Posted on September 17, 2021
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It was a close one this week. Yes, I almost didn’t get this post done so that it would post this week at all. That would break my streak and we know that we can’t have that. But here it is! We’re three episodes… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #230-221”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Alien Frontiers, Area Control, Battle Line, Card Games, Clever Mojo Games, Colby Dauch, Corey Konieczka, Dead of Winter: The Long Night, Deckbuilders, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Economic Games, Escape Room, Exit: The Abandoned Cabin, Fantasy Flight Games, Funtails, Glen More II: Chronicles, GMT Games, Hidden Traitor, Indonesia, Inka Brand, Jeroen Doumen, Joris Wiersinga, Kosmos, Mac Gerdts, Markus Brand, Matthias Cramer, Miniatures, Navegador, Plaid Hat Games, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Rococo, Rondel Games, Rune Wars, Splotter Spellen, Summoner Wars: Master Set, Tory Niemann
Posted on December 23, 2020
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‘Twas the day before the day before the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. (Certainly not this blogger.) The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Vital would… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #120-111”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Acram Digital, Age of Steam, Alan R Moon, Alderac, Area Control, Area Movement, Ben Cichoski, Bob Naismith, Card Drafting, Carl de Visser, Chaos in the Old World, Contracts, Cooperative Games, Cranio Creations, Daniel Mandel, Darwin Kastle, Days of Wonder, Dead of Winter, Deckbuilders, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Endeavor: Age of Sail, Eric Lang, Fantasy Flight Games, Francesco Nepitello, Hand Management, Isaac Vega, Istanbul, Jarratt Gray, Jonathan Gilmour, Legendary Encounters: an Alien Deck Building Game, Marco Maggi, Martin Wallace, Modular Board, Plaid Hat Games, Point to Point Movement, Rüdiger Dorn, Robert Dougherty, Roberto Di Meglio, Set Collection Games, Star Realms, Ticket to Ride: Europe, Train Games, Upper Deck, Vinhos: Deluxe Edition, Vital Lacerda, War of the Ring, White Wizard Games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on May 14, 2020
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It’s no secret that I’ve been in a bit of blog doldrums over the last couple of weeks. The social isolation and not playing many games (none until last weekend, actually) except the apps that I do asynchronously, plus getting really busy at work… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 100-91”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Adam Sadler, Alchemists, App-related, Bernd Brunnhofer, Champions of Midgard, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Clank in Space: Cyber Station 11, Cooperative Games, Corey Konieczka, Cranio Creations, Crossroads, Czech Games Edition, Daniel Clark, Dead of Winter, Deckbuilders, Descent: Journeys into the Dark (2nd Edition), Dice-rolling, Dire Wolf Digital, Dungeon Crawl, Fantasy Flight Games, Flaminia Brasini, Forbidden Stars, Grand Austria Hotel, Grey Fox Games, Hisashi Hayashi, Isaac Vega, James Kniffen, Jonathan Gilmour, Kevin Wilson, Lookout Games, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Matúš Kotry, Ole Steiness, One vs Many, Paul Dennen, Plaid Hat Games, Renegade Games Studios, Samuel Bailey, Simone Luciani, Stone Age, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Virginio Gigli, Worker Placement Games, Yokohama, Zman Games
Posted on September 9, 2019
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It’s my birthday! Yes, I’m turning the big 49 today, and in celebration, I’m going to tell you the 49 games I’m really anticipating over the next few months. Ok, no. I’m not that much of a masochist. Instead, the number 4 is part… Continue Reading “Birthday Post – 4 Games I’m Looking Forward To”
Category: Board Games, Opinion, PersonalTags: Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein, Alderac, Capstone Games, Card-Driven Game, Dan Blanchett, Ecos: First Continent, John D Clair, Lunch Time Games, Matthias Cramer, Mike Elliott, Plaid Hat Games, Renegade Games Studios, Tableau-building, Terror Below, Tile-Laying Games, Watergate, Worker Placement Games
Posted on August 23, 2019
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Ok, it’s Friday night and I’ve had a bit to drink, so I thought I would opine on something that I’ve seen over the last couple of days (hopefully in a non-offensive manner). I watched the Dice Tower “Testing Tuesday” playthrough of Abomination: The Heir… Continue Reading “Preview Playthroughs Harming a Game?”
Posted on March 29, 2019
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Hey! I see you over there, enjoying your Friday and knowing that the weekend is just around the corner. How about I add a bit of horror to your celebratory Friday? No, not an 8 x 10 picture of me. I’m not that mean… Continue Reading “Abomination: the Heir of Frankenstein Coming from Plaid Hat Games”
Posted on May 3, 2017
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Zombie games have become old hat (but it’s not “plaid”), but there are still some interesting things out there in the genre. One of the more interesting recent games is Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game from Plaid Hat Games. It came out in… Continue Reading “Dead of Winter – Warring Colonies are Coming!”