A Gaming Life
Posted on January 10, 2023 by whovian223
OrcaCon is a convention held in Bellevue, Washington in January every year. Sadly, I wasn’t able to go last year and the two years before that…well, something happened. I’m not really sure what. I went to my first OrcaCon in January 2020 and then… Continue Reading “OrcaCon 2023 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 2-Player Games, Alexander Pfister, Andrew Parks, Atlas Games, Auction Games, Bezier Games, Bluffing, Calico, Card Games, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Charioteer, CMON, Contracts, Core Worlds, David Fooden, Deckbuilders, Drafting Games, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Eggertspiele, Elizabeth Hargrave, Engine-building, Gizmos, GMT Games, Great Western Trail: Argentina, Hand Management, Jacob Fryxelius, Kevin Russ, Lunch Time Games, Matt Calkins, Monster Couch, Muneyuki Yokouchi, Nick Little, Nicolas Robert, On Mars, Pearl Games, Phil Walker-Harding, Racing Game, Rondel Games, Seals of Cthulhu, Sean Epperson, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Bloody Inn, Thing 12 Games, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Wingspan, Wingspan: Asia, Wingspan: European Expansion, Wingspan: Oceania expansion, Yukon Salon
Posted on January 11, 2021 by whovian223
This last weekend was the virtual edition of OrcaCon. Since I was spending the weekend doing things with my wife, I didn’t take part, but seeing the tweets and Discord messages from them just brought it all to mind. If it wasn’t for this… Continue Reading “Stories from Boardgame Cons”
Posted on March 10, 2020 by whovian223
We’re a little late with the “New to Me Games” post for February, but there is definitely a good reason. Last week was the Cult of the New to Me fundraising car wash! Unfortunately, the flyers I sent out and put up had the… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Area Control, Barrage, Brander Roullett, Card Drafting, Card Games, Card-Crafting Games, Cranio Creations, Dead Reckoning, Deckbuilders, Dice of Crowns, Dice-rolling, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Expansions, Football Highlights 2052, Frank West, Fryx Games, Gary Arant, Ian O'Toole, Jacob Fryxelius, John D Clair, Justin Gary, Lunch Time Games, Mike Fitzgerald, On Mars, Sean Epperson, Shards of Infinity, Simone Luciani, Stone Blade Entertainment, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Turmoil, The City of Games, The Isle of Cats, Thing 12 Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tommaso Battista, Ultra Pro, Vital Lacerda, Worker Placement Games
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