Posted on March 5, 2026
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Rob Bottos is a great guy. Not only is he kind and really interesting to talk to, but he also looks after his fellow gamers. He’s run the regular Bottoscon in New Westminster since 2007 (with one year’s break due to COVID) and it’s… Continue Reading “Bottoscon Winter 2026 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: Action Selection, Area Control, Bottoscon Winter, Can't Stop, Card Games, CMYK, Combat Commander: Europe/Med Master Edition, Cooperative Games, Cover Your Kingdom, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Earth, Eldritch Horror, Expeditions, Fantasy Flight Games, Fliptoons, GMT Games, Grandpa Beck's, Hand Management, How I Roll - Youtube, Inside Up Games, Kosmos, Lunch Time Games, Magical Athlete, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Rio Grande Games, Roll and Move, Roll for the Galaxy, Sea Salt & Paper, SETI, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Take-That games, The Gang, Thunderworks Games, Wargames
Posted on March 3, 2026
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I thought February was going to be a big month for games, with two days of a convention at the end of the month of on top of our normal gaming. Sadly, me getting sick for over a week eliminated one Sunday along with… Continue Reading “February 2026 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Action Selection, Ark Nova, Ark Nova - Marine Worlds, BG Stats, Cape May, Card Games, Combat Commander: Europe/Med Master Edition, Cooperative Games, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Earth, Eldritch Horror, Fantasy Flight Games, Fort, GMT Games, Inside Up Games, Leder Games, Rio Grande Games, Roll for the Galaxy, SETI, SETI: Space Agencies, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Thunderworks Games, Tokaido
Posted on February 16, 2026
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Thanks for those of you who have already checked out today’s post about the latest century of games rated on Boardgame Geek, the coveted (I tease) 1901-2000 slot! The reason for this updated post is that I completely missed talking about two games that… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 1901 Through 2000 – Supplementary Edition”
Posted on January 9, 2026
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This year’s second installment of the Top 50 games played of all time and it’s the second on two weeks! I’m on a roll. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep up the weekly basis for this so I can be done in early February.… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2026 Edition (#40-31)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 300, Action Selection, Antonio Zax, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Cole Wehrle, Combat Commander: Pacific, Cosmodrome Games, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Fabio Lopiano, Fliptoons, Fryx Games, GMT Games, Ivan Lashin, Jacob Fryxelius, John Foley, Jonny Pac Cantin, Jordy Adan, Kai Jensen, Kanban: Driver's Edition, Laskas, Lunch Time Games, Nestore Mangone, Nick Little, Pandasaurus Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Petr Mojžíš, Renato Simões, Shackleton Base, Smartphone Inc, Sorry We Are French, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Tableau-building, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Bell of Treason, Thunderworks Games, Unconscious Mind, Vital Lacerda, Wargames, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, Yoma
Posted on January 2, 2026
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December turned out to be a gaming lost cause for the most part. Two Sundays cancelled for various reasons, one shortened one, and a bunch of work stuff going on so lunches weren’t always available as well. In fact, if it wasn’t for my… Continue Reading “December 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Adam's Apple Games, Alderac, Bezier Games, BG Stats, Combat Commander, Contracts, Daily Magic Games, Deckbuilders, Dice Drafting, Fliptoons, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Planet Unknown, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria - Riftlands, Social Deduction Games, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Valley of the Kings: Last Rites, Wargames, Werewords Deluxe, Word Games
Posted on December 24, 2025
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One of the big hits in 2025, especially when you’re looking at fun, fast, and zany card games, is Fliptoons. This game just basically covers all the bases if you’re looking for something light but yet intensely fun (sorry, Dan). The game was designed… Continue Reading “See You on the Flip Side – Fliptoons Review”
Posted on November 4, 2025
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October was a really lean month for new to me games, with only two getting done! That will change in November with Bottoscon coming up, but October was almost a wasteland. However, the Cult of the New to Me was happy because, while one… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Bruges, Card Games, Deckbuilders, Fliptoons, Jordy Adan, Lunch Time Games, Multi-use cards, Renato Simões, Stefan Feld, Thunderworks Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on February 1, 2024
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Has a month already gone by in 2024? Wow, time is just flying by, really. January had a number of gaming highlights, mainly because of OrcaCon. The annual convention down in Bellevue, Washington, it just a remarkably-run convention, so inclusive, and so fun. And… Continue Reading “January 2024 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Alderac, BG Stats, Brotherwise Games, Cape May, Combat Commander, Empire's End, GMT Games, Schadenfreude, Smash Up, Smash Up: Excellent Movies Dudes, Thunderworks Games, Zilla Blitz
Posted on January 14, 2024
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It’s only been two years, but it’s that time again! The 2022 edition of my “Top Games Played of All Time” was predicated on my having played just over 400 games. As of the end of 2023, I had played 534 games in total.… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#50-41)”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Abstract Games, Action Selection, Alderac, Andreas Schmidt, Blood Bowl Team Manager, Board & Dice, Cape May, Chad Jensen, Charlie Bink, Cranio Creations, Daniele Tascini, David Thompson, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Dominant Species, Dune Imperium, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Eggertspiele, Engine-building, Fantasy Flight Games, Flaminia Brasini, GMT Games, Heaven & Ale, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lunch Time Games, Michael Kiesling, On Mars, Paul Dennen, Set Collection Games, Simone Luciani, Teotihuacan, Thunderworks Games, Trekking Through History, Trevor Benjamin, Underdog Games, Virginio Gigli, Vital Lacerda, War Chest, Wargames, Worker Placement Games
Posted on September 8, 2023
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Welcome back to the bar! I’m so happy you chose to regale us with your presence when it’s such a clear and sunny evening out there. Have a seat, let me turn the music down a bit (who the heck put Air Supply on… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Birthday Wishes of Unplayed Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 1960: The Making of a President, 51st State Master Set, Alderac, Card Drafting, Card-Driven Game, Dice Placement, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Pax Pamir - 2nd Edition, Portal Games, Rally the Troops, Roll Player, Santa Monica, The Barracks Emperors, Thunderworks Games, Time of Crisis, Wargames