Tag: Solo Games
Posted on May 20, 2026
by whovian223
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It’s Wednesday, the middle of the week, so how about a middle post about Boardgame Geek rankings? I mentioned last week that I’ll keep doing these until I hit a week where I haven’t played anything. That ain’t this week! I should remind folks… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 3001 – 3100”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 1923 Cotton Club, 9 Lives, Action Selection, Alderac, AllPlay, Area Control, Avalon Hill, Board & Dice, Card Drafting, Card Games, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Fields of Fire: Deluxe Edition, Firestarter Games, GMT Games, Kingmaker, Looping Games, Lunch Time Games, Point Galaxy, Reforest, Sierra West, Solo Games, Stratego, Tableau-building, The City, Trick-taking games, Wargames, What Were We Thinking, Worker Placement Games
Posted on May 14, 2026
by whovian223
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One of the cool things about how the whole Final Girl franchise (from Van Ryder Games) has come about is that each group of feature films is tied into a series, with the occasional vignette or special feature. That appears to be coming to… Continue Reading “Violent Conventions – Final Girl – Shriek Review”
Posted on May 7, 2026
by whovian223
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Doing these weekly posts about these centuries of “top games” on Boardgame Geek have often been interesting because of the conversations they’ve sparked with friends and fans. But they’ve also been interesting because I’ve seen some unexpected movement in the games I’m seeing. For… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2801-2900”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: Alley Cat Games, Amun-Re, Amun-Re 20th Anniversary Edition, Area Control, Assyria, Auction Games, Bingo, Block Wargames, Brotherhood & Unity, Card-Driven Game, Colt Super Express, Columbia Games, Compass Games, Dice-rolling, General Orders: World War II, GMT Games, Hurrican Games, Indie Boards & Cards, Kokoro, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, New Amsterdam, Osprey Games, Programmed Movement, Push Your Luck Games, Richard III: The Wars of the Roses, Roll and Write Games, Silent Victory, Solo Games, Via Magica, Wargames, White Goblin Games, Worker Placement Games, Ystari Games
Posted on April 22, 2026
by whovian223
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I hope you’re enjoying my weekly look at games ranked on Boardgame Geek that aren’t in the Top 1000. I know I’m enjoying writing them, because I love the discussion they can cause (though sadly not last week, because I left two hooks in… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2601-2700”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, Area Control, Avalon Hill, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Comancheria, Conquest of Paradise, Cryptozoic, Dual Powers, Epic Spell Wars, Exploration, Fantasy Flight Games, First Fish Games, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Mistwind, Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars, Pick Up & Deliver, Push Your Luck Games, Solo Games, Team Games, The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus, Thunderworks Games, Victory in the Pacific, Wargames
Posted on April 18, 2026
by whovian223
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The Terminator movies were such memorable movies, helped by Arnold Schwarzenegger as the very memorable terminator himself but also by the wonderful Linda Hamilton, scared shitless but tough as nails in the first one, and just a badass in the second one (we don’t… Continue Reading “Time Travelling Murder – Final Girl – The Killer From Tomorrow Review”
Posted on March 25, 2026
by whovian223
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Many of us have been to those amusement places like Chuck E. Cheese or Showbiz Pizza (that’s what they were called when I was a kid), where you have your video games, you have your dining areas where rambunctious kids are running around, throwing… Continue Reading “Cuddle Bears of Death – Final Girl – Bad Times at Buddyland Review”
Posted on March 21, 2026
by whovian223
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As we get further and further down the BGG rankings, the pickings are becoming increasingly slim. But it’s also made me think a little bit, considering some of the games that show up in each century. I know, thinking is dangerous, especially for me.… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2201 – 2300”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 5 Minute Marvel, Alderac, Area Control, Area Majority, Ascension, Ascension: Rise of Vigil, Avalon Hill, B-17: Queen of the Skies, Caesar's Empire, Capstone Games, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Cease and Desist, Citrus, City of Iron, Civilization Building, Cooperative Games, Deckbuilders, DLP Games, Dragonfire, GMT Games, Hearts, Holy Grail Games, Levy & Campaign Series, Nevsky, Real-Time Games, Red Raven Games, Route-building, Smash Up, Solo Games, Spades, Spielworxx, Spin Master Games, Stoneblade, Unconditional Surrender, Wargames, Weimar, Wizards of the Coast
Posted on February 25, 2026
by whovian223
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I’ve never seen the classic Hitchcock thriller, The Birds, but I’m very familiar with the trope! Some birds are just creepy. They sit and watch you. Crows can recognize you, which can be good or bad depending on whether you’re a good person or… Continue Reading “So Many Birds! – Final Girl – Terror From Above Review”
Posted on February 23, 2026
by whovian223
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We’re into a new millennium! Not year-wise, of course. We are sadly still in 2026. But in looking at the Boardgame Geek game rankings, we are now over 2000. Some might say we’re getting into the dregs, where I haven’t played, or even thought… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2001 Through 2100”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 3 Chapters, Amigo Spiel, Bezier Games, Card Drafting, Cooperative Games, Deinko Games, Druid City Games, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Holland '44, I Split You Choose, Lucky Duck Games, Lunch Time Games, Mr. President, New York Slice, Patchistory, Real-Time Games, Resource Management, Set Collection Games, Solo Games, Sorcerer City, Tableau-building, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Wargames, Worker Placement Games
Posted on February 16, 2026
by whovian223
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It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve done one of these BGG centuries posts, though not because I was getting tired of them. There were just more important things to post about! I enjoy writing these BGG posts, even when the games are… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 1901 Through 2000”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #3, Alderac, Chilifox Games, COIN Games, Contracts, Cwali, Dice Drafting, Draft & Write Records, Drafting Games, Empire Builder, Factory Funner, Fields of Fire 2, GMT Games, Halls of Hegra, Inside Up Games, Multiman Publishing, Pendragon: the Fall of Roman Britain, Queen Games, Ravensburger, Roll and Write Games, Route-building, Schadenfreude, Solo Games, Spectacular, Studio Turbine, Tile-Laying Games, Tompet Games, Trick-taking games, Wallenstein, Wargames, Whirling Witchcraft