Posted on November 11, 2025
by whovian223
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This past weekend was the 19th annual Bottoscon convention at the Inn at the Quay in New Westminster, Canada. We’re almost at 20! The con is run by Rob Bottos, a great guy who has taken to heart what many of us Canadians have… Continue Reading “Bottoscon 2025 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 6 Nimmt!, Action Selection, Alderac, AllPlay, Aporta Games, Artipia Games, Bad Company, Bottoscon, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Cascadia, CMON, CMYK, Cover Your A$$ets, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Devir, Diamonds, Dice-rolling, Dire Wolf Digital, Dune Imperium, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Ecos: First Continent, Flatout Games, Galactic Cruise, Gizmos, GMT Games, I'm Out, Ivanhoe, Jackie Fox, Kinson Key Games, Kosmos, Lisboa, Lunch Time Games, Magical Athlete, Oddland, Origin Story, Prodigals Club, Rock Hard 1977, Roll and Move, Schadenfreude, Sea Salt & Paper, Sea Salt & Paper - Extra Pepper, Sea Salt & Paper - Extra Salt, SETI, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, The Gang, The Pursuit of Happiness, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Worker Placement Games
Posted on October 3, 2025
by whovian223
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I love months where I play a bunch of games that I have no experience with. September gaming was great for the number of plays, but even better for the new to me games that I got to play! I especially love it when… Continue Reading “New to Me – September 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 3 Chapters, 5 Minute Marvel, Action Selection, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, AllPlay, Amigo Spiel, Area Control, Area Majority, Auction Games, Bag Building, Ben Eisner, Bitewing Games, Bomb Busters, Calimala, Card Drafting, Card Games, Connor Reid, Corné van Moorsel, Deduction, Dennis Northcott, Drafting Games, Druid City Games, Ecosystem: Coral Reef, EGO, Etherstone, Fabio Lopiano, Galactic Cruise, Genius Games, Hisashi Hayashi, Ian Moss, Joe Hout, Kinson Key Games, Koltin Thompson, Korea Boardgames, Lunch Time Games, Matt Simpson, Pegasus Spiele, Real-Time Games, Reiner Knizia, Simone Luciani, T.K. King, Thundergryph Games, Tim Eisner, Trick-taking games, Virginio Gigli, Waddle, Wonderland's War, Worker Placement Games
Posted on September 17, 2025
by whovian223
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This is another “first impressions” post about a new game, a game that I’m not sure I will get three plays of but yet one I want to talk about. As I said in my Friday Night Shots post about first impressions, this is… Continue Reading “First Impressions – Galactic Cruise”
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