Tag: Tableau-building
Posted on January 17, 2022
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It’s that time again! Yes, it’s another installment of my Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 edition, all because I’ve now played over 400 games. The last edition was 3 years ago, so there are a bunch of new games in… Continue Reading “Top 25 Games Played of All Time – 2022 Edition (20-16)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Asymmetric Games, Blood Bowl Team Manager, Board & Dice, Cole Wehrle, Daniele Tascini, Deckbuilders, Deep Water Games, Dice Placement, Dice Tower West, Dragonflight, Fantastic Factories, Fantasy Flight Games, Jason Little, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, Keith Matejka, Leder Games, Lunch Time Games, OrcaCon, Roll Player, Root, Tableau-building, Teotihuacan
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, Jeremy 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 December 14, 2021
by whovian223
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I love getting fresh news just when I’ve decided I wasn’t going to post anything for the day! Monster Couch, developer of the really great (if sometimes frustrating for online play) Wingspan app (reviewed here), just announced that the European expansion will be coming… Continue Reading “Wingspan: European Expansion Coming to the App”
Category: Apps, Board Games, NewsTags: Android, Card Games, ios, Monster Couch, Steam, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Wingspan, Wingspan: European Expansion
Posted on October 1, 2021
by whovian223
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This review actually has more twists and turns than a City Council meeting trying to issue a policy that will please all of its residents. I guess I should identify the game I’m talking about first, though. The City is a tableau-building card game… Continue Reading “Review – The City”
Posted on November 5, 2020
by whovian223
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And we’re back from the long hiatus that I seem to periodically take, like, every month or so. I really need to have a chat with these demons that seem to get inside my head all of the time and keep me from feeling… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #150-141”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Awaken Realms, Captain Sonar, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Civilization Building, Cody Miller, Combat Commander: Europe, Eggertspiele, Einar Rosén, Far Off Games, GMT Games, Gord!, Inka Brand, Jakub Wiśniewski, Lautapelit.fi, Lunch Time Games, Markus Brand, Matagot, Michał Oracz, Nations, Near and Far, Nina Håkansson, Paths of Glory, Red Raven Games, Res Arcana, Robert Rosén, Roberto Fraga, Roxley Games, Rustan Håkansson, Ryan Laukat, Sand Castle Games, Santorini, Space Games, Tableau-building, Team Games, Ted Raicer, This War of Mine, Tom Lehmann, Village, Wargames, Worker Placement Games, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, Yohan Lemonnier
Posted on November 3, 2020
by whovian223
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What is this? A “New to Me Games” post? This is the first since August! So basically skipping September. That’s what COVID has done to us. It’s not for lack of trying, but I have been so “not in the mood” to play games… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2020”
Posted on October 2, 2020
by whovian223
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(Edit – 12/14/21) – The European Expansion has just been announced! Go here for the teaser announcement (Edit – 11/9/21) – And now it’s out on Android! Price is $9.99 just like on iOS. (Edit – 10/14/21) – It appears that Wingspan is going… Continue Reading “App Review – Wingspan”
Posted on September 30, 2020
by whovian223
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I know I already told you it was coming (and judging by the hits on that post over the last couple of days, you’re all looking for it!), but now it’s here! Yesterday, the expansion to the wonderful tableau-building card game Fantastic Factories, designed… Continue Reading “Fantastic Factories: Manufactions Now on Kickstarter”
Category: Board Games, crowdfunding, NewsTags: Card Games, Deep Water Games, Expansions, Fantastic Factories, Fantastic Factories: Manufactions, Fantastic Factories: Subterfuge, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, kickstarter, Tableau-building
Posted on August 14, 2020
by whovian223
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Really quick post for Friday because, well, it’s Friday. I’ve already done two posts this week and I just returned from an 8-hour drive around British Columbia that was really beautiful but also really exhausting. So let’s talk about Fantastic Factories: Manufactions! I first… Continue Reading “Fantastic Factories: Manufactions Coming to Kickstarter”
Category: Board Games, crowdfunding, NewsTags: Card Games, Deep Water Games, Dice-rolling, Fantastic Factories, Fantastic Factories: Manufactions, Joseph Z Chen, Justin Faulkner, kickstarter, Tableau-building
Posted on July 8, 2020
by whovian223
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We are getting close to the end of this 10-week opus, this look at the Boardgame Geek Top 100 games and which ones I’ve played. This has actually been my favourite series to write so far in the 3+ years of this blog. Mainly… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play #20-11”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 7 Wonders Duel, Antoine Bauza, Ares Games, Arkham Horror: the Card Game, Brass: Lancashire, Bruno Cathala, Castles of Burgundy, Concordia, Cooperative Games, Economic Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Francesco Nepitello, Greater Than Games, Helge Ostertag, Jamey Stegmaier, Jens Drogemuller, Mac Gerdts, Marco Maggi, Martin Wallace, Matthew Newman, Nate French, R. Eric Reuss, Ravensburger, Repos Games, Rio Grande Games, Roberto Di Meglio, Roxley Games, Scythe, Spirit Island, Stefan Feld, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Terra Mystica, War of the Ring, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
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