Posted on June 1, 2026
by whovian223
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There were no conventions attended in May, but there was a 14-hour games marathon where a bunch of games were played. So I knew this would be a lengthy post! This month, I actually played more new to me games than I did in… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2026”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Amigo Spiel, Area Control, Asmodee North America, AuZtralia, Brett J Gilbert, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Circus Flohcati, Cooperative Games, Craig E. Somerton, Dice-rolling, DNUP, Drafting Games, El Grande, Farm Hand, First Giants, Florenza: the Card Game, Gang of Dice, Gémklub, Gst, Hand Management, Hans im Gluck, Hasbro, Heckmeck am Karteneck, Katharine Chapman, Kei Kajino, Limited communication games, Lookout Games, Luc Rémond, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Martin Wallace, Matthew Dunstan, Monopoly Deal - Card Game, Nusfjord, Placentia Games, Push Your Luck Games, Reiner Knizia, Richard Ulrich, Route-building, SchilMil Games, Scorpion Masqué, Semi-cooperative Games, Set Collection Games, Sky Team, Space Cowboys, Stefano Groppi, Take-That games, Trick-taking games, Uwe Rosenberg, Wolfgang Kramer, Worker Placement Games, Zoch Verlag
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 October 6, 2022
by whovian223
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Last weekend, for the first time in almost three years, I actually went to a game convention. COVID really did put a damper on things. SHUX is the Shut Up & Sit Down gaming convention held at the Convention Centre in my home town… Continue Reading “SHUX 2022 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, Alderac, Alea, Andreas Schmidt, Ark Nova, Ben Eisner, Betting, Bezier Games, Blitzkrieg!, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Castles of Burgundy, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Cédric Lefebvre, Christophe Raimbault, Colt Super Express, Cory Jones, Czech Games Edition, Deep Water Games, Devil Dice Games, Dominic Crapuchettes, Duel Games, Eggertspiele, Epic Spell Wars: Annihilageddon, Fantastic Factories, Finca, Gabriele Bubola, Gudetama: The Tricky Egg Card Games, John D Clair, Joseph Z Chen, Jump Drive, Justin D. Jacobson, Justin Faulkner, Kei Kajino, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Mathias Wigge, Matt Dunn, Matt Hyra, Merchants of Dunhuang, Michael Kiesling, Muneyuki Yokouchi, Northstar Games, Oink Games, Oni Games, Paolo Mori, Prodigals Club, Programmed Movement, PSC Games, Ral zur Linde, Ravensburger, Ready Set Bet, Restoration Games, Rio Grande Games, Rob Daviau, Rondel Games, SCOUT, Set Collection Games, Space Base, Stefan Feld, Steve Ellis, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Trekking Through History, Underdog Games, Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 1, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Wits & Wagers: It's Vegas Baby, Wolfgang Sentker
Posted on April 25, 2022
by whovian223
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Wow, this is really late. I think the 25th of the month is the latest I’ve ever posted a “new to me games” post, but April has been a bad month. I started the month in a bit of a funk, as I’m prone… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Card Games, Dale of Merchants 3, Deckbuilders, Fort, Grant Rodiek, Josh Wood, Kei Kajino, Leder Games, Lunch Time Games, Oink Games, Sami Laakso, Santa Monica, SCOUT, Snowdale Design, Tableau-building