Tag: GMT Games
Posted on December 9, 2019
by whovian223
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In what is quickly becoming a regular series, today’s post is about another GMT Games P500 game that I’ve ordered but it hasn’t quite made the cut yet. Previous attempts have born fruit! The Barracks Emperors has gained a whole 8 more orders! Last week’s… Continue Reading “1989: Dawn of Freedom from GMT Games”
Posted on November 28, 2019
by whovian223
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Since I’m in full-blooded GMT Fanboy Mode (can I trademark that? I think I should trademark that) with trying to get The Barracks Emperors over the P500 line (and having successfully done so with Flashpoint: South China Sea and I will not listen to anybody… Continue Reading “Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East from GMT Games”
Posted on November 15, 2019
by whovian223
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(Edit – 8/29/20) – This has now made the cut! Good to hear this will begin production soon. In another quest to get a cool-looking GMT game over the P500 hump, I have to write about The Barracks Emperors. For those of you who… Continue Reading “The Barracks Emperors from GMT Games”
Posted on September 11, 2019
by whovian223
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If I were ever voted to city council or the urban planning commission for Vancouver, you know what I would hope to see? All of the people in the meeting rolling dice and making decisions based on that. I think that would be hilarious… Continue Reading “Review – Welcome to Centerville”
Posted on September 3, 2019
by whovian223
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It’s September, and it’s hard to believe the school year’s about to start. Where has 2019 gone? August was a good month for new to me games, even if there were only three of them (I did playtest a couple at Dragonflight, but I’m… Continue Reading “New to Me – August 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea, Carla Horger, Chris Vorder Bruegge, Civilization Building, GMT Games, Herve Lemaitre, Jeff Horger, Kolossal Games, Mark McLaughlin, Racing Game, Sandbox games, Take-That games, Thunder Alley, Western Legends
Posted on July 1, 2019
by whovian223
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June was a very slow month for new to me games. Only two! And one expansion. Man, were they great ones, though. The expansion is to my favourite game of all time (at least for now) and I got another COIN game in! I… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alea, Brad Johnson, Brian Train, COIN Games, Colonial Twilight, Deckbuilders, Glen More, GMT Games, Matthias Cramer, Ravensburger, Tile-Laying Games, Time of Crisis, Time of Crisis: The Age of Iron and Rust, Wargames, Wray Ferrell
Posted on May 29, 2019
by whovian223
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It’s hard to believe we’re almost half-way done with 2019 already. Where does the time go? I know where my time didn’t go last month: playing new to me games. I only have three games to tell you about! However, as the Cult of… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 1960: The Making of a President, 2-Player Games, Auction Games, Betting, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Franz-Benno Delonge, GMT Games, Jason Matthews, Le Havre: Inland Port, Lunch Time Games, Manila, Resource Management, Rio Grande Games, Uwe Rosenberg, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games, Zoch Verlag
Posted on May 22, 2019
by whovian223
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When news hit a month or so ago that the wonderful 2-player game Fort Sumter was coming to digital via Playdek, I was…well, let’s just say excited and leave it at that (I don’t want to be embarrassed). Now that day has finally arrived,… Continue Reading “App Review – Fort Sumter”
Posted on May 2, 2019
by whovian223
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You know what? I rock. Yes, I do. Not only did I manage to get five new to me games played in April when I only was able to play eight in total, but two of those five games are more than ten years… Continue Reading “New to Me – April 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 51st State Master Set, Auction Games, Card Games, Conquest of Paradise, Cranio Creations, Embark, Empire-Building, Engine-building, GMT Games, High Society, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Kevin McPartland, Lunch Time Games, Nestore Mangone, Newton, Osprey Games, Philip duBarry, Portal Games, Reiner Knizia, Simone Luciani, Tasty Minstrel Grames
Posted on April 4, 2019
by whovian223
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It’s March! Or it was March. This post is about March, at any rate. What was I saying? Oh yeah, I played lots of new to me games last month because last weekend was a convention weekend. I played a total of eight new… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Abracada...What?, Area Control, Ben Rosset, Betting, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Brett Myers, Camel Up, Carson City: the Card Game, COIN Games, Cuba Libre, Daily Magic Games, Dice Forge, Dice-Crafting Games, Dice-rolling, Dual Powers, Gary Kim, GMT Games, Isaias Vallejo, Jeff Grossman, Libellud, Lunch Time Games, Matthew O'Malley, Quined Games, Régis Bonnessée, Steffen Bogen, Stonemaier Games, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Valeria: Card Kingdoms, Volko Ruhnke, Xavier Georges, Zman Games
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