Posted on November 14, 2025
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There was a farmer had a dog and Ecos was his name-o. E..C..O..S….Uh, Mr. Clair? We need another letter please? Thank you. Why do I reference this old children’s song? Are you a fan of Bingo but think you need something a bit more… Continue Reading “Creating a World From Scratch – Ecos: First Continent Review”
Posted on June 28, 2024
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It’s vacation time! Today was my last day of work for 4 weeks, and wow has this been needed. I’m hoping that my blog output will increase a bit this month as I have more mental capacity to actually write. But we’ll see what… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Modular Expansions & Stories”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Alderac, Alexander Pfister, John D Clair, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Oh My Goods, Oh My Goods - Escape to Canyon Brook, Oh My Goods - Longsdale in Revolt, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria - Riftlands, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria - Rise of Titans, Space Base, Space Base: Biodome, Space Base: Dreadnaughts, Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto, Space Base: The Mysteries of Terra Proxima, Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan: Expansion Period, Teotihuacan: Late Preclassic Period, Teotihuacan: Shadow of Xitle
Posted on May 8, 2024
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I would make a bad emperor, I think. I’m not the quickest of thinkers, and when disasters happen (as they always seem to), sometimes you have to be quick on your feet, dealing with the situation at a moment’s notice. The perks would be… Continue Reading “Review – Empire’s End”
Posted on April 3, 2024
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February was a very slow month for gaming, but that was ok after a really fast January. However, March actually beat January like a rented mule! Ok, actually, there were fewer games played in January, but more plays (because I played a few games… Continue Reading “March 2024 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Amalfi: Renaissance, BG Stats, Brotherwise Games, Empire's End, Flow of History, Garphill Games, Grand Austria Hotel, John D Clair, Lookout, Moaideas Games, Renegade Games Studios, Rio Grande Games, Sylex, Underwater Cities
Posted on March 21, 2024
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It’s a few days after another great convention experience, so let’s talk a little bit about Terminal City Tabletop Convention – 2024. This year, it was held at the Vancouver Convention Centre which is right on the water in downtown Vancouver. It’s a beautiful… Continue Reading “Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2024”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Amalfi: Renaissance, Ape Games, Aporta Games, Bad Company, Blob Party, Bombyx, Brotherwise Games, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Challengers, Delta, Dice-rolling, Empire's End, First Rat, FloodGate Games, Game Brewer, John D Clair, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Lookout Games, Loosey Goosey Games, Lunch Time Games, Of What's Left, Oh My Goods, Oh My Goods - Longsdale in Revolt, Pandasaurus Games, Party Games, Pegasus Spiele, Resource Management, Rise to Power, Sagrada, Schadenfreude, Sea Salt & Paper, Set Collection Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Surfosaurus Max, Sylex, Tableau-building, Track Movement, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Wizkids, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on February 7, 2024
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Betting on horse racing can be so much fun. Especially when the money’s not yours! Or at least it’s fake and just part of a game. Ready Set Bet was published in 2022 by Alderac Entertainment Group. Designed by John D. Clair (one of… Continue Reading “Ready Set Bet – High Roller – Coming to Kickstarter March 5”
Posted on January 21, 2024
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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 November 30, 2023
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With a convention coming in November, I had a feeling that this New to Me games list would get pretty hefty. Little did I know how hefty it would get! This was a big month for new to me games. Even better, many of… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, 999 Games, Action Selection, Amigo Spiel, Brotherwise Games, Caesar: Rome vs Gaul, Century: a New World, Codenames: Deep Undercover, Czech Games Edition, Devir, Dice Drafting, Emerson Matsuuchi, Empire's End, Fréderic Moyersoen, GMT Games, Hellapagos, Isra C, John D Clair, Last Hundred Yards Volume 2: Airborne Over Europe, Laurence Gamelin, Lunch Time Games, Mark Simonitch, Mike Denson, Party Games, Philippe Gamelin, Plan B Games, Saboteur: the Dark Cave, Shei S, Team Games, The White Castle, Vlaada Chvátil, Wargames, Worker Placement Games
Posted on November 10, 2023
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Hey there! It’s been a while, I know. It seems like you were just in here last week! Take a seat at the bar and take a load off. I’ll get you anything you want. Let me turn down the jukebox. Who put MC… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Update & Upcoming Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Action Selection, Brotherwise Games, Contracts, Daily Magic Games, Empire's End, GMT Games, Guild Academies of Valeria, John D Clair, Mike Denson, No Thanks, Paul Hellyer, Prime Minister, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria - Riftlands, Stan Kordonskiy, The Last Hundred Yards Volume IV: The Russian Front, Tile-Laying Games, Wargames
Posted on August 31, 2023
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Dragonflight was my first convention ever, back in 2015 (I think). It’s held at the same hotel in Bellevue, Washington, as OrcaCon is held (though the hotel rooms are a lot more expensive, being in the Summer instead of January like OrcaCon). Thus, it… Continue Reading “Dragonflight 2023 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Action Selection, Alderac, Archaeology - The New Expedition, Area Control, Artana Games, Capstone Games, Card Games, Cascadia, Cover Your A$$ets, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Deduction, Dice Placement, Dokmus, Dr. Finn's Games, Dragonflight, Ecos: First Continent, Eldritch Horror, Fantasy Flight Games, Flatout Games, Grandpa Beck's, Herbaceous, Indie Boards & Cards, John D Clair, Prodigals Club, Renegade Games Studios, Rio Grande Games, Rise, Route-building, Set Collection Games, Social Deduction Games, Space Cowboys, Speakeasy Blues, The Resistance, Thurn and Taxis, Tile-Laying Games, Unlock: Heroic Adventures, Valley of the Kings, Z-Man Games
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