Posted on December 6, 2022
by whovian223
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November was an interesting month for boardgaming. I went to my second convention this year, a relatively small (compared to SHUX, anyway!) local wargaming convention where I was finally able to get a bit of wargaming done! Considering how many wargames I now have,… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Adam Rebottaro, Almoravid, Amigo Spiel, Arcana Rising, Ben Rosset, Between Two Cities, Block Wargames, Caesar's Empire, Card Games, Christopher Badell, Commands & Colors: Medieval, Cooperative Games, David Thompson, Deduction, Dice-rolling, Drafting Games, Engine-building, Excape, FloodGate Games, GMT Games, Greater Than Games, Grey Fox Games, Holy Grail Games, Kevin Hamano, Kites, Levy & Campaign Series, Lunch Time Games, Matthew O'Malley, Matthieu Podevin, No Mercy, Pixie Games, Push Your Luck Games, Rapido, Real-Time Games, Rebellion Unplugged, Reiner Knizia, Richard Borg, Roger Tankersley, Route-building, Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition, Sniper Elite: the Board Game, Stonemaier Games, Tim Armstrong, Volko Ruhnke, Wargames
Posted on June 7, 2022
by whovian223
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After a month of COVID and other things that kept me from playing any new to me games in April (which was mitigated by the fact that I didn’t post the March article until April was almost over), May was a time to make… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Alderac, Area Control, Cape May, Card Games, David Short, Dog Lover, Eric Mosso, Fire in the Library, Fred Serval, GMT Games, John Prather, Lunch Time Games, Push Your Luck Games, Red Flag Over Paris, Set Collection Games, Solo Games, Thunderworks Games, Tony Miller
Posted on March 7, 2022
by whovian223
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February is the shortest month of the year, but I still managed to not only get a bunch of new to me games in, but they were all good! I mean, none of them were 1960: The Making of a President good (well, maybe… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2022”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Abstract Games, Alderac, Ark Nova, Axio Rota, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Carlo Bortolini, Clank in Space, Clank in Space Adventures: Pulsearcade, Corey Young, Cubitos, Deckbuilders, Dice Drafting, Dice-rolling, Duel Games, Evan Lorentz, Expansions, Gravwell 2nd Edition, Hurrican Games, John D Clair, Lunch Time Games, Mathias Wigge, Paolo Mori, Pattern-Building Games, Paul Dennen, Pegasus Spiele, Push Your Luck Games, Racing Game, Reiner Knizia, Renegade Games Studios, Riftforce, Tableau-building, Via Magica
Posted on December 3, 2021
by whovian223
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Welcome to November’s “New to Me” post! You may notice something odd about November. No, it’s not that I had way too much Thanksgiving turkey (THANKSGIVING’S IN OCTOBER, YOU NON-CANADIANS!). It’s that three of the seven entries on this list are from Alderac Entertainment… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2021”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Alderac, Auction Games, Avalon Hill, Card Games, Cooperative Games, Dice Drafting, Erik Andersson Sundén, Grand Austria Hotel, Henry Stern, Jump Drive, Kosmos, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Molly Johnson, Push Your Luck Games, Rio Grande Games, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich, Simone Luciani, TEN, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, The Op, Thomas Sing, Tom Lehmann, Trick-taking games, Variable Player Powers, Vegas Showdown, Virginio Gigli, Whirling Witchcraft, Wizards of the Coast
Posted on November 19, 2021
by whovian223
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Feeling a little grey? Suffering from a lack of colour in your life? Have I got the game for you. TEN is the new card game published by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) and it is bright! Just look at that box. The game was… Continue Reading “Review – TEN”
Posted on March 19, 2021
by whovian223
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I such a timely guy, aren’t I? The first post in this series came out what seems like months ago (it was over a month ago, on February 15). What’s taken so long for the second post? Would you believe I fell asleep? All… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #290-281”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Alderac, Altiplano, Andrew Wolf, Area Control, Auction Games, Bag Building, Barenpark, Bill Eberle, Card Games, Deckbuilders, Die Macher, Dmitry Knorre, Dominic Crapuchettes, Dune, Evolution: Climate, Forrest-Pruzan Creative, Gale Force 9, Hand Management, Hans im Gluck, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, Jack Kittredge, Julian Courtland-Smith, Kami Mandell, Karl-Heinz Schmiel, Lookout Games, Love Letter, Lunch Time Games, Michal Oracz, Neuroshima Hex 3.0, North Star Games, Notre Dame, Peter Olotka, Phil Walker-Harding, Portal Games, Push Your Luck Games, Ravensburger, Reiner Stockhausen, Renegade Games Studios, Seiji Kanai, Sergey Machin, Stefan Feld, Stronghold Games, Survive: Escape from Atlantis, The Op, Tile-Laying Games
Posted on May 20, 2020
by whovian223
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With the previous post in this series doing so well, I guess I should do more of them and finish the job, eh? Last week’s post was a lot of fun and I got some great feedback. Thanks to those of you who stopped… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 90-81”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Deckbuilders, Deduction, Dominion, Donald X. Vaccarino, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, Guillaume Montiage, Jacques Bariot, Jason Little, Jesús Torres Castro, Kemet, Mancala games, Matagot, Matt Leacock, Miniatures, North Star Games, Pandemic, Pandemic: Iberia, Point to Point Movement, Push Your Luck Games, Raiders of the North Sea, Reiner Knizia, Renegade Games Studios, Rio Grande Games, Shem Phillips, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases, Space Cowboys, Star Wars: X-Wing, Stefan Feld, Take-That games, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Tigris & Euphrates, Tile-Laying Games, Trajan, Wolfgang Warsch, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games
Posted on February 4, 2020
by whovian223
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It’s a brand new year! And this time, I can actually say that while talking about 2020 games (unlike last month). January was a busy month for new-to-me games. I went to two conventions on back-to-back weekends (that was a lot of fun but… Continue Reading “New to Me – January 2020 (Part 1)”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Area Control, Bag Building, Bunny Kingdom, Caleb Grace, Card Drafting, Circadians: First Light, Corey Konieczka, Daily Magic Games, Dice Placement, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, Henry Audobon, Horizons, Iello Games, Isaias Vallejo, Keymaster Games, Levi Mote, Living Card Games, Lunch Time Games, Marvel Champsions: the Card Game, Michael Boggs, Nate French, North Star Games, Parks, Pick Up & Deliver, Point to Point Movement, Push Your Luck Games, Renegade Games Studios, Richard Garfield, Rick Holzgrafe, Set Collection Games, SJ MacDonald, Star Wars: Outer Rim, Tableau-building, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Tile-Laying Games, Tony Fanchi, Villages of Valeria, Wolfgang Warsch
Posted on February 1, 2019
by whovian223
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Damn, I hate colds. Colds that work their way into your head and then just sit there, clogging up your sinuses until your head feels bigger than when you get a compliment from somebody you really admire. But not in a good way. The… Continue Reading “New to Me – January 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 18Lilliput, 18XX, Action Selection, Anthony Burch, Brass: Birmingham, Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done, Dark Dealings, Dice-rolling, Economic Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Fox in the Box Games, Gamelyn Games, Gavan Brown, Leonhard Orgler, Lunch Time Games, Mancala games, Martin Wallace, Matt Tolman, Michael D. Kelley, Nevermore Games, Push Your Luck Games, Roxley Games, Scott Almes, Seth Jaffee, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Tiny Epic Galaxies: Beyond the Black, Train Games, Tuesday Night Games, Wingspan, World Championship Russian Roulette
Posted on December 6, 2018
by whovian223
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It’s December! And too many days into December for my New to Me Games post for November, so my apologies. I do have a good reason, though. The Cult of the New to Me was having a fundraiser, but unfortunately it didn’t go well.… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 13 Days, Action Selection, Andreas Steding, Archaeology - The New Expedition, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Asger Granerud, Brett Sobol, Card Games, Crosstalk, Daniel Pedersen, Deep Sea Adventure, Emerson Matsuuchi, Garphill Games, Goro Sasaki, Gugong, Ian O'Toole, Jolly Roger Games, Jun Sasaki, Lunch Time Games, Nauvoo Games, Oink Games, Phil Walker-Harding, Push Your Luck Games, Reef, Set Collection Games, Seth Van Orden, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games
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