Tag: GMT Games
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
Posted on March 26, 2019
by whovian223
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There I was, getting myself set up to write a review to post today. First thing I did, as most people do, was check my email (ok, most check Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, but I’m a Luddite). Lo and behold, what did I find… Continue Reading “Playdek Bringing Fort Sumter to Digital Soon”
Posted on March 7, 2019
by whovian223
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Harold Buchanan is the illustrious game designer of the American Revolution game Liberty or Death as well as the awesome-sounding game Flashpoint: South China Sea (which has made the cut! Woo!! I’m on that list). He also has a great podcast called “Harold on Games”… Continue Reading “Harold Buchanan Interviews Gene Billingsley from GMT Games”
Posted on March 6, 2019
by whovian223
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February didn’t feel like it was going to be a good month for new to me games, mainly because I was horribly ill during one weekend and missed a game day. Thankfully, the other days had a good variety of new games as well… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, Chad Jensen, Dice-rolling, First Class, GMT Games, Helmut Ohley, Hisashi Hayashi, John H. Butterfield, Lunch Time Games, Michael Kiesling, Next Move Games, Plan B Games, Space Games, SpaceCorp, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Tile-Laying Games, Welcome to Centerville, Yokohama, Zman Games
Posted on February 14, 2019
by whovian223
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Happy Valentine’s Day! What a fitting day to share the love I have for my Top 5 Games. We’ve reached the end, those of you who have been holding your breath to see what my Top 5 games played are. Hopefully you didn’t hold… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time (5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andrew Veen, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Formal Ferret Games, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Time of Crisis, Tyrants of the Underdark, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on February 7, 2019
by whovian223
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After a steady couple of days (thanks, Reddit!), it’s time to get back to the real business of this blog. That’s right, fashion shows board games! Apologies for the delay in getting back to the Best Games Played of All Time after a rollicking… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time (15-11)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Board & Dice, Card-Driven Game, Czech Games Edition, Daniele Tascini, Fort Sumter, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Last Will, London, Lunch Time Games, Mark Herman, Martin Wallace, NSKN Games, Osprey Games, Raiders of the North Sea, Renegade Games Studios, Rondel Games, Shem Phillips, Tableau-building, Teotihuacan, Vladimír Suchý, Worker Placement Games
Posted on June 29, 2018
by whovian223
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June was a slow month for new games, which I know is seriously disappointing to my fellow cult members. Hey, we all have slow months! Besides, I was busy setting up the Cult of the New to Me fundraiser so wasn’t able to find… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Barenpark, Cavern Tavern, Final Frontier Games, Fort Sumter, Gaia Project, GMT Games, Helge Ostertag, Jens Drogemuller, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Mark Herman, Phil Walker-Harding, Zman Games
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