Posted on September 3, 2021
by whovian223
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One of the biggest hits for me during the beginning of the pandemic (when I bought way too many games than I really should have) was Roll Player. I had played it once before, was intrigued by it, but never actually got to play… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Roll Player: Monsters & Minions”
Posted on January 1, 2021
by whovian223
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Welcome to 2021! 2020 was a very hard year, not just as a boardgamer but as a person in general. The arrival of COVID-19 and extreme measures taken to counteract it have really taken a toll on me and Dude Take Your Turn in… Continue Reading “Blog in Review – 2020”
Category: Blogging, Board Games, PersonalTags: CascadeCon, COVID-19, Dice Tower, Dice Tower West, Elder Sign, Eric Summerer, Fantasy Flight Games, Kiki Aimerito, Monster Couch, OrcaCon, Roll Player, Shards of Infinity, Stephen Buonocore, Stone Blade Entertainment, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars: Big Box, Thunderworks Games, Wingspan
Posted on December 30, 2020
by whovian223
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(Edit: 5/19/22) – I’ve also reviewed both the Monsters & Minions expansion and the Fiends & Familiars expansion Growing up, while I played a few wargames with my brother, I was also an avid player of Dungeons & Dragons. I played with a few… Continue Reading “Review – Roll Player”
Posted on December 29, 2020
by whovian223
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It’s the end of December and 2020 has been a really cruel and wicked year. However, one benefit of all of this is that I’ve played a lot more games with my wife than I had in the past. She graciously volunteered to play… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Card Drafting, Dice-rolling, Elder Sign, Elder Sign: Unseen Forces, Fantasy Flight Games, Frédéric Guérard, It's A Wonderful World, Keith Matejka, Kevin Wilson, Lucky Duck Games, Richard Launius, Roll Player, Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars, Thunderworks Games, Variable Player Powers
Posted on December 1, 2020
by whovian223
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Another month and another COVID month where I actually have some new stuff to talk about! Kind of. Expansions aren’t necessarily the same as playing “new” games, but they are still cool, right? You’re not one of those that hates on all expansions just… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Cooperative Games, Deckbuilders, Devin Low, Dice Placement, Keith Matejka, Marvel Legendary, Marvel Legendary: Champions, Roll Player, Roll Player: Monsters & Minions, Thunderworks Games, Upper Deck
Posted on September 24, 2020
by whovian223
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This post has been a long time coming. Sorry about that. Life has a way of getting away from you sometimes, doesn’t it? Especially in these chaotic times. I swear that 2020 has been…well, let’s say “challenging.” However, I have made promises to people… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – 180-171”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Area Control, Auction Games, Bruno Sautter, Carcassonne, Card Drafting, Cartographers: a Roll Player Tale, Cyclades, Czech Games Edition, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong, Frank West, Galaxy Trucker, Goat Wolf & Cabbage, Hans im Gluck, Iello Games, Jamey Stegmaier, Jordy Adan, Just One, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Lucky Duck Games, Ludovic Roudy, Martin Wallace, Matagot, Max Temkin, Mayfair Games, Mike Boxleiter, Party Games, Queen Games, Ra - The Game, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Repos Games, Roll and Write Games, Secret Hitler, Shogun, Social Deduction Games, Steam, Stonemaier Games, The Isle of Cats, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tobey Ho, Tommy Maranges, Train Games, Viticulture, Vlaada Chvátil, Worker Placement Games
Posted on September 2, 2020
by whovian223
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When I began this series about the Boardgame Geek rankings and talking about the games in them, I didn’t think it would be this difficult. The Top 100 was pretty static. So when I spent the first part of the week putting all of… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #190-181”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1830: Railways & Robber Barons, 18XX, Abstract Games, Alexander Pfister, Andreas Pelikan, Andrew Veen, Area Control, Cambridge Game Factory, Card Drafting, Card Games, Carl Chudyk, Cartographers: a Roll Player Tale, Cédrick Chaboussit, Darwin Kastle, Deckbuilders, Economic Games, Ed Carter, Francis Tresham, Friedemann Friese, Gale Force 9, Gamewright Games, Glory to Rome, Hand Management, Hero Realms, HUCH Games, Isle of Skye, Jordy Adan, Kris Burm, Lewis & Clark: the Expedition, Line-Drawing Games, Lookout Games, Ludonaute, Peter Lee, Phil Walker-Harding, Power Grid Deluxe, Racing Game, Ravensburger, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Rodney Thompson, Sushi Go Party, The Quest for El Dorado, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tyrants of the Underdark, YINSH
Posted on August 12, 2020
by whovian223
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After finally getting the last post for the BGG Top 100 games done last week, I was a bit at a loss. What to do for a follow-up? I’m still not getting many games played and while I am behind on a review or… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #200-191”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, Age of Empires III - Age of Discovery, Asger Granerud, Bora Bora, Card-Driven Game, Christian Leonard, Czech Games Edition, Dice Drafting, Dixit: Odyssey, Dungeon Petz, Flamme Rouge, Glenn Drover, GMT Games, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Imperial, Imperial Settlers, Jason Matthews, Jean-Louis Roubira, Keith Matejka, Libellud, Mac Gerdts, Maciej Obszański, Portal Games, Ravensburger, Régis Bonnessée, Rio Grande Games, Roll Player, Seasons, Stefan Feld, Stronghold Games, Thunderworks Games, Tropical Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Worker Placement Games
Posted on April 8, 2019
by whovian223
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World War I and the Soviet takeover of Russia have always been fascinating historical topics for me. I’m a historian by education and desire, if not by trade. While I’m sure there have been some games that cover the Russian Revolution, Dual Powers: Revolution 1917… Continue Reading “Review – Dual Powers: Revolution 1917”
Posted on April 4, 2019
by whovian223
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It’s March! Or it was March. This post is about March, at any rate. What was I saying? Oh yeah, I played lots of new to me games last month because last weekend was a convention weekend. I played a total of eight new… Continue Reading “New to Me – March 2019”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Abracada...What?, Area Control, Ben Rosset, Betting, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Brett Myers, Camel Up, Carson City: the Card Game, COIN Games, Cuba Libre, Daily Magic Games, Dice Forge, Dice-Crafting Games, Dice-rolling, Dual Powers, Gary Kim, GMT Games, Isaias Vallejo, Jeff Grossman, Libellud, Lunch Time Games, Matthew O'Malley, Quined Games, Régis Bonnessée, Steffen Bogen, Stonemaier Games, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Valeria: Card Kingdoms, Volko Ruhnke, Xavier Georges, Zman Games
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