Posted on February 28, 2024
by whovian223
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Welcome to another amazing tale from the Combat Commander ladder, that monthly chance for me to play one of my favourite games of all time! Run by the sensational Patrick Pence, he of Patrick’s Tactics & Tutorials fame (one day I will be featured… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 74 – Sturmgruppe Granit”
Posted on February 23, 2024
by whovian223
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Welcome back to our usual Friday! Sorry for last weekend’s abnormal post. We’re getting back to the swing of things here at Dude Central, with a visit to the bar on Friday night! Ok, I still haven’t done the “New to Me” post yet,… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Player Count”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 7 Wonders, Compass Games, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Ion Game Design, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Repos Games, Stationfall, Time of Crisis, Western Front Ace
Posted on February 17, 2024
by whovian223
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Hola! Welcome back to the bar on a cozy Saturday night of Family Day weekend up here in Canada. It’s been a rough week, with me being sick for most of it. Which would explain the complete lack of new content here at Dude… Continue Reading “Holiday Weekend Shots – Games & Updates”
Posted on February 11, 2024
by whovian223
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It’s been a long journey getting to this top 10. Not so much in weeks, as these posts have appeared for 5 weeks just like the previous Top 25 did (or they should have, but I’d forgotten that I took a much too long… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#10 – 1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Action Selection, Ark Nova, Brad Johnson, Capstone Games, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Clank in Space, Combat Commander: Europe, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Dice Placement, Dire Wolf Digital, Earth, Engine-building, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Inside Up Games, Jason Matthews, Mathias Wigge, Maxime Tardif, Paul Dennen, Prodigals Club, Renegade Games Studios, Scholars of the South Tigris, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Time of Crisis, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Wayfarers of the South Tigris, Wray Ferrell
Posted on February 9, 2024
by whovian223
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Welcome back! I know it’s been a couple of weeks, but I was taking some time putting a new bar up. With heated seats! I hope that works ok and isn’t a fire hazard. Oops. Anyway, have a seat and let me get you… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Old vs New?”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Ark Nova, Board & Dice, Daily Magic Games, Explorers of the North Sea, Ezra & Nehemiah, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Guild Academies of Valeria, Jump Drive, Nucleum, Obsession, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shipwrights of the North Sea - Redux, Smash Up, Stationfall
Posted on February 1, 2024
by whovian223
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Has a month already gone by in 2024? Wow, time is just flying by, really. January had a number of gaming highlights, mainly because of OrcaCon. The annual convention down in Bellevue, Washington, it just a remarkably-run convention, so inclusive, and so fun. And… Continue Reading “January 2024 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Alderac, BG Stats, Brotherwise Games, Cape May, Combat Commander, Empire's End, GMT Games, Schadenfreude, Smash Up, Smash Up: Excellent Movies Dudes, Thunderworks Games, Zilla Blitz
Posted on January 28, 2024
by whovian223
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When I was first talking about movement on this list between 2022 and 2024, I wasn’t sure how much movement there would be in the Top 10. Those games are still great, shouldn’t they stay up there? Of course, some games might supplant them,… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#30-21)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Alexander Pfister, Architects of the West Kingdom, Bezier Games, Block Wargames, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Chad Jensen, Cole Wehrle, Combat Commander: Pacific, Commands & Colors: Medieval, Daniele Tascini, David Thompson, Devir, Dice Drafting, Eggertspiele, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Great Western Trail: Argentina, Hans im Gluck, Isra C, John Foley, Kai Jensen, Kei Kajino, Leder Games, Lunch Time Games, Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan, Muneyuki Yokouchi, Oink Games, Renegade Games Studios, Resist!, Richard Borg, Roger Tankersley, Rondel Games, Root, Salt & Pepper Games, SCOUT, Shei S, Shem Phillips, Simone Luciani, SJ MacDonald, Solo Games, The White Castle, Trevor Benjamin, Trick-taking games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on January 23, 2024
by whovian223
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Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed and play one of your favourite games of all time. Ok, sure, it’s always fun, especially when you have a cool and entertaining opponent. But as for the results? Well…let’s get the preliminaries… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 69 – Compagnie Scamaroni II”
Posted on January 21, 2024
by whovian223
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Two weeks and two entries into this list. Maybe I’ll be able to actually do this weekly, unlike in 2022! It was interesting doing a Top 50 rather than a Top 25. Some games have fallen enough that they wouldn’t even be listed if… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#40-31)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Alderac, Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, Block Wargames, Card Games, Castles of Burgundy, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Contracts, Cosmodrome Games, Daily Magic Games, Darwin's Journey, Dice Drafting, Dice-rolling, Economic Games, Eilif Svensson, Formal Ferret Games, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Grand Austria Hotel, Helge Meissner, Ivan Lashin, John D Clair, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Nestore Mangone, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Ravensburger, Renegade Games Studios, Revive, Richard Borg, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shem Phillips, Simone Luciani, SJ MacDonald, Smartphone Inc, Space Base, Stan Kordonskiy, Stefan Feld, The Networks, Thundergryph Games, Tile-Laying Games, Virginio Gigli, Wargames
Posted on January 14, 2024
by whovian223
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It’s only been two years, but it’s that time again! The 2022 edition of my “Top Games Played of All Time” was predicated on my having played just over 400 games. As of the end of 2023, I had played 534 games in total.… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#50-41)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Abstract Games, Action Selection, Alderac, Andreas Schmidt, Blood Bowl Team Manager, Board & Dice, Cape May, Chad Jensen, Charlie Bink, Cranio Creations, Daniele Tascini, David Thompson, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Dominant Species, Dune Imperium, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Eggertspiele, Engine-building, Fantasy Flight Games, Flaminia Brasini, GMT Games, Heaven & Ale, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lunch Time Games, Michael Kiesling, On Mars, Paul Dennen, Set Collection Games, Simone Luciani, Teotihuacan, Thunderworks Games, Trekking Through History, Trevor Benjamin, Underdog Games, Virginio Gigli, Vital Lacerda, War Chest, Wargames, Worker Placement Games
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