Tag: Shem Phillips

Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2023

It’s Wednesday and part of me is still coming down from the high of a weekend full of boardgames! For the first time since March 2019, the annual (until COVID, damn it) Terminal City Tabletop Convention was held in my hometown of Vancouver this… Continue Reading “Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2023”

Expansion Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Gates of Gold

With the last Viscounts of the West Kingdom Kickstarter (way back in…I can’t remember when!), Garphill Games decided that rather than release expansions for this great games in dribs and drabs, as well as then finally releasing a Deluxe box for the entire game,… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Gates of Gold”

Expansion Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Keeper of Keys

Shem Phillips and S J MacDonald of Garphill Games fame, seem to have a side job in addition to designing great games. They are the Adepts of Alliteration! That’s why all of their expansions have brilliant alliteration. Works of Wonder, Age of Artisans, and… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Keeper of Keys”

Scholars of the South Tigris from Garphill Games Coming to Kickstarter March 7

(Edit 3/1/23: And it’s now live!) (Edit 2/16/23: It’s coming 6 days earlier! The new Kickstarter date is March 1) (Edit 2/2/23: Get notified when it goes live by going here!) Two posts in a day, but this announcement is worth it! Today on… Continue Reading “Scholars of the South Tigris from Garphill Games Coming to Kickstarter March 7”

TOP 10 GAMES PLAYED IN 2022 – #5-1

Wow, the second part of my Top 10 Games played in 2022 is being posted just a week after the first part. I’m already scoring a blog win! Last week I posted games 10-6 of my Top 10 Games played in 2022, and there… Continue Reading “TOP 10 GAMES PLAYED IN 2022 – #5-1”

Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom

Anybody who follows this blog even a little bit knows that I am a big Shem Phillips/Sam MacDonald fan. I was first introduced to Shem with Raiders of the North Sea (a game that has fallen a bit in my estimation but I still… Continue Reading “Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom”

My August 2022 Gaming

August turned out to be a good month for gaming after a smaller July. Not only 30 plays of 22 games, but 11 new to me ones! That means (Gulp!) the “New to Me” post is going to be a bit late this month.… Continue Reading “My August 2022 Gaming”

Expansion Review – Architects of the West Kingdom – Works of Wonder

Architects of the West Kingdom has a well-deserved place in my Top 5 games of all time. It is an amazing worker placement game with cool mechanics that keeps me coming back for more. It was published back in 2018 by Garphill Games and… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Architects of the West Kingdom – Works of Wonder”

Expansion Review – Architects of the West Kingdom – Age of Artisans

It’s no secret how much I love Architects of the West Kingdom. Even with my top 4 games being GMT Games, Architects still managed to get into the Top 5 games played of all time for 2022. With the Works of Wonder expansion just… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Architects of the West Kingdom – Age of Artisans”

Wayfarers of the South Tigris – 5 Days to go for the Kickstarter!

I admit it. I’m a Garphill Games fanboy. I love almost everything they’ve produced (though I’m not a rabid one, as there are a few of their games that I’m not interested in, and I am not a big fan of Explorers of the… Continue Reading “Wayfarers of the South Tigris – 5 Days to go for the Kickstarter!”