Tag: Trick-taking games
Posted on November 11, 2025
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This past weekend was the 19th annual Bottoscon convention at the Inn at the Quay in New Westminster, Canada. We’re almost at 20! The con is run by Rob Bottos, a great guy who has taken to heart what many of us Canadians have… Continue Reading “Bottoscon 2025 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 6 Nimmt!, Action Selection, Alderac, AllPlay, Aporta Games, Artipia Games, Bad Company, Bottoscon, Card Games, Card-Shedding Games, Cascadia, CMON, CMYK, Cover Your A$$ets, Czech Games Edition, Deckbuilders, Devir, Diamonds, Dice-rolling, Dire Wolf Digital, Dune Imperium, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Ecos: First Continent, Flatout Games, Galactic Cruise, Gizmos, GMT Games, I'm Out, Ivanhoe, Jackie Fox, Kinson Key Games, Kosmos, Lisboa, Lunch Time Games, Magical Athlete, Oddland, Origin Story, Prodigals Club, Rock Hard 1977, Roll and Move, Schadenfreude, Sea Salt & Paper, Sea Salt & Paper - Extra Pepper, Sea Salt & Paper - Extra Salt, SETI, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Studio Turbine, The Gang, The Pursuit of Happiness, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Vital Lacerda, Worker Placement Games
Posted on October 31, 2025
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Who knew that after my 1000th post celebration, the next one would just be a regular “hey, what did Dave play last month?” post? In other words, we’re back to normal. The cake has been eaten, the ado has been stored so nobody can… Continue Reading “October 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Alderac, Bezier Games, BG Stats, Can't Stop, Card-Crafting Games, Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition, Combat Commander, Czech Games Edition, Dead Reckoning, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Final Girl, GMT Games, Hypnagogue podcast, Lunch Time Games, Push Your Luck Games, SETI, Solo Games, Trick-taking games, Van Ryder Games
Posted on October 3, 2025
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I love months where I play a bunch of games that I have no experience with. September gaming was great for the number of plays, but even better for the new to me games that I got to play! I especially love it when… Continue Reading “New to Me – September 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 3 Chapters, 5 Minute Marvel, Action Selection, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, AllPlay, Amigo Spiel, Area Control, Area Majority, Auction Games, Bag Building, Ben Eisner, Bitewing Games, Bomb Busters, Calimala, Card Drafting, Card Games, Connor Reid, Corné van Moorsel, Deduction, Dennis Northcott, Drafting Games, Druid City Games, Ecosystem: Coral Reef, EGO, Etherstone, Fabio Lopiano, Galactic Cruise, Genius Games, Hisashi Hayashi, Ian Moss, Joe Hout, Kinson Key Games, Koltin Thompson, Korea Boardgames, Lunch Time Games, Matt Simpson, Pegasus Spiele, Real-Time Games, Reiner Knizia, Simone Luciani, T.K. King, Thundergryph Games, Tim Eisner, Trick-taking games, Virginio Gigli, Waddle, Wonderland's War, Worker Placement Games
Posted on July 3, 2025
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Ah, June. Halfway through the year (at the end of it anyway) and it’s good to take stock of where I am in my boardgaming. I’ve played more than half again the number of unique games as I did last year, meaning I (hopefully)… Continue Reading “New to Me – June 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, After Us, AJ Porfirio, Bill Fawcett, Card Games, Catch Up Games, COIN Games, Czech Games Edition, Darwin Bromley, David Karesh, Dice Drafting, Empire Builder, Evan Derrick, Fillers, Final Girl, Florian Sirieix, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Kenneth Tee, Lepidoptery, Lunch Time Games, Mayfair Games, Mob+, New Mill Industries, Pandasaurus Games, People Power, Pulsar 2849, Resource Management, Route-building, Shem Phillips, Skara Brae, Solo Games, Srinivas Vasudevan, Train Games, Trick & Snipers, Trick-taking games, Van Ryder Games, Vladimír Suchý, 宮野 華也 (Kaya Miyano)
Posted on June 18, 2025
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I love game conventions. Not only do they give me even more of an opportunity to play great games, but it gives me the opportunity to game and chat with many people who I don’t see very often. That’s why Bottoscon is one of… Continue Reading “Bottoscon Spring 2025 Retrospective”
Category: Board Games, conventionsTags: 2-Player Games, 6 Nimmt!, Action Selection, Alderac, Amigo Spiel, Archaeology - The New Expedition, Bottoscon Spring, Card Drafting, Card Games, Card Shedding, COIN Games, Cover Your A$$ets, Czech Games Edition, Devir, Diamonds, Empire Builder, Fantastic Factories, GMT Games, Grandpa Beck's, Jackie Fox, Lepidoptery, Let's Go to Japan, Let's Go to Japan - Grab Your Passport, Lunch Time Games, Mayfair Games, Metafactory Games, Mob+, New Mill Industries, Pandasaurus Games, People Power, Pick Up & Deliver, Prodigals Club, Pushing Cardboard, Rock Hard 1977, Sea Salt & Paper, Sea Salt & Paper - Extra Salt, SETI, Stronghold Games, Trick & Snipers, Trick-taking games, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on June 9, 2025
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You would think with how much I talk up some games on this blog that sometimes I might want to actually submit a formal review of them, right? I mean, I don’t want them to feel bad and left out. It’s like singing the… Continue Reading “The Glory of Misfortune – Schadenfreude Review”
Posted on June 7, 2025
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Another day, another trick-taking card game. What are the odds? These days, trick-taking games need some kind of hook to avoid being boring trash. Yeah, I know I’m repeating myself. But it must be emphasized! We’re in the middle of a trick-taking renaissance (thanks,… Continue Reading “I Predict That I Will Not Win This Game – Seven Prophecies Review”
Posted on June 2, 2025
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May was a very good month for new to me games. I got one of my new games to the table, played a couple that I’ve been dying to play for a while now, and was introduced to a few that I didn’t even… Continue Reading “New to Me – May 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Action Selection, Cocktail Games, Cole Wehrle, Deckbuilders, Devir, Dire Wolf Digital, Drafting Games, Dune Imperium: Uprising, Ferran Renalias, Fishing, Friedemann Friese, Gerard Ascensi, Ion Game Design, Jo Kelly, Lacrimosa, Middle Ages, Molly House, Nana, Oliver Kiley, Paul Dennen, Pax Illuminaten, Rio Grande Games, Set Collection Games, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games, Trio, Wehrlegig Games, Worker Placement Games, 宮野 華也 (Kaya Miyano)
Posted on May 2, 2025
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While April wasn’t a really full month of games, it was surprisingly full of new to me games! Six new to me games out of the fourteen I played is actually a really good ratio. I love it when months come together like that.… Continue Reading “New to Me – April 2025”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Action Selection, AllPlay, amuele Tabellini Ferrari, Botanicus, Bus, Corné van Moorsel, Cwali, Daniel Bullock, David Spalinski, Deckbuilders, Donald X. Vaccarino, GMT Games, Habitats, Hans im Gluck, In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-44, Jeroen Doumen, Joe Schmidt, Joris Wiersinga, Little Dog Games, Lunch Time Games, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Rio Grande Games, Route-building, Splotter Spellen, Tile-Laying Games, Torchlit, Trick-taking games, Vieri Masseini
Posted on May 1, 2025
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As expected after last month’s post, where March had a huge number of games because of a convention, April came back down to earth with a much fewer amount of games. However, it was much better than February! Which means it was a good… Continue Reading “April 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board GamesTags: 2-Player Games, Bezier Games, Combat Commander, Contracts, Delicious Games, Faraway, Faraway: People From Below, GMT Games, Kosmos, Lost Cities, Lunch Time Games, Minigolf Designer, Pandasaurus Games, Rebel Princess Deluxe, Resafa, Rio Grande Games, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games