Posted on January 16, 2026
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It’s another week and another entry in the Top 50 Games Played of All Time (the 2026 edition!) Of course, this is “games played,” not “games” because at only 587, my number of games played doesn’t even scratch the surface of what’s out there,… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#30-21)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1, 10, 14, 26, 5, 53, Action Selection, Andrew Veen, Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Card Games, Cranio Creations, Dan Hallagan, Deckbuilders, Delicious Games, Devir, Dice Drafting, Earth, Eilif Svensson, Flaminia Brasini, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Helge Meissner, Inside Up Games, Isra C, Kayenta Games, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lunch Time Games, Maxime Tardif, Obsession, Peter Lee, Revive, Rodney Thompson, Schadenfreude, Shei S, Shem Phillips, Shipyard (2nd Edition), Simone Luciani, SJ MacDonald, Studio Turbine, Tableau-building, The White Castle, Time of Crisis, Trick-taking games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Virginio Gigli, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
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 February 7, 2022
by whovian223
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We’re almost to the end of my Top 25 games played of all time, 2022 edition, and there may have been a few surprises. I know there have been some new games, and some games have fallen drastically from their 2019 ranking. I feel… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (#10-6)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andrew Veen, Area Control, Card Drafting, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Formal Ferret Games, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Set Collection Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Tile-Laying Games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Viscounts of the West Kingdom
Posted on April 23, 2021
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Edit: You can catch the replay of the stream here. They confirm that tokens will be replacing minis. It will also contain the Undead & Aberrations expansion in the box. I hope that expansions will just be just cards so that even those who… Continue Reading “Tyrants of the Underdark – 2nd Edition from Gale Force 9 Games!”
Posted on September 2, 2020
by whovian223
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When I began this series about the Boardgame Geek rankings and talking about the games in them, I didn’t think it would be this difficult. The Top 100 was pretty static. So when I spent the first part of the week putting all of… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #190-181”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, 18XX, Abstract Games, Alexander Pfister, Andreas Pelikan, Andrew Veen, Area Control, Cambridge Game Factory, Card Drafting, Card Games, Carl Chudyk, Cartographers: a Roll Player Tale, Cédrick Chaboussit, Darwin Kastle, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Ed Carter, Francis Tresham, Friedemann Friese, Gale Force 9, Gamewright Games, Glory to Rome, Hand Management, Hero Realms, HUCH Games, Isle of Skye, Jordy Adan, Kris Burm, Lewis & Clark: the Expedition, Line-Drawing Games, Lookout Games, Ludonaute, Peter Lee, Phil Walker-Harding, Power Grid Deluxe, Racing Game, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Rodney Thompson, Sushi Go Party, The Quest for El Dorado, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tyrants of the Underdark, YINSH
Posted on June 10, 2020
by whovian223
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With this post we’re half-way through the BGG Top 100 and I have to say that this has been a fun project for me. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have. One thing going through this list does for me is… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 60-51”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Area Control, Auction Games, Bruno Cathala, Card Games, Caylus, Chad Jensen, Clank, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Dominant Species, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Fields of Arle, Five Tribes, GMT Games, Huch & Friends, Keyflower, Lords of Waterdeep, Mancala games, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Race for the Galaxy, Renegade Games Studios, Richard Breese, Rio Grande Games, Rodney Thompson, Sebastian Bleasdale, Tableau-building, The Gallerist, Tom Lehmann, Underwater Cities, Uwe Rosenberg, Vital Lacerda, Vladimír Suchý, William Attia, Wizards of the Coast, Worker Placement Games, Ystari Games, Zman Games
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 February 14, 2019
by whovian223
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Happy Valentine’s Day! What a fitting day to share the love I have for my Top 5 Games. We’ve reached the end, those of you who have been holding your breath to see what my Top 5 games played are. Hopefully you didn’t hold… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time (5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andrew Veen, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Formal Ferret Games, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Time of Crisis, Tyrants of the Underdark, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on November 3, 2017
by whovian223
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(Edit: This is one of my Top 5 Games Played of all Time, as of February 2019 anyway. Check out the other games as well!) I’ve read a bunch of R.A. Salvatore’s “Drizzt Do’Urden” books set in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms setting.… Continue Reading “Review: Tyrants of the Underdark”
Posted on May 1, 2017
by whovian223
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It was another great month for “new to me” games in April. I played a total of six new ones, and not a bad one in the bunch. I always enjoy playing new games, but I’m not in the “Cult of the New,” as… Continue Reading “New to Me – April 2017”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Andrew Veen, Asher Stuhlman, Deadwood, Deckbuilders, Deus, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Gale Force 9, Loïc Lamy, Negotiation Games, Pearl Games, Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson, Sébastien Dujardin, The Gallerist, Tomb Trader, Tyrants of the Underdark, Vital Lacerda
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