Tag: Lunch Time Games
Posted on October 24, 2023
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Twilight Struggle is one of those long-standing classic wargames (oops…I don’t want to get into that argument) from GMT Games about the Cold War from 1945 to 1989. It’s long, it’s 2-player, but its gameplay has stood the test of time to make it… Continue Reading “Review – Twilight Struggle: Red Sea – Conflict in the Horn of Africa”
Posted on October 13, 2023
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Hey there! It’s the weekend again, and I really appreciate you stopping by every week just to chat board games. Or to chat about anything, really. Actually, that’s not totally true, but it is nice to see you! Let me pour you a drink… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Liking Low-Rated Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Aces of Valor, Card Games, Dice of Crowns, Dice-rolling, Dreaming Spires, Dreist, Embark, Game Salute, Legion Wargames, Lunch Time Games, Ravensburger, Solo Games, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Thing 12 Games, Tile-Laying Games
Posted on October 3, 2023
by whovian223
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September was a fairly lean month for gaming, especially new to me games. I’ve already talked about my September gaming in general, so how about the monthly chat about “new to me” games? I’m actually quite proud of the fact that this is my… Continue Reading “New to Me – September 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Brad Johnson, Card Games, David Thompson, Dice-rolling, Fryx Games, GMT Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Lunch Time Games, Resist!, Roger Tankersley, Salt & Pepper Games, Solo Games, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars: the Dice Game, The Barracks Emperors, Trevor Benjamin, Trick-taking games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on September 15, 2023
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Hey there! It’s another Friday night! Thanks for braving the crowd. I made a space here at the bar for you. Yes, I was joking. You are the only one here. For now, anyway! Have a drink. Whatever you like. Let me turn down… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Playing Low-Rated Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 3012, AssassinCon, Atlas Games, Card Games, Cryptozoic, Daily Magic Games, Deckbuilders, Dexterity Games, Dice-rolling, Hidden Roles, Kitten Klash, Lucky Loop, Lunch Time Games, Mayday Games, Queen Games, Yukon Salon
Posted on September 11, 2023
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There is a phrase in boardgaming that I’m sure you’ve all heard of (unless you’re new to the gaming scene). When a game has a bunch of ways to get points, and where every action is going to get you some points but the… Continue Reading “Review – Point Salad”
Posted on September 8, 2023
by whovian223
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Welcome back to the bar! I’m so happy you chose to regale us with your presence when it’s such a clear and sunny evening out there. Have a seat, let me turn the music down a bit (who the heck put Air Supply on… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Birthday Wishes of Unplayed Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 1960: The Making of a President, 51st State Master Set, Alderac, Card Drafting, Card-Driven Game, Dice Placement, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Portal Games, Rally the Troops, Roll Player, Santa Monica, The Barracks Emperors, Thunderworks Games, Time of Crisis, Wargames
Posted on August 11, 2023
by whovian223
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July was yet another weird month for games, as I explained in last week’s “games played” post (sorry this one took so long after that). Even with that, I was able to get six new to me games to the table. Granted, three were… Continue Reading “New to Me – July 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Area Control, Bitewing Games, Brian Boru: High King of Ireland, Card Games, ctr, Lunch Time Games, Osprey Games, Peer Sylvester, Route-building, Ryan Courtney, Schadenfreude, Studio Turbine, Tile-Laying Games, Trailblazers, Trick-taking games
Posted on August 2, 2023
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(Edit: 8/29/23:) – It’s live! And it’s $81 CDN before shipping. Something to think about… Exciting news for trick-taking fans everywhere, especially those of the quantum trick-taking game Cat in the Box. I like to think that Bezier Games decided to release this now… Continue Reading “Colossal Cat in the Box From Bezier Games Coming to Kickstarter – August 29”
Posted on July 14, 2023
by whovian223
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Trick-taking games are almost becoming a dime a dozen boardgame commodity. There are so many of them out there that there has to be some kind of hook in order to get them noticed. There’s Brian Boru, for example (which I’ll be talking about… Continue Reading “Review – Cat in the Box”
Posted on July 3, 2023
by whovian223
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June has been a busy month, and not seemingly conducive to getting new board games played. We missed a Sunday game day (Father’s Day) and for two of the other three Sundays, our main “new games” guy wasn’t able to come. However, we maximized… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: AllPlay, Area Majority, Darwin's Journey, Gina Willis, GMT Games, Jerry White, Jun Sasaki, Lunch Time Games, Memory Games, Nestore Mangone, Oink Games, Order Overload: Cafe, Pollen, Reiner Knizia, Simone Luciani, Skies Above Britain, Solo Games, Thundergryph Games, Tile-Laying Games, Worker Placement Games
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