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Wingspan: Asia expansion coming to digital in Summer 2025
(Edit 6/3/25): The date’s been announced. June 16 across all platforms! Yes!!!! Even more exciting news for fans of the wonderful Wingspan app from Monster Couch! Yes, the latest (and last so far) expansion to the game, Wingspan: Asia, will be coming to the… Continue Reading “Wingspan: Asia expansion coming to digital in Summer 2025”
Friday Night Shots – Thematically Weird Rules
Welcome back to the bar! Apologies for being closed for so long, but we’ve had renovations going on. We were trying to fix that jukebox that kept playing nothing but crappy music. Along with maybe making this a more inviting place for people other… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Thematically Weird Rules”
April 2024 Gaming
After a really full March, where it seemed like I played one game a day (ok, that’s only if you average it out, but still), April was a wasteland for gaming, sadly. Missing two Sundays, not as many games during lunch at work (if… Continue Reading “April 2024 Gaming”
Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#20-11)
How our tastes change over time is always kind of interesting to look at. As a kid, I loved Brussels Sprouts! Now, I really really hate them. Ok, I’m kidding…nobody sane likes Brussels Sprouts. But you get my point! Things you like as a… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#20-11)”
App Expansion Review – Wingspan: Oceania
Did you know that birds aren’t real? But for some reason, game designer Elizabeth Hargrave continues to try and convince us that they are! In 2020, Hargrave and publisher Stonemaier Games released the second expansion to the excellent Wingspan game, still one of my… Continue Reading “App Expansion Review – Wingspan: Oceania”
Friday Night Shots – Never-Ending Arguments
Welcome to Friday night! It’s the weekend, hopefully you’ve got something good planned. Pull up a chair, and let’s talk about some stuff. So, what is a wargame? No, no no, don’t worry your pretty heart about that. I’m not actually asking you that… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Never-Ending Arguments”
New to Me – November 2022
November was an interesting month for boardgaming. I went to my second convention this year, a relatively small (compared to SHUX, anyway!) local wargaming convention where I was finally able to get a bit of wargaming done! Considering how many wargames I now have,… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2022”
Wingspan: Oceania Expansion Coming to Digital
(Edit: 11/7/23) – A release date has been announced! December 12 at 10:00 am PST! It’s nice when you look at your email inbox and find some welcome news instead of the usual spam and people bothering you about things you don’t care about.… Continue Reading “Wingspan: Oceania Expansion Coming to Digital”
App Expansion Review – Wingspan: European Expansion
The Wingspan app published by Monster Couch Games has been a wonderful app since it came out in October 2020. Online play oddities aside, the game has very few bugs that I’m aware of and it’s a brilliant digital adaptation of the boardgame designed… Continue Reading “App Expansion Review – Wingspan: European Expansion”
Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (15-11)
It’s another week so it’s time for another edition of the Top 25 Games Played (by me) of All Time – 2022 edition! We’ve gone through ten of them so far and so far they have been very cool games! I don’t really care… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (15-11)”