Tag: Solo Games
Posted on October 29, 2023
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Ever since the COVID lockdowns began in 2020, I’ve become an avid consumer of solitaire games. One of the more popular solo games that have come out recently, getting great reviews from as disparate sources as Zilla Blitz and Chris Yi on the Dice… Continue Reading “Review – Resist!”
Posted on October 26, 2023
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Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a huge fan of the plastic, form-fitting counter trays for wargames offered by Rails on Boards (in their Cube4Me shop). I’ve actually put together a few sets for them to sell on their site, but this… Continue Reading “Mr. President – Storage Solution From Rails on Boards”
Posted on October 13, 2023
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Hey there! It’s the weekend again, and I really appreciate you stopping by every week just to chat board games. Or to chat about anything, really. Actually, that’s not totally true, but it is nice to see you! Let me pour you a drink… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Liking Low-Rated Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Aces of Valor, Card Games, Dice of Crowns, Dice-rolling, Dreaming Spires, Dreist, Embark, Game Salute, Legion Wargames, Lunch Time Games, Ravensburger, Solo Games, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Thing 12 Games, Tile-Laying Games
Posted on October 12, 2023
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I’m back to trying to make my games a bit easier to unpack and pack up again, after a short hiatus. The trays from Cube4Me really make that so much easier! Today’s storage solution is for the solo World War II game, Halls of… Continue Reading “Halls of Hegra – Storage Solution With Rails on Boards”
Posted on October 3, 2023
by whovian223
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September was a fairly lean month for gaming, especially new to me games. I’ve already talked about my September gaming in general, so how about the monthly chat about “new to me” games? I’m actually quite proud of the fact that this is my… Continue Reading “New to Me – September 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Brad Johnson, Card Games, David Thompson, Dice-rolling, Fryx Games, GMT Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Lunch Time Games, Resist!, Roger Tankersley, Salt & Pepper Games, Solo Games, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars: the Dice Game, The Barracks Emperors, Trevor Benjamin, Trick-taking games, Wray Ferrell
Posted on September 6, 2023
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Solo air war games are pretty common out there in the wargaming field. Of course, one of my favourites (though my sample size is admittedly pretty small) is the great Storm Above the Reich, designed by Jerry White and published by GMT Games. But… Continue Reading “Review – Skies Above Britain”
Posted on July 15, 2023
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Exciting news yesterday! (I would have posted it yesterday, but too many posts for a Friday already). Even though Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2 has not even seen a hint of Kickstarter yet (maybe later in the Summer is the last I heard), they’ve already… Continue Reading “Terraforming Mars – Automa Coming to Kickstarter Soon(ish)”
Posted on July 7, 2023
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Sorry it’s been a couple of months since the first mission report from the new solo WWI aircraft game, Aces of Valor. It’s not because I didn’t want to! Things just got ahead of me. Like other German fighter pilots! How to play this… Continue Reading “Aces of Valor After Action Report – British Short Campaign – Mission 2”
Posted on July 3, 2023
by whovian223
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June has been a busy month, and not seemingly conducive to getting new board games played. We missed a Sunday game day (Father’s Day) and for two of the other three Sundays, our main “new games” guy wasn’t able to come. However, we maximized… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2023”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: AllPlay, Area Majority, Darwin's Journey, Gina Willis, GMT Games, Jerry White, Jun Sasaki, Lunch Time Games, Memory Games, Nestore Mangone, Oink Games, Order Overload: Cafe, Pollen, Reiner Knizia, Simone Luciani, Skies Above Britain, Solo Games, Thundergryph Games, Tile-Laying Games, Worker Placement Games
Posted on June 29, 2023
by whovian223
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With Father’s Day coming in June (here’s a link to the Father’s Day post I made in 2019, the first Father’s Day after my dad passed away), meaning that another Sunday Game Day was cancelled (or moved, but I chose to skip it), I… Continue Reading “June 2023 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Bezier Games, Boardgame Arena, Card Games, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Charioteer, Combat Commander, Czech Games Edition, Gamewright Games, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Racing Game, Skies Above Britain, Solo Games, Sushi Go Party, Trick-taking games