Tag: SJ MacDonald
Posted on August 31, 2022
by whovian223
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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”
Category: Board GamesTags: Action Selection, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Combat Commander: Europe, Deckbuilders, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Paul Peterson, Renegade Games Studios, Roll and Write Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Smash Up, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Worker Placement Games
Posted on June 29, 2022
by whovian223
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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”
Posted on May 16, 2022
by whovian223
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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”
Posted on May 6, 2022
by whovian223
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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!”
Posted on February 28, 2022
by whovian223
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Wow. I was not expecting to take a 2-week break from the blog. I’m learning to listen to my heart and brain and just take breaks when I need to, and this last two weeks, I just haven’t felt like blogging. Whenever I thought… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (#5-1)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Architects of the West Kingdom, Brad Johnson, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Christian Leonard, Combat Commander: Europe, Combat Commander: Pacific, Deckbuilders, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Jason Matthews, John Foley, Kai Jensen, Renegade Games Studios, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Time of Crisis, Wargames, Worker Placement Games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on February 7, 2022
by whovian223
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We’re almost to the end of my Top 25 games played of all time, 2022 edition, and there may have been a few surprises. I know there have been some new games, and some games have fallen drastically from their 2019 ranking. I feel… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (#10-6)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andrew Veen, Area Control, Card Drafting, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Deckbuilders, Formal Ferret Games, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Garphill Games, Gil Hova, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Renegade Games Studios, Rodney Thompson, Set Collection Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, The Networks, The Networks: the Executives, Tile-Laying Games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Viscounts of the West Kingdom
Posted on January 10, 2022
by whovian223
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With the close of the year 2021, I have actually played 422 games since I really started playing boardgames in 2012. Since my “Top 25 Games Played of All Time” series in 2019 was predicated on my having played almost 300 games, I thought… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (25-21)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Brian Train, Card Drafting, COIN Games, Colonial Twilight, Cooperative Games, Corey Konieczka, Eldritch Horror, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Jerry White, Mark Aasted, Nick Little, Nikki Valens, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Renegade Games Studios, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Solo Games, Storm Above the Reich, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Tableau-building, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Tile-Laying Games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on January 7, 2022
by whovian223
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It’s the end of the year 2021 (or it was when I played these games, anyway). Having been able to go to game days again since August 2021, it was nice to have a bunch of new to me games to play each month!… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2021”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Betting, Deckbuilders, Garphill Games, Hand Management, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Renegade Games Studios, Roll and Write Games, Second Chance, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stronghold Games, Uwe Rosenberg, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Winner's Circle
Posted on December 6, 2021
by whovian223
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(Edit 1/11/22: The Kickstarter is now live!) Having just played Viscounts of the West Kingdom for the first time yesterday (after having it for over a year but then COVID lockdown hit), I was very excited to see this on Twitter yesterday. Woo! I… Continue Reading “Viscounts of the West Kingdom expansion on Kickstarter January 11, 2022”
Category: Board Games, crowdfunding, NewsTags: Area Control, Deckbuilders, Garphill Games, Hand Management, Renegade Games Studios, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Gates of Gold, Viscounts of the West Kingdom: Keeper of Keys
Posted on November 2, 2021
by whovian223
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(Edit: 4/26/22) – The Kickstarter’s live! Go here to back it. If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you know how much I love Garphill Games and their trilogies. Architects of the West Kingdom is one of my favourite games… Continue Reading “Garphill Games Announces the “South” Trilogy of Upcoming Games”
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