Posted on November 1, 2018
by whovian223
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Holy moley, true believers! October is usually a quiet month, but a gaming marathon at the beginning dumped five “new to me” games all in one day and it was only upwards from there! That was the exciting part of the month. I was… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alea, Alice Davis, Avalon Hill, Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, Board & Dice, Card Games, Chris Dupuis, Clank, Cooperative Games, Cryptozoic, Daily Magic Games, Daniele Tascini, David Turczi, DC Comics Deck-Building Game, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Keith Matejka, Kitten Klash, Linko!, Lukas Zach, Lunch Time Games, Matt Jacobs, Michael Kiesling, Michael Palm, Mike Mearls, NSKN Games, Paul Dennen, Pegasus Spiele, Ravensburger, Renegade Games Studios, Roll Player, Rondel Games, Stefan Feld, Teotihuacan, The Dwarves, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Wolfgang Kramer
Posted on March 2, 2018
by whovian223
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After the rather dead January for New to Me games, February really picked up. So much so that my last game session I had to try and play some previously-played games just so that I didn’t overload myself (this writing stuff is hard!). That… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Clans of Caledonia, Dreist, Heaven & Ale, Karma Games, Libellud, Lords of Xidit, Metropolys, Mystic Vale, Ravensburger, Sanssouci, Valletta, Ystari Games, Zman Games
Posted on September 4, 2017
by whovian223
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August was the month of the Dragonflight convention (38th edition, see you there on the 39th maybe?) so it’s to be expected that I would get some new games in. But surprisingly, not as many as I expected. I did get a couple of… Continue Reading “New to Me – August 2017”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Alea, Alexander Pfister, Andreas Pelikan, Broom Service, Card Games, Century: Spice Road, Covert, Emerson Matsuuchi, Hanamikoji, Harbour, Kane Klenko, Kosmos, Kota Nakayama, Lunch Time Games, Plan B Games, Ravensburger, Reiner Stockhausen, Renegade Games Studios, Scott Almes, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Worker Placement Games
Posted on July 6, 2017
by whovian223
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It was a pretty lean month in June for new games. There were a few that I played for a second time, but that doesn’t count (or so the mean-looking guy behind me holding the truncheon says). Only three new games in June, which… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2017”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alea, Area Control, Automobile, CMON, Economic Games, Ethnos, Martin Wallace, Mayfair Games, Notre Dame, Paolo Mori, Ravensburger, Stefan Feld
Posted on June 8, 2017
by whovian223
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There’s nothing like the Caribbean sun, I’m sure (I’ve never been down there, unfortunately). I know it gets really hot down there, especially when you’re working out in the streets or in the fields, building markets or working the indigo plants. Maybe you are… Continue Reading “Review – San Juan (2nd Edition)”
Posted on March 14, 2017
by whovian223
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One of the really fun things about board games, besides playing them if they are really good, is that wonderful feeling when you first get a game. It’s all in shrink wrap, pristine, nobody has touched what’s inside. It has that new game smell.… Continue Reading “It’s All About the Insert”
Category: Board Games, OpinionTags: Arctic Scavengers, Bezier Games, Biblios, Blood Bowl Team Manager, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Fantasy Flight Games, Favor of the Pharaoh, Iello Games, Planet Steam, Ravensburger, Rio Grande Games, San Juan
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