Posted on September 3, 2024
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July was not a great month for new to me games, but I had a feeling that August would make up for it, with a convention going on and everything. And it did! August was great for new to me games, with seven of… Continue Reading “New to Me – August 2024”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Adam Hill, Adrian Adamescu, Alexander Pfister, AllPlay, Ben Pinchback, Capstone Games, Catch Up Games, Corentin Lebrat, Czech Games Edition, Daniel Piechnick, Daryl Andrews, Devir, Duel Games, Economic Games, Faraway, First Fish Games, Jackie Fox, Johannes Goupy, Kutná Hora, Lunch Time Games, Matt Riddle, Mistwind, Ondřej Bystroň, Pavel Jarosch, Petr Čáslava, Pick Up & Deliver, Pirates of Maracaibo, Radlands, Ralph Bienert, River Valley Glassworks, Rock Hard 1977, Roxley Games, Ryan Hendrickson, Tableau-building, Worker Placement Games
Posted on August 29, 2024
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Post-apocalyptic games are all the rage, and Radlands is yet another entry into the increasingly-crowded genre. The question becomes, is it worthy of recognition in that genre and beyond? Radlands is a 2-player battling card game designed by Daniel Piechnick with artwork by Delia… Continue Reading “The Apocalypse Will be in Technicolor”
Posted on May 1, 2024
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After a March that was a literal cornucopia of new games (yes, literal, they were all about fruit and veggies!), April was a really hard month for new to me games (and games in general, but that’s tomorrow’s post). Until last Sunday, I only… Continue Reading “New to Me – April 2024”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Adam Wyse, Area Control, Auction Games, Feuerland Spiele, Gavan Brown, Glass Road, Resource Management, Roxley Games, Sebastien Pauchon, Skyrise, Uwe Rosenberg
Posted on August 13, 2021
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During my self-imposed blogging hiatus, exciting news came out. Brass: Birmingham was being released in app form on Steam by Phalanx Games and Cublo! It’s now in Early Access. It was a first-day buy for me, but because I was…not doing very well at… Continue Reading “Early Access First Impressions – Brass Birmingham App by Phalanx Games”
Posted on January 27, 2021
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Another day, another Kickstarter! I’m a sucker for quick 2-player card games that can be played at work. I already backed one of them previously, and here’s another! Radlands is a 2-player card game published by Roxley Games. It’s designed by Daniel Piechnick with… Continue Reading “Radlands by Roxley Games – Now on Kickstarter”
Posted on November 5, 2020
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And we’re back from the long hiatus that I seem to periodically take, like, every month or so. I really need to have a chat with these demons that seem to get inside my head all of the time and keep me from feeling… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #150-141”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Awaken Realms, Captain Sonar, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Civilization Building, Cody Miller, Combat Commander: Europe, Eggertspiele, Einar Rosén, Far Off Games, GMT Games, Gord!, Inka Brand, Jakub Wiśniewski, Lautapelit.fi, Lunch Time Games, Markus Brand, Matagot, Michał Oracz, Nations, Near and Far, Nina Håkansson, Paths of Glory, Red Raven Games, Res Arcana, Robert Rosén, Roberto Fraga, Roxley Games, Rustan Håkansson, Ryan Laukat, Sand Castle Games, Santorini, Space Games, Tableau-building, Team Games, Ted Raicer, This War of Mine, Tom Lehmann, Village, Wargames, Worker Placement Games, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, Yohan Lemonnier
Posted on August 3, 2020
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It’s been almost 4 weeks since the last post in this series looking at the Top 100 Games ranked on Boardgame Geek. I was riding high, feeling all the love the series was creating and posting something almost every week day. And then I… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Play or Played – #10-1”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Alexander Pfister, Ananda Gupta, Brass: Birmingham, Campaign Games, Card-Driven Game, Cephalofair Games, Christian T. Petersen, Civilization Building, Corey Konieczka, Czech Games Edition, Dane Beltrami, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Gaia Project, Gavan Brown, Gloomhaven, GMT Games, Great Western Trail, Helge Ostertag, Isaac Childress, Jacob Fryxelius, Jason Matthews, Jens Drogemuller, Martin Wallace, Matt Leacock, Matt Tolman, Pandemic: Legacy Season 1, Rob Daviau, Roxley Games, Star Wars: Rebellion, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Twilight Imperium : 4th Edition, Twilight Struggle, Vlaada Chvátil, Zman Games
Posted on July 8, 2020
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We are getting close to the end of this 10-week opus, this look at the Boardgame Geek Top 100 games and which ones I’ve played. This has actually been my favourite series to write so far in the 3+ years of this blog. Mainly… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play #20-11”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 7 Wonders Duel, Antoine Bauza, Ares Games, Arkham Horror: the Card Game, Brass: Lancashire, Bruno Cathala, Castles of Burgundy, Concordia, Cooperative Games, Economic Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Francesco Nepitello, Greater Than Games, Helge Ostertag, Jamey Stegmaier, Jens Drogemuller, Mac Gerdts, Marco Maggi, Martin Wallace, Matthew Newman, Nate French, R. Eric Reuss, Ravensburger, Repos Games, Rio Grande Games, Roberto Di Meglio, Roxley Games, Scythe, Spirit Island, Stefan Feld, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Terra Mystica, War of the Ring, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
Posted on February 1, 2019
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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 April 21, 2017
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Last week, I showcased the upcoming Kickstarter for the new version of Brass (rechristened Brass: Lancashire) being published by Roxley Games. Pictures of the new board, new pieces, new art in general, all looked marvelous. This last Easter Monday, the Kickstarter went live, and… Continue Reading “Brass Kickstarter is Live!!!”