Tag: Shem Phillips
Posted on May 20, 2020
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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 April 1, 2020
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As we move into April, the self-isolation continues. For some people, that was their normal behaviour anyway, but it’s still hard to be sequestered away from seeing pretty much anybody. I’ve been working from home since March 16 and it’s been quite the adjustment.… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Architects of the West Kingdom, Architects of the West Kingdom: Age of the Artisans, Awkward Guests, Deduction, Expansions, Garphill Games, MegaCorpin Games, Renegade Games Studios, Ron Gonzalo Garcia, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Worker Placement Games
Posted on March 4, 2020
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I should have posted this yesterday, but wanted to get the Dice Tower Con post out and I don’t like to do two major posts in one day. Yesterday morning, the Kickstarter for one of my most anticipated games went live. Viscounts of the… Continue Reading “Viscounts of the West Kingdom now on Kickstarter”
Category: Board Games, crowdfunding, NewsTags: Deckbuilders, Garphill Games, kickstarter, Renegade Games Studios, Rondel Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Tomesaga, Viscounts of the West Kingdom
Posted on February 17, 2020
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Today’s a holiday up here in the Great White North, so just a quick post. How did I miss this late last week? I know I’ve been scooped by other blogs, but I don’t care. I have to share what looks like yet another… Continue Reading “New Game from Garphill Games”
Posted on February 14, 2020
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Can I just say how much I love the cover for Viscounts of the West Kingdom? (Editor – No, you can’t) This cover is amazing! It’s just whetting my appetite for March when this hits Kickstarter. Will this hit my Top 10 games played… Continue Reading “Viscounts of the West Kingdom Cover”
Posted on January 8, 2020
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Whew! After telling you the first half of my Top 10 games played in 2019, I needed a break. Being surrounded by all that awesomeness can be tiring! But now I’m back with the bottom half of the list. These are the 5 best… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Andrew Veen, Architects of the West Kingdom, Area Control, Brad Johnson, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Cole Wehrle, Deckbuilders, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Jason Matthews, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tableau-building, Time of Crisis, Tyrants of the Underdark, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on January 6, 2020
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It’s that time of year again! Time to look back at 2019 and see what games I played this year and which ones I definitely want to play again. Also, which ones can be left by the side of the road looking all forlorn… Continue Reading “Top 10 Games Played in 2019 (10-6)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card-Driven Game, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Formal Ferret Games, Frosted Games, Fryx Games, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, Jacob Fryxelius, Lunch Time Games, Matthias Cramer, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Paul Dennen, Renegade Games Studios, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Tableau-building, Terraforming Mars, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Watergate, Worker Placement Games
Posted on December 17, 2019
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Edit (2/16/20) – The Kickstarter opens on March 3! I’m there first day. are you? Edit (2/14/20) – The cover’s been revealed!!!! Being the big fan of the West Kingdom series designed by Shem Phillips and S J MacDonald, I’ve been really salivating while… Continue Reading “Don’t Viscount the West Kingdom Series – Next Game Revealed!”
Posted on November 13, 2019
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It’s no secret that Architects of the West Kingdom is a fantastic game. It’s my #4 game played of all time! Designed by Shem Phillips and S J MacDonald and published by both Garphill Games and Renegade Game Studios, this wonderful worker-placement game about… Continue Reading “Architects of the West Kingdom: Age of the Artisans Looks Seriously Cool”
Posted on October 31, 2019
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October was SHUX month. SHUX is a 3-day boardgame convention in Vancouver that was simply phenomenal. I had so much fun, and would have had even more fun if I hadn’t felt so terrible. Maybe next year! You know what conventions mean, right? No,… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 5x5 City, Alderac, Board & Dice, Brian Henk, Card Drafting, Card Games, Civilization Building, Clayton Skancke, Corinth, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Denis Plastinin, Dice-rolling, Dylan Mangini, Explorers of the North Sea, Garphill Games, Grey Fox Games, Hisashi Hayashi, Jamey Stegmaier, Jonny Pac Cantin, Lunch Time Games, Mico, Modular Games, Molly Johnson, Okazu Brand, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Pull the Pin Games, Renegade Games Studios, Robert Melvin, Roll and Write Games, Sebastien Pauchon, Shawn Stankewich, Shem Phillips, Sierra West, SJ MacDonald, Stonemaier Games, Tapestry, Tile-Laying Games, War of the Worlds: the New Wave, Worker Placement Games, Zorro Dice Game
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