Tag: GMT Games
Posted on January 8, 2020
by whovian223
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Whew! After telling you the first half of my Top 10 games played in 2019, I needed a break. Being surrounded by all that awesomeness can be tiring! But now I’m back with the bottom half of the list. These are the 5 best… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Andrew Veen, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Cole Wehrle, Deckbuilders, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Jason Matthews, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Time of Crisis, Tyrants of the Underdark, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on December 19, 2019
by whovian223
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After looking at a couple of games from GMT that are getting close to reaching the magical level of the P500 track (it takes 500 orders for them to be “given the go,” so to speak), let’s get much more immediate. In this month’s… Continue Reading “Red Flag Over Paris from 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”