Tag: Stronghold Games
Posted on April 1, 2024
by whovian223
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Aloha! (Saying this for my friend who’s out on a cruise, even though she’s not technically going to Hawaii but somewhere just as warm). You may be wondering. “Dave, why are you wearing socks with sandals?” I would say that you should just keep… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2024”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Alannah Kearney, Allen Chang, Ape Games, Blob Party, Bombyx, Card Games, Card Shedding, Challengers, City Building, Delta, Franz Couderc, Game Brewer, Garphill Games, Gotcha Gotcha Games, Ikhwan Kwon, Johannes Krenner, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Loosey Goosey Games, Lunch Time Games, Markus Slawitscheck, Of What's Left, Pam Walls, Pandasaurus Games, Party Games, Pegasus Spiele, Renegade Games Studios, Rise to Power, Sea Salt & Paper, Set Collection Games, Shem Phillips, Shipwrights of the North Sea - Redux, Stronghold Games, Surfosaurus Max, Taylor Reiner, Terminal City Tabletop Convention, Track Movement, Vale of Eternity, Vital Lacerda, Word Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on March 22, 2024
by whovian223
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Welcome to another end-of-week social gathering where it’s just you and me! I’d say I’m enough to make it social. Wouldn’t you? Well, anyway, hop on a seat at the bar and let’s chat! I do have to say first, though, that you are… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Player Aids”
Posted on March 21, 2024
by whovian223
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It’s a few days after another great convention experience, so let’s talk a little bit about Terminal City Tabletop Convention – 2024. This year, it was held at the Vancouver Convention Centre which is right on the water in downtown Vancouver. It’s a beautiful… Continue Reading “Terminal City Tabletop Convention Retrospective – 2024”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Amalfi: Renaissance, Ape Games, Aporta Games, Bad Company, Blob Party, Bombyx, Brotherwise Games, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Challengers, Delta, Dice-rolling, Empire's End, First Rat, FloodGate Games, Game Brewer, John D Clair, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Lookout Games, Loosey Goosey Games, Lunch Time Games, Of What's Left, Oh My Goods, Oh My Goods - Longsdale in Revolt, Pandasaurus Games, Party Games, Pegasus Spiele, Resource Management, Rise to Power, Sagrada, Schadenfreude, Sea Salt & Paper, Set Collection Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Surfosaurus Max, Sylex, Tableau-building, Track Movement, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Wizkids, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on February 4, 2024
by whovian223
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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)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Amalfi: Renaissance, Andrew Veen, Area Majority, Card Games, Cole Wehrle, ctr, Dan Hallagan, Deckbuilders, Deep Water Games, Dice-rolling, Elizabeth Hargrave, Fantastic Factories, Fryx Games, Gale Force 9, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, Kayenta Games, Lunch Time Games, Nick Little, Obsession, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Peter Lee, Rio Grande Games, Rodney Thompson, Schadenfreude, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, Sydney Engelstein, Sylex, Tableau-building, Takeo Yamada, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Trick-taking games, Tyrants of the Underdark, Underwater Cities, VladimÃr Suchý, Wehrlegig Games, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
Posted on December 29, 2023
by whovian223
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It’s the last Friday of 2023, and possibly my last post, so I hope you all have a wonderful new year’s celebration and everything that is good in the upcoming year. I want to thank you again for stopping by, having a libation or… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Trick Taking Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Bezier Games, Card Games, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Diamonds, GMT Games, Schadenfreude, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, The Barracks Emperors, Tichu, Trick-taking games
Posted on December 8, 2023
by whovian223
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It’s been a week since my last post. And wow, what a week. Ok, it wasn’t that bad, but I just needed a bit of a recharge and decided not to think too much about writing this week. More stuff coming next week, definitely.… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Drafting Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 2-Player Games, 7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Duel, Ankama Games, Ark Nova, Artipia Games, Ascension, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Castles of Burgundy, Czech Games Edition, Drafting Games, Draftosaurus, Dune Imperium, Fields of Green, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Ravensburger, Repos Games, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Vale of Eternity
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 4, 2023
by whovian223
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(Edit: 9/5/23) – The campaign is now live! I thought this warranted its own post rather than editing the previous post, because this is so much bigger than it seemed before. No new images yet, so I’ll post the graphic that’s currently on the… Continue Reading “Big Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Opens Tomorrow, September 5”
Posted on August 4, 2023
by whovian223
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Welcome back! It wouldn’t be a Friday night without seeing you here. I hope your week has gone well and, if you’re like I am, looking forward to a long weekend. Grab a seat, and let’s chat about “first player rules”! This will probably… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Who’s First Player?”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: Alderac, Architects of the West Kingdom, Beyond the Sun, Elder Sign, Everdell, Fantasy Flight Games, Fryx Games, Garphill Games, Planes, Rio Grande Games, Shem Phillips, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars
Posted on July 15, 2023
by whovian223
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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)”
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