Tag: Keith Matejka
Posted on May 20, 2022
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One of my favourite games that I didn’t know I liked that much but the pandemic brought it more to my attention (I know that’s kind of a limited category) was Roll Player, the dice-placement game designed by Keith Matejka with artwork JJ Ariosa,… Continue Reading “Roll Player App Enters Early Access on Steam”
Posted on January 17, 2022
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It’s that time again! Yes, it’s another installment of my Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 edition, all because I’ve now played over 400 games. The last edition was 3 years ago, so there are a bunch of new games in… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (20-16)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Asymmetric Games, Blood Bowl Team Manager, Board & Dice, Cole Wehrle, Daniele Tascini, Deckbuilders, Deep Water Games, Dice Placement, Dice Tower West, Dragonflight, Fantastic Factories, Fantasy Flight Games, Jason Little, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, Keith Matejka, Leder Games, Lunch Time Games, OrcaCon, Roll Player, Root, Tableau-building, Teotihuacan
Posted on November 22, 2021
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Roll Player has been one of the greatest purchases I made during the pandemic lockdown in 2020-21, when I was trying to buy some games I could play at home. My wife and I played it a bunch of times! As part of buying… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars”
Posted on September 3, 2021
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One of the biggest hits for me during the beginning of the pandemic (when I bought way too many games than I really should have) was Roll Player. I had played it once before, was intrigued by it, but never actually got to play… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Roll Player: Monsters & Minions”
Posted on December 30, 2020
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(Edit: 5/19/22) – I’ve also reviewed both the Monsters & Minions expansion and the Fiends & Familiars expansion Growing up, while I played a few wargames with my brother, I was also an avid player of Dungeons & Dragons. I played with a few… Continue Reading “Review – Roll Player”
Posted on December 29, 2020
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It’s the end of December and 2020 has been a really cruel and wicked year. However, one benefit of all of this is that I’ve played a lot more games with my wife than I had in the past. She graciously volunteered to play… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Card Drafting, Dice-rolling, Elder Sign, Elder Sign: Unseen Forces, Fantasy Flight Games, Frédéric Guérard, It's A Wonderful World, Keith Matejka, Kevin Wilson, Lucky Duck Games, Richard Launius, Roll Player, Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars, Thunderworks Games, Variable Player Powers
Posted on December 1, 2020
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Another month and another COVID month where I actually have some new stuff to talk about! Kind of. Expansions aren’t necessarily the same as playing “new” games, but they are still cool, right? You’re not one of those that hates on all expansions just… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Cooperative Games, Deckbuilders, Devin Low, Dice Placement, Keith Matejka, Marvel Legendary, Marvel Legendary: Champions, Roll Player, Roll Player: Monsters & Minions, Thunderworks Games, Upper Deck
Posted on August 12, 2020
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After finally getting the last post for the BGG Top 100 games done last week, I was a bit at a loss. What to do for a follow-up? I’m still not getting many games played and while I am behind on a review or… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #200-191”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Age of Empires III - Age of Discovery, Asger Granerud, Bora Bora, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Czech Games Edition, Dice Drafting, Dixit: Odyssey, Dungeon Petz, Flamme Rouge, Glenn Drover, GMT Games, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Imperial, Imperial Settlers, Jason Matthews, Jean-Louis Roubira, Keith Matejka, Libellud, Mac Gerdts, Maciej Obszański, Portal Games, Ravensburger, Régis Bonnessée, Rio Grande Games, Roll Player, Seasons, Stefan Feld, Stronghold Games, Thunderworks Games, Tropical Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Worker Placement Games
Posted on November 1, 2018
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Holy moley, true believers! October is usually a quiet month, but a gaming marathon at the beginning dumped five “new to me” games all in one day and it was only upwards from there! That was the exciting part of the month. I was… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alea, Alice Davis, Avalon Hill, Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, Board & Dice, Card Games, Chris Dupuis, Clank, Cooperative Games, Cryptozoic, Daily Magic Games, Daniele Tascini, David Turczi, DC Comics Deck-Building Game, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Keith Matejka, Kitten Klash, Linko!, Lukas Zach, Lunch Time Games, Matt Jacobs, Michael Kiesling, Michael Palm, Mike Mearls, NSKN Games, Paul Dennen, Pegasus Spiele, Ravensburger, Renegade Games Studios, Roll Player, Rondel Games, Stefan Feld, Teotihuacan, The Dwarves, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Wolfgang Kramer
Posted on January 10, 2018
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I managed to play 100 games in 2017. That’s a record for me, I think. Some were new to me (58 of them) while others were old favourites. Seven of my Top 10 games played were actually new to me, so they couldn’t have… Continue Reading “Top Games Played in 2017 – Honourable Mentions”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Alexander Pfister, Blue Orange Games, Bruno Cathala, CMON, Dr. Finn's Games, Eduardo Baraf, EmperorS4, Foxtrot Games, Great Western Trail, Hanamikoji, Herbaceous, J. Alex Kevern, Keith Matejka, Kota Nakayama, Modern Art, QueenDomino, Reiner Knizia, Renegade Games Studios, Steve Finn, Stronghold Games, Worlds Fair 1893
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