Posted on August 12, 2020
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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 July 8, 2020
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We are getting close to the end of this 10-week opus, this look at the Boardgame Geek Top 100 games and which ones I’ve played. This has actually been my favourite series to write so far in the 3+ years of this blog. Mainly… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play #20-11”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 7 Wonders Duel, Antoine Bauza, Ares Games, Arkham Horror: the Card Game, Brass: Lancashire, Bruno Cathala, Castles of Burgundy, Concordia, Cooperative Games, Economic Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Francesco Nepitello, Greater Than Games, Helge Ostertag, Jamey Stegmaier, Jens Drogemuller, Mac Gerdts, Marco Maggi, Martin Wallace, Matthew Newman, Nate French, R. Eric Reuss, Ravensburger, Repos Games, Rio Grande Games, Roberto Di Meglio, Roxley Games, Scythe, Spirit Island, Stefan Feld, Stonemaier Games, Tableau-building, Terra Mystica, War of the Ring, Wingspan, Worker Placement Games
Posted on July 1, 2020
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It’s that time of week again. The sun’s out (kind of, though it’s supposed to rain by the time this actually posts) and we’re into Summer. Yet the temperature’s in the 60s in Vancouver and I’m really enjoying it. I don’t need it to… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? #30-21”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: A Feast for Odin, Action Selection, Agricola, Alan Stone, Andreas Seyfarth, Bag Building, Bruno Sautter, Caverna, Cooperative Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Food Chain Magnate, Jamey Stegmaier, Jeroen Doumen, Joris Wiersinga, Ludovic Roudy, Mage Knight, Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition, Morten Monrad Pedersen, Nikki Valens, Orleans, Puerto Rico, Ravensburger, Reiner Stockhausen, Serious Poulp, Splotter Spellen, Stonemaier Games, Tasty Minstrel Grames, The 7th Continent, Uwe Rosenberg, Viticulture, Vlaada Chvátil, Wizkids, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games
Posted on June 15, 2020
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Viticulture is a great game about running a vineyard. Please note: it’s running a vineyard, not necessarily making wine (though there is plenty of that too). The game, designed by Morten Monrad Pedersen, Jamey Stegmaier, and Alan Stone with art by Jacqui Davis, David Montgomery, and… Continue Reading “App Review – Viticulture”
Category: Apps, Board Games, ReviewTags: Alan Stone, Android, Digidiced, ios, Jamey Stegmaier, Morten Monrad Pedersen, Stonemaier Games, Viticulture, Worker Placement Games
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 9, 2020
by whovian223
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Quick post today because I have to spend time doing tomorrow’s “BGG Top 100 post”. Yesterday, to the surprise of many (except for maybe those who paid attention to Digidiced‘s press releases), Viticulture appeared on the iOS App Store and the Android store as… Continue Reading “Viticulture Digital – Out Now!”
Posted on June 3, 2020
by whovian223
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It’s week 4 of my weekly look at the Boardgame Geek Top 100 games to see how many I’ve played and how many I even want to play. It’s a rather blah week, for a lot of reasons, but also just because there aren’t… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 70-61”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Adam Carlson, Alexander Pfister, Area Control, Bluffing, Board & Dice, Card Drafting, Chip Theory Games, CMON, Cooperative Games, Corey Konieczka, Crokinole, Daniele Tascini, Deckbuilders, Dexterity Games, Dice-rolling, Dominion, Dominion: Intrigue, Donald X. Vaccarino, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Eggertspiele, El Grande, Eldritch Horror, Eric Lang, Fantasy Flight Games, Josh J. Carlson, Lisboa, Miniatures, Mombasa, Nikki Valens, Richard Ulrich, Rio Grande Games, Rising Sun, Rondel Games, Teotihuacan, Too Many Bones, Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition, Vital Lacerda, Wolfgang Kramer, Worker Placement Games
Posted on May 27, 2020
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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
Posted on May 20, 2020
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With the previous post in this series doing so well, I guess I should do more of them and finish the job, eh? Last week’s post was a lot of fun and I got some great feedback. Thanks to those of you who stopped… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 90-81”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Deckbuilders, Deduction, Dominion, Donald X. Vaccarino, Fantasy Flight Games, Garphill Games, Guillaume Montiage, Jacques Bariot, Jason Little, Jesús Torres Castro, Kemet, Mancala games, Matagot, Matt Leacock, Miniatures, North Star Games, Pandemic, Pandemic: Iberia, Point to Point Movement, Push Your Luck Games, Raiders of the North Sea, Reiner Knizia, Renegade Games Studios, Rio Grande Games, Shem Phillips, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases, Space Cowboys, Star Wars: X-Wing, Stefan Feld, Take-That games, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Tigris & Euphrates, Tile-Laying Games, Trajan, Wolfgang Warsch, Worker Placement Games, Zman Games
Posted on May 14, 2020
by whovian223
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It’s no secret that I’ve been in a bit of blog doldrums over the last couple of weeks. The social isolation and not playing many games (none until last weekend, actually) except the apps that I do asynchronously, plus getting really busy at work… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 100 – Played or Play? 100-91”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Action Selection, Adam Sadler, Alchemists, App-related, Bernd Brunnhofer, Champions of Midgard, Clank in Space, Clank in Space: Apocalypse, Clank in Space: Cyber Station 11, Cooperative Games, Corey Konieczka, Cranio Creations, Crossroads, Czech Games Edition, Daniel Clark, Dead of Winter, Deckbuilders, Descent: Journeys into the Dark (2nd Edition), Dice-rolling, Dire Wolf Digital, Dungeon Crawl, Fantasy Flight Games, Flaminia Brasini, Forbidden Stars, Grand Austria Hotel, Grey Fox Games, Hisashi Hayashi, Isaac Vega, James Kniffen, Jonathan Gilmour, Kevin Wilson, Lookout Games, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Matúš Kotry, Ole Steiness, One vs Many, Paul Dennen, Plaid Hat Games, Renegade Games Studios, Samuel Bailey, Simone Luciani, Stone Age, Tasty Minstrel Grames, Virginio Gigli, Worker Placement Games, Yokohama, Zman Games
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