Call To Adventure Merry Christmas everyone! Tonight after the festivities on zoom, Amanda, Hector and I sat down for a game of Call to Adventure. I've yet to play a Brotherwise game I didn't like and had kickstarted this one back when I first heard about it. For those who don't know Amanda is an... Continue Reading →
Today Amanda, Hector and I put our gumshoe hats back on for a game of Chronicles of Crime. I'm not usually a huge fan of app-driven games, especially when the app provides nothing except background music and choices that could be represented by a deck of cards, but Chronicles of Crime is among the top... Continue Reading →
Our 16th game was Western Legends, a sandbox game that took Kage, Hector and I to the wild west. This game brought to you by my earlier riding lesson today. You start by picking one of a multitude of famous western legends, including such as Annie Oakley and Doc Holliday, our particular characters of choice... Continue Reading →
Welcome back! For our second game today, we continue our journey into the wizarding world with Harry Potter: House Cup Competition. Having not been terribly impressed with Death Eaters Rising, we decided another Harry Potter game would be in order. House Cup Competition is a game that has interested me for some time as regular... Continue Reading →
Today (on the 11th) Kage and I played Splendor for our 12th game in our 31 Days of Yuletide Gaming. Splendor is a game that I've always loved, from it's beautiful artwork to its easy and fast play dynamic.In Splendor you are searching to have the most beautiful jewels. The goal is simple: to get... Continue Reading →
This fine evening Amanda and I broke out one of the classics of modern board gaming: Carcassone. Although there are a dozen variations and half a dozen expansions, we only own the original game in it's 10th anniversary format. I'll begin by saying that if you are looking for a copy of this game, you... Continue Reading →
Today Amanda and I played a round of Ecos: First Continent. Ecos can best be described as a sort of "bingo for gamers", with a little map building involved. I first found out about this game because I am a fan of designer John D. Clair's card building games and I thought I would try... Continue Reading →
Today brings us to the heaviest and most lengthy game thus far as we play Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization. Through the Ages is a deep, involved strategy game where you complete against opposing civilizations from early history through the modern age, and clocking in at a minimum of 2 and a... Continue Reading →
This most excellent Saturday brings us to Mystic Vale, where we face off as druids attempting to remove corruption from the land is this unique deck builder. Mystic Vale instantly stands out because of it's nearly unique approach to deck building; instead of adding cards to the deck, you start with a complete deck which... Continue Reading →
This fine evening brings us to Orleans, the bag drawing, engine building, worker placement-ish game that defies being placed in any sort of genre apart from "Euro". In Orleans you build a team of workers, move around a map, gather goods, build guild houses and earn money, all in order to have the highest score... Continue Reading →
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