Posted on April 1, 2026
by whovian223
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After a rather lackluster February gaming month, I knew March was going to be pretty huge. Not only was it the great Terminal City Tabletop Convention, but it also captured one day of Bottoscon Winter. It would have been even larger if we hadn’t… Continue Reading “March 2026 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Alderac, Amigo Spiel, BG Stats, Card Games, Container, Cooperative Games, Dice Drafting, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Economic Games, Fort, Grand Austria Hotel, Grand Austria Hotel - Let's Waltz, Leder Games, Long Shot: The Dice Game, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, No Thanks, Pandasaurus Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Perplext, Roll and Write Games, Smash Up, The City, The Game, Wehrlegig Games
Posted on March 5, 2026
by whovian223
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Rob Bottos is a great guy. Not only is he kind and really interesting to talk to, but he also looks after his fellow gamers. He’s run the regular Bottoscon in New Westminster since 2007 (with one year’s break due to COVID) and it’s… Continue Reading “Bottoscon Winter 2026 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Action Selection, Area Control, Bottoscon Winter, Can't Stop, Card Games, CMYK, Combat Commander: Europe/Med Master Edition, Cooperative Games, Cover Your Kingdom, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Earth, Eldritch Horror, Expeditions, Fantasy Flight Games, Fliptoons, GMT Games, Grandpa Beck's, Hand Management, How I Roll - Youtube, Inside Up Games, Kosmos, Lunch Time Games, Magical Athlete, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Rio Grande Games, Roll and Move, Roll for the Galaxy, Sea Salt & Paper, SETI, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Take-That games, The Gang, Thunderworks Games, Wargames
Posted on January 9, 2026
by whovian223
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This year’s second installment of the Top 50 games played of all time and it’s the second on two weeks! I’m on a roll. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep up the weekly basis for this so I can be done in early February.… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#40-31)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Antonio Zax, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Cole Wehrle, Combat Commander: Pacific, Cosmodrome Games, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Fabio Lopiano, Fliptoons, Fryx Games, GMT Games, Ivan Lashin, Jacob Fryxelius, John Foley, Jonny Pac Cantin, Jordy Adan, Kai Jensen, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Laskas, Lunch Time Games, Nestore Mangone, Nick Little, Pandasaurus Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Petr Mojžíš, Renato Simões, Shackleton Base, Smartphone Inc, Sorry We Are French, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Tableau-building, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Bell of Treason, Thunderworks Games, Unconscious Mind, Vital Lacerda, Wargames, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, Yoma
Posted on February 4, 2024
by whovian223
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How our tastes change over time is always kind of interesting to look at. As a kid, I loved Brussels Sprouts! Now, I really really hate them. Ok, I’m kidding…nobody sane likes Brussels Sprouts. But you get my point! Things you like as a… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#20-11)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Amalfi: Renaissance, Andrew Veen, Area Majority, Card Games, Cole Wehrle, ctr, Dan Hallagan, Deckbuilders, Deep Water Games, Dice-rolling, Elizabeth Hargrave, Fantastic Factories, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, Kayenta Games, Lunch Time Games, Nick Little, Obsession, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Rio Grande Games, Rodney Thompson, Schadenfreude, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Sydney Engelstein, Sylex, Tableau-building, Takeo Yamada, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Trick-taking games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Underwater Cities, Vladimír Suchý, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
Posted on October 27, 2023
by whovian223
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Welcome back to another Friday! The year is moving on, week by week, but I’m happy to have you spend at least a bit of your Friday night with me (or, more likely, your Saturday morning, but beggars can’t be choosers!). Belly up to… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Mechanic Surprises”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Bohnanza, Card Games, Cole Wehrle, Cosmic Encounter, Geoff Engelstein, Here I Stand, Mark Herman, Negotiation Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Reiner Knizia, Uwe Rosenberg, Versailles 1919, Zoo Vadis
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 January 25, 2022
by whovian223
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It’s another week so it’s time for another edition of the Top 25 Games Played (by me) of All Time – 2022 edition! We’ve gone through ten of them so far and so far they have been very cool games! I don’t really care… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (15-11)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Action Points, Alderac, Area Control, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Cole Wehrle, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Elizabeth Hargrave, Hand Management, John D Clair, Lunch Time Games, Matthias Cramer, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Prodigals Club, Space Base, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Vladimír Suchý, Watergate, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan, Wingspan: European Expansion
Posted on January 8, 2020
by whovian223
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Whew! After telling you the first half of my Top 10 games played in 2019, I needed a break. Being surrounded by all that awesomeness can be tiring! But now I’m back with the bottom half of the list. These are the 5 best… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Andrew Veen, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Cole Wehrle, Deckbuilders, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Jason Matthews, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Time of Crisis, Tyrants of the Underdark, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on August 1, 2019
by whovian223
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July was vacation month. I was off the entire month and was away from my normal game group for half of the month. Thus, it’s not surprising that I only played two “new to me” games in July. But tell that to the rabble… Continue Reading “New to Me – July 2019”