Posted on November 2, 2026
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As I mentioned on Friday in my New to Me Games post, October was a fairly dry month for actual gaming, though thankfully not for new to me games. We actually missed a Sunday due to another silly street race and the work games… Continue Reading “October 2026 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Action Selection, Arboretum, BG Stats, Card Games, CGE Games, Civolution, Combat Commander, Cooperative Games, Deckbuilders, Deep Print Games, Dice Drafting, Dice Placement, Eggertspiele, Galaxy Trucker, GMT Games, Great Western Trail: New Zealand, Lunch Time Games, Real-Time Games, Renegade Games Studios, Schmidt Spiele, The Taverns of Tiefenthal, Zilla Blitz, Zombicide: 2nd Edition
Posted on October 30, 2026
by whovian223
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Posting this early because I know I’m not playing any new to me games today or tomorrow! Look at me, being all efficient and stuff. October looked like it would be another dry month for new to me games (and as you will find… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2026”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Can't Win, Card Games, Cassette Crush: Mixtape Masters, CMON, Cooperative Games, Elizabeth Hargrave, Engames, Garphill Games, Hand Management, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, Lunch Time Games, Multi-use cards, Nicolas Raoult, Raphaël Guiton, Rob Newton, Shem Phillips, SJ MacDonald, Stonemaier Games, Taiki Shinzawa (新澤 大樹), Talon Strike Studios, Towers of Sifnos, Trick-taking games, Wingspan Pocket, Zilla Blitz, Zombicide: 2nd Edition
Posted on May 27, 2026
by whovian223
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Those of you who have spent any time following this blog (not just reading a post or two here and there) know that Combat Commander (from GMT Games) is one of my favourite games out there. I’m even part of a monthly ladder tournament… Continue Reading “Combat Commander Tips for Beginners”
Posted on January 1, 2025
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Happy New Year, everybody! I hope you had a safe and happy New Year’s Eve celebration last night, or at least just spent the changeover with your loved ones. Some of you may even have been asleep! As I did last year and for… Continue Reading “Blog in Review – 2024”
Category: Blogging, Board Games, PersonalTags: Ark Nova, Ark Nova - Marine Worlds, Boardgames Chronicle, Bottoscon, Clio's Board Games, Combat Commander, Combat Commander: Europe, Dragonflight, Dune Imperium, Dune Imperium - Rise of Ix, Earth, Friedrich, Harmonies, Heavy Cardboard, I Found Bigfoot, Oh My Goods, OrcaCon, Our Family Plays Games, Plantagenet: Cousins' War for England, Players' Aid, Raiders of the North Sea, Space-Biff Reviews, Terminal City Tabletop Convention, Thing 12 Games, Time of Crisis, Wingspan, Zilla Blitz
Posted on November 22, 2024
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Welcome back to the bar! It’s been a month, but I’m happy to welcome you back. It’s always nice to get just a little bit of income from it, since nobody else really comes in here. Other than Bob in the back, who’s sharing… Continue Reading “Friday Night Shots – Patreon”
Posted on February 1, 2024
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Has a month already gone by in 2024? Wow, time is just flying by, really. January had a number of gaming highlights, mainly because of OrcaCon. The annual convention down in Bellevue, Washington, it just a remarkably-run convention, so inclusive, and so fun. And… Continue Reading “January 2024 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Alderac, BG Stats, Brotherwise Games, Cape May, Combat Commander, Empire's End, GMT Games, Schadenfreude, Smash Up, Smash Up: Excellent Movies Dudes, Thunderworks Games, Zilla Blitz
Posted on January 1, 2024
by whovian223
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It’s Monday and 2024 is upon us, almost sneaking up on us like a wily coyote hunting a roadrunner. As is my tradition over the past 4 years or so, I wanted to do an update on how this blog, and my gaming, is… Continue Reading “Blog in Review – 2023”
Category: Blogging, Board Games, PersonalTags: Andean Abyss, Ark Nova, Boardgames Chronicle, Bottoscon, Clio's Board Games, COIN Games, Combat Commander, Dragonflight, Earth, Jump Drive, Marvel Legendary, OrcaCon, Players' Aid, Rally the Troops, Roll to Review, Terminal City Tabletop Convention, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Terraforming Mars: Prelude 2, The Last Hundred Yards, Time of Crisis, Wingspan, Zilla Blitz