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
Posted on June 10, 2020
by whovian223
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With this post we’re half-way through the BGG Top 100 and I have to say that this has been a fun project for me. I hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have. One thing going through this list does for me is… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 60-51”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Area Control, Auction Games, Bruno Cathala, Card Games, Caylus, Chad Jensen, Clank, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Dire Wolf Digital, Dominant Species, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Fields of Arle, Five Tribes, GMT Games, Huch & Friends, Keyflower, Lords of Waterdeep, Mancala games, Paul Dennen, Peter Lee, Race for the Galaxy, Renegade Games Studios, Richard Breese, Rio Grande Games, Rodney Thompson, Sebastian Bleasdale, Tableau-building, The Gallerist, Tom Lehmann, Underwater Cities, Uwe Rosenberg, Vital Lacerda, Vladimír Suchý, William Attia, Wizards of the Coast, Worker Placement Games, Ystari Games, Zman Games
Posted on June 1, 2020
by whovian223
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A while back, I reported that Temple Gates, developer of the wonderful Race for the Galaxy and Shards of Infinity apps (the latter of which a review is coming soon!), was going to be rolling out the beta for the app version of Roll for the Galaxy,… Continue Reading “Roll for the Galaxy – App Beta First Impressions”
Posted on May 27, 2020
by whovian223
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It’s week 3 of our weekly look through the Boardgame Geek Top 100 to see what games I’ve played and which ones I may be interested in playing. Last week I got educated about Dominion, maybe even enough to try it again some day. What… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 80-71”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Aeon's End, Agricola, Alain Orban, Architects of the West Kingdom, Battlestar Galactica, Card Games, CodeNames, Corey Konieczka, Czech Games Edition, Dice-rolling, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, Helmut Ohley, Hidden Traitor, Indie Boards & Cards, Kevin Riley, Leonhard Orgler, Lookout Games, Marvel Champsions: the Card Game, Party Games, Patchwork, Renegade Games Studios, Rio Grande Games, Roll for the Galaxy, Russian Railroads, Sébastien Dujardin, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Tile-Laying Games, Tom Lehmann, Train Games, Troyes, Uwe Rosenberg, Vlaada Chvátil, Wei-Hwa Huang, Worker Placement Games, Xavier Georges, Zman Games
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