Posted on September 8, 2026
by whovian223
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After last month where I said that my “new to me games” list was slacking off a bit in 2026, August managed to bring six new games to the table! That still only puts me at 46 new games where last year was 84.… Continue Reading “New to Me – August 2026”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Alderac, Area Majority, Blue Orange Games, Dark Pact, Deckbuilders, Deduction, Dimitri Perrier, Explor8, Federation, Got Five!, Hanami, Into the Machine, Kasper Lapp, Keymaster Games, Kosmos, Lunch Time Games, Matthieu Verdier, Racing Game, Reiner Knizia, The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth, Thomas Sing, Tom Lehmann, Trick or Treat Studios, Trick-taking games, Yoann Levet
Posted on July 6, 2026
by whovian223
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June wasn’t as big of a month for new to me games, which makes sense because even the convention I attended only had two. Bottoscons tend to have us play older games for the most part, though not always. Combine that with, as I… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2026”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Card Playing, Empire Builder: Europe, Joachim Thôme, La Boîte de Jeu, Lancaster, Matthias Cramer, Mayfair Games, New Frontiers, Queen Games, Rio Grande Games, Tom Lehmann, Train Games, Tribes of the Wind, Worker Placement Games
Posted on April 1, 2023
by whovian223
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March was definitely a great month of gaming. I managed to play 21 games (32 plays) in 31 days! And 15 days worth of gaming is always good. Fifteen out of thirty-one? Woo! Many thanks to Boardgame Stats for the wonderful app that lets… Continue Reading “March 2023 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Alexander Pfister, BG Stats, Card Games, Charlie Bink, Franz-Benno Delonge, Jump Drive, Jump Drive - Terminal Velocity, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Tom Lehmann, Transamerica, Trekking Through History
Posted on October 6, 2022
by whovian223
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Last weekend, for the first time in almost three years, I actually went to a game convention. COVID really did put a damper on things. SHUX is the Shut Up & Sit Down gaming convention held at the Convention Centre in my home town… Continue Reading “SHUX 2022 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, Alderac, Alea, Andreas Schmidt, Ark Nova, Ben Eisner, Betting, Bezier Games, Blitzkrieg!, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Castles of Burgundy, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Cédric Lefebvre, Christophe Raimbault, Colt Super Express, Cory Jones, Czech Games Edition, Deep Water Games, Devil Dice Games, Dominic Crapuchettes, Duel Games, Eggertspiele, Epic Spell Wars: Annihilageddon, Fantastic Factories, Finca, Gabriele Bubola, Gudetama: The Tricky Egg Card Games, John D Clair, Joseph Z Chen, Jump Drive, Justin D. Jacobson, Justin Faulkner, Kei Kajino, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mandoo Games, Mathias Wigge, Matt Dunn, Matt Hyra, Merchants of Dunhuang, Michael Kiesling, Muneyuki Yokouchi, Northstar Games, Oink Games, Oni Games, Paolo Mori, Prodigals Club, Programmed Movement, PSC Games, Ral zur Linde, Ravensburger, Ready Set Bet, Restoration Games, Rio Grande Games, Rob Daviau, Rondel Games, SCOUT, Set Collection Games, Space Base, Stefan Feld, Steve Ellis, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Trekking Through History, Underdog Games, Unmatched: Battle of Legends Volume 1, Vladimír Suchý, Wargames, Wits & Wagers: It's Vegas Baby, Wolfgang Sentker
Posted on August 31, 2022
by whovian223
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August turned out to be a good month for gaming after a smaller July. Not only 30 plays of 22 games, but 11 new to me ones! That means (Gulp!) the “New to Me” post is going to be a bit late this month.… Continue Reading “My August 2022 Gaming”
Category: Board GamesTags: Action Selection, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Combat Commander: Europe, Deckbuilders, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Paul Peterson, Renegade Games Studios, Roll and Write Games, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Smash Up, Thunderworks Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Worker Placement Games
Posted on July 11, 2022
by whovian223
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Are you in need of a really cool, super-fast game that can be played almost between ordering your food and it actually arriving? Have I got the game for you! Jump Drive is like a combination of designer Tom Lehmann’s Race for the Galaxy… Continue Reading “Review – Jump Drive”
Posted on December 3, 2021
by whovian223
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Welcome to November’s “New to Me” post! You may notice something odd about November. No, it’s not that I had way too much Thanksgiving turkey (THANKSGIVING’S IN OCTOBER, YOU NON-CANADIANS!). It’s that three of the seven entries on this list are from Alderac Entertainment… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2021”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Alderac, Auction Games, Avalon Hill, Card Games, Cooperative Games, Dice Drafting, Erik Andersson Sundén, Grand Austria Hotel, Henry Stern, Jump Drive, Kosmos, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Molly Johnson, Push Your Luck Games, Rio Grande Games, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich, Simone Luciani, TEN, The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, The Op, Thomas Sing, Tom Lehmann, Trick-taking games, Variable Player Powers, Vegas Showdown, Virginio Gigli, Whirling Witchcraft, Wizards of the Coast
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 September 17, 2020
by whovian223
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Until news of the app version for Roll for the Galaxy came out, I hadn’t actually played it in quite a while. I do remember really liking the game, though. As I said in my Top 100 BGG games post, it’s a game that… Continue Reading “App Review – Roll for the Galaxy”
Category: Apps, Board Games, ReviewTags: Action Selection, Android, ios, Rio Grande Games, Roll for the Galaxy, Steam, Temple Gates Games, Tom Lehmann, Wei-Hwa Huang