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Review – Paladins of the West Kingdom
This review has been a long time coming. I first played Paladins of the West Kingdom back in 2019, and actually had played it three times by January 2020 (for most games, especially longer, more complicated games, I want to play a game at… Continue Reading “Review – Paladins of the West Kingdom”
Friday Night Shots – Who’s First Player?
Welcome back! It wouldn’t be a Friday night without seeing you here. I hope your week has gone well and, if you’re like I am, looking forward to a long weekend. Grab a seat, and let’s chat about “first player rules”! This will probably… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Who’s First Player?”
Paladins of the West Kingdom – Storage Solution From Folded Space
And now we’re three for three. When Folded Space was offering a bundle deal for storage solutions for the Collector’s Edition boxes of all three West Kingdom games, I jumped at the chance. Having reviewed the Architects of the West Kingdom and Viscounts of… Continue Reading “Paladins of the West Kingdom – Storage Solution From Folded Space”
Review – Wayfarers of the South Tigris
There are games that are just complex for the sake of being complex. The rules are really intricate, each phase has like 10 things to do, and everybody spends 10 minutes trying to figure out what to do on their turn. Then there are… Continue Reading “Review – Wayfarers of the South Tigris”
Architects of the West Kingdom – Storage Solution from Folded Space
I’ve already talked about the Viscounts of the West Kingdom storage solution from Folded Space, and how much better it is than the actual Collector’s Edition insert. For some reason, the Garphill Games inserts that came with the Collector’s Editions are just terrible as… Continue Reading “Architects of the West Kingdom – Storage Solution from Folded Space”
Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Storage Solution from Folded Space
If you’ve read this blog for more than five minutes, then you know that I’m a huge fan of Garphill Games and especially the West Kingdom trilogy of games. I’ve reviewed two of them (Architects of the West Kingdom and Viscounts of the West… Continue Reading “Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Storage Solution from Folded Space”
New to Me – March 2023
March was a good month for gaming, with a convention and numerous lunch time plays at work as well as some hefty Sunday game days as well. As noted in my March gaming post, I played 21 games! Seven of them were even new… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 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”
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