Posted on May 7, 2026
by whovian223
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Doing these weekly posts about these centuries of “top games” on Boardgame Geek have often been interesting because of the conversations they’ve sparked with friends and fans. But they’ve also been interesting because I’ve seen some unexpected movement in the games I’m seeing. For… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 2801-2900”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: Alley Cat Games, Amun-Re, Amun-Re 20th Anniversary Edition, Area Control, Assyria, Auction Games, Bingo, Block Wargames, Brotherhood & Unity, Card-Driven Game, Colt Super Express, Columbia Games, Compass Games, Dice-rolling, General Orders: World War II, GMT Games, Hurrican Games, Indie Boards & Cards, Kokoro, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, New Amsterdam, Osprey Games, Programmed Movement, Push Your Luck Games, Richard III: The Wars of the Roses, Roll and Write Games, Silent Victory, Solo Games, Via Magica, Wargames, White Goblin Games, Worker Placement Games, Ystari Games
Posted on November 3, 2024
by whovian223
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As I mentioned the other day, October as a month really sucked, especially for gaming. Being sick, missing three game days, I was totally surprised that I actually managed to play any new to me games! Much less three. I even managed to placate… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2024”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Bezier Games, Card Games, Forest Shuffle, Kosch, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Sandbag, Spyrium, Tableau-building, Ted Alspach, Trick-taking games, William Attia, Worker Placement Games, Ystari Games
Posted on October 18, 2024
by whovian223
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I know what you’re thinking. Two Friday Night Shots posts in a row? That must mean Dave got the jukebox fixed! It’s amazing what paying your work people can actually do. Maybe that’s why I can’t keep a bartender? Anyway, welcome back! Pull up… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Top 1000 BGG Games”
Category: Board Games, Friday Night ShotsTags: 1960: The Making of a President, Arboretum, Ark Nova, Capstone Games, Combat Commander: Pacific, Cosmodrome Games, Czech Games Edition, Deep Water Games, Fantastic Factories, First Rat, Formal Ferret Games, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Last Will, Metafactory Games, Pegasus Spiele, Renegade Games Studios, Smartphone Inc, Spyrium, The Networks, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Ystari 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 March 2, 2018
by whovian223
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After the rather dead January for New to Me games, February really picked up. So much so that my last game session I had to try and play some previously-played games just so that I didn’t overload myself (this writing stuff is hard!). That… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2018”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Clans of Caledonia, Dreist, Heaven & Ale, Karma Games, Libellud, Lords of Xidit, Metropolys, Mystic Vale, Ravensburger, Sanssouci, Valletta, Ystari Games, Zman Games