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars
Posted on July 15, 2023
by whovian223
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Exciting news yesterday! (I would have posted it yesterday, but too many posts for a Friday already). Even though Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2 has not even seen a hint of Kickstarter yet (maybe later in the Summer is the last I heard), they’ve already… Continue Reading “Terraforming Mars – Automa Coming to Kickstarter Soon(ish)”
Posted on July 7, 2023
by whovian223
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It’s Friday again! That was fast (that could be because I’m not writing this on Friday, since I’m actually out playing games tonight!) Grab a seat, and I hope you don’t mind the Delerium playing on the speakers. The volume’s not high. Can I… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – One And Done Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: AllPlay, Barenpark, Bites, BoardgameTables.com, Factory Fun, Fantasy Flight Games, Fryx Games, Lookout Games, Lucky Loop, Queen Games, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Twilight Imperium : 4th Edition, Z-Man Games
Posted on May 9, 2023
by whovian223
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When Stronghold Games announced that one of my favourite games, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition was getting not one, but three expansions, I was pretty excited. And judging from the hits on that post I just linked, you were too! My friend who owns that… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition – Discovery & Foundations”
Category: Board Games, ReviewTags: Action Selection, Fryx Games, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Nick Little, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition - Discovery, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition - Foundations
Posted on May 8, 2023
by whovian223
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(Edit: 9/4/23) – Rather than edit this post with a bunch of stuff, check out the announcement that the Kickstarter opens on September 5…and there is a lot of stuff! (Edit 8/30/23) – While the campaign is not live, it’s up on Kickstarter so… Continue Reading “Terraforming Mars – Prelude 2 Expansion Coming to Kickstarter Soon”
Posted on March 30, 2022
by whovian223
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(Edit: 5/13/22) – The review is live! Go check it out. (Edit: 5/11/22) – And they’re out for real! No more beta. Available on all platforms. Watch this space for a review of the expansion in the next few days Exciting news from Asmodee… Continue Reading “Terraforming Mars App: Hellas & Elysium Maps Now in Beta”
Category: Apps, Board Games, NewsTags: Android, Beta, Fryx Games, ios, Jacob Fryxelius, Steam, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars Prelude, Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium
Posted on February 7, 2022
by whovian223
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We’re almost to the end of my Top 25 games played of all time, 2022 edition, and there may have been a few surprises. I know there have been some new games, and some games have fallen drastically from their 2019 ranking. I feel… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (#10-6)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andrew Veen, Area Control, Card Drafting, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Formal Ferret Games, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Set Collection Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Tile-Laying Games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Viscounts of the West Kingdom
Posted on December 8, 2021
by whovian223
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(Edit: This game is on my Top 25 games played of all time!) What happens when one of your favourite games gets a bit of a revamp where it’s faster and also uses some mechanisms from other games that you like? It’s not the… Continue Reading “Review – Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition”
Posted on January 12, 2021
by whovian223
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(Edit 2/16/21 – And it’s live! Lots of gameplay descriptions too. Check it out) The other shoe has finally dropped! A couple of weeks ago, I did a post about a “Terraforming Mars-esque” game that noted designer Geoff Engelstein teased on Twitter. And now… Continue Reading “Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition Coming to Kickstarter”
Category: Board Games, crowdfunding, NewsTags: Fryx Games, Geoff Engelstein, Jacob Fryxelius, kickstarter, Nick Little, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition