Tag: Portal Games
Posted on October 9, 2026
by whovian223
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It’s another Friday night, so time for some stream of consciousness writing about a boardgame topic that makes me happy. What better thing to do on a Friday night? Tonight, with a little bit of whiskey added to the mix, I’d like to talk… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Games That Grabbed You on First Look”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Action Selection, Bohemians, Capstone Games, Card Games, Class of '89, Deckbuilders, Delicious Games, Lunch Time Games, Paverson Games, Portal Games, Resafa, Track Movement, Up or Down, Worker Placement Games
Posted on October 2, 2026
by whovian223
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We’ve all played those games before. The games where just sitting there playing the game, using the mechanisms (card drafting, worker placement, whatever) and you just think “this isn’t really that different than (fill in the blank) and it’s kind of boring.” But then… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Games Where the “Extras” Make the Game Better”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night Shots, OpinionTags: Alderac, Bohemians, Card Drafting, Deckbuilders, Devir, Jackie Fox, Let's Go to Japan, Portal Games, Rock Hard 1977, Story-driven Games, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on September 23, 2026
by whovian223
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We’re getting close to the 5000 mark on this look at centuries of Boardgame Geek game rankings, and one thing is becoming clear: I haven’t played a lot of these as we get deeper! Last week was a bit of a return to form… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 4701 – 4800”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: Area Control, Bezier Games, Bohemians, Card-Driven Game, Colossal Cat in the Box, Compass Games, Crusader Kings, Deckbuilders, Drafting Games, Europe in Turmoil, First Giants, Free League Publishing, GMT Games, Junk Orbit, Leaping Lemmings, Lock & Load Publishing, Pick Up & Deliver, Portal Games, PSC Games, Quartermaster General: Victory or Death, Renegade Games Studios, Set Collection Games, Space Cowboys, Trick-taking games, Wargames, World at War '85: Storming the Gap
Posted on September 2, 2026
by whovian223
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We’re halfway through the 4000s in our weekly look at games on the Boardgame Geek top games list, and things are looking up again. Slightly. Last week, I had only played two of the games in that century and I was beginning to despair… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 4401 – 4500”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 2-Player Games, AllPlay, Andreas Odendahl, Area Control, Arkham Horror: Final Hour, Battalion Combat Series, Bezier Games, Bill Eberle, Card Games, Carlo A Rossi, Christopher Wray, Cooperative Games, Cosmic Encounter Duel, Dean Essig, Dice Drafting, El Burro, Fantasy Flight Games, Francisco Gradaille, Frank Brooks, Game Makers, GMT Games, Greg Olotka, Ignacy Trzewiczek, La Granja, Lane Battler, Last Blitzkrieg, Levy & Campaign Series, Lunch Time Games, Michael Keller, Multi-Man Publishing, Neuroshima Convoy, Oops You Did It Again, Paul Peterson, Plantagenet: Cousins' War for England, Pollen, Portal Games, Reiner Knizia, Smash Up, Spielworxx, Stonemaier Games, Todd Michlitsch, Trick-taking games, Wargames, Wingspan Pocket
Posted on June 24, 2026
by whovian223
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Another short turnaround time for this Boardgame Geek century of games post, because I have another Friday Night Shots post ready to go, so I didn’t want this to go out on Friday too. You all are getting so lucky with these! Or at… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 3401 – 3500”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 7 Empires, Abracada...What?, Action Selection, Ape Games, Area Control, Area Movement, Avalon Hill, B-17 Flying Fortress Leader, BLAM Games, BoardgameTables.com, Card Games, Cooperative Games, Dandelions, Deduction, Dice Placement, DVG Games, Exploding Kittens: NSFW Edition, First Martians, Lunch Time Games, Mayfair Games, Medici: the Card Game, Party Games, Patrician, Portal Games, Push Your Luck Games, Rio Grande Games, Roll and Move, Semi-cooperative Games, Solo Games, Splito, Storm Over Arnhem, Tuesday Night Games, Wargames, World Championship Russian Roulette, Z-Man Games
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 October 8, 2021
by whovian223
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It’s Friday and the vodka is flowing yet again. What does that mean? That my liver will be complaining for a while? That is true, but it also means it’s time for another edition of Friday Night Shots! I wasn’t actually sure what I… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Are Boardgame Playthroughs Boring? Or Awesome?”
Posted on October 7, 2021
by whovian223
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(Edit – 12/14/21: I completely forgot to update this to say that the Steel Police faction is now out. Free if you had it in the app before! Now there are 5 factions to choose from) The Neuroshima Hex app has been around for… Continue Reading “App Review – Neuroshima Hex by Portal Games”
Category: Apps, Board Games, ReviewTags: 2-Player Games, Android, Apps, Big Daddy Creations, ios, Lunch Time Games, Michal Oracz, Neuroshima Hex 3.0, Portal Games
Posted on September 22, 2021
by whovian223
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We’re heading into the home stretch with our look at the Top 300 games on Boardgame Geek. I may even finish before October! Wouldn’t that be a hoot? I’ve actually really enjoyed doing this list, even as I stated last week that it just… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #220-211”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Adam Kwapiński, Age of Empires III: Discovery, Alderac, Area Control, Area Movement, Auction Games, Awaken Realms, Blue Orange Games, Bruno Cathala, Card Games, Civilization Building, CMON, Cooperative Games, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Dixit: Odyssey, Fantasy Flight Games, Frank Brooks, Fury of Dracula, Glenn Drover, Hand Management, Hidden Movement, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Imperial Settlers, Jean-Louis Roubira, John D Clair, Kevin Wilson, Kingdomino, Libellud, Lords of Hellas, Lunch Time Games, Modern Art, Portal Games, Pulsar 2849, Reiner Knizia, Space Alert, Space Base, Stephen Hand, Tile-Laying Games, Tropical Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Vladimír Suchý
Posted on August 4, 2021
by whovian223
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(Edit: 8/19/21) – Just confirmed with Portal Games on Twitter that the online play will have asynchronous options. Yay! One of the classic boardgame apps for iOS (and maybe Android? I’m not sure) was Neuroshima Hex, the 1-4 player duel game where each player… Continue Reading “Updated Neuroshima Hex App Coming in September”