A Gaming Life
Posted on December 6, 2024 by whovian223
At last, almost a week late, one of the probably longest posts I’ve written, because there are so many freakin’ games on it! Yes, this is the list of the eleven (!) new to me games I played in November 2024. December is not… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2024”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 11 Nimmt!, Alexander Pfister, Amigo Spiel, Azul: Queen's Garden, Bang: the Dice Game, Ben Rosset, Bezier Games, Brew Crafters, Daniel Byrne, Deckbuilders, Dice Hate Me Games, Dice-rolling, Economic Games, Eggertspiele, Gamewright Games, Great Western Trail: New Zealand, Hidden Roles, Jonathan Cox, José Gerardo Guerrero, Kevin Peláez, Little Dog Games, Lukas Zach, Lunch Time Games, MESA Boardgames, Michael Kiesling, Michael Palm, Modiphius Entertainment, Next Move Games, Panamax, Push Your Luck Games, Qwixx, Rebel Princess, Rondel Games, Spring Cleaning, Star Trek: Lower Decks - Buffer Time: The Card Game, Steffen Benndorf, Tile-Laying Games, Tirso Virgós, Trick-taking games, Wolfgang Kramer
Posted on November 15, 2024 by whovian223
Once again in November I was able to attend Bottoscon, the largest wargaming convention in the Pacific Northwest. This year, they managed to get over 150 attendees, which is amazing considering that when they began 18 years ago, they had 32 attendees. The convention… Continue Reading “Bottoscon 2024 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 11 Nimmt!, 6 Nimmt!, Action Selection, Alderac, Amigo Spiel, Avalon Hill, Azul: Queen's Garden, Bang: the Dice Game, Bottoscon, Brew Crafters, Can't Stop, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Cover Your A$$ets, Devir, Dice Hate Me Games, Dice Placement, Dice-rolling, DV Games, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Economic Games, Ecos: First Continent, Fantastic Factories, Fryx Games, Gamewright Games, Grandpa Beck's, Let's Go to Japan, Lunch Time Games, Merchant of Venus, MESA Boardgames, Metafactory Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Next Move Games, Oink Games, Panamax, Pick Up & Deliver, Push Your Luck Games, Qwixx, Rio Grande Games, Rock Hard 1977, Roll for the Galaxy, Schadenfreude, SCOUT, Star Trek: Lower Decks - Buffer Time: The Card Game, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Take-That games, Terraforming Mars, The White Castle, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on June 29, 2023 by whovian223
With Father’s Day coming in June (here’s a link to the Father’s Day post I made in 2019, the first Father’s Day after my dad passed away), meaning that another Sunday Game Day was cancelled (or moved, but I chose to skip it), I… Continue Reading “June 2023 Gaming”
Posted on September 2, 2020 by whovian223
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 March 30, 2018 by whovian223
I’m tired. It’s been a busy month of playing new games! So I’ve definitely enjoyed it. But I’m tired. If I hadn’t been writing this post as I played the games, I’m not sure if it would have come out. This is a long one.… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Adrian Adamescu, Alan R Moon, Alderac, Andrew Fischer, Arboretum, Corey Konieczka, Dan Cassar, Daryl Andrews, Days of Wonder, Eldritch Horror, Fallout, Fantasy Flight Games, FloodGate Games, Fox in the Forest, Foxtrot Games, Gamewright Games, Garphill Games, Go Nuts for Donuts, Iello Games, John D Clair, Joshua Buergel, Karsten Hartwig, Lucky Loop, Lunch Time Games, Mexica, Michael Kiesling, Michael Schacht, Nathan I Hajek, Nikki Valens, Queen Games, Raiders of the North Sea, Renegade Games Studios, Sagrada, Shem Phillips, Smile, Space Base, Ticket to Ride Old West, Wolfgang Kramer, Wolfgang Panning, Zachary Eagle, Zman Games
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