Looking at BGG top 1000: Part 3 – 401-600
Well I fell off the wagon with this series for a bit, but I’m back now to discuss the next batch of favorite games. 401-500: These are all what I refer to as really solid games. They’re maybe not the most amazing in terms of hype, but they’re ones I always enjoy playing and will […]
Origins 2023 Recap
As is tradition come mid June, my wife and I venture off to Origins Game Fair down in Columbus. This is our local show so it’s always nice to have a big show right in our backyard. The past few years we’ve attended and worked for Unpub, helping staff the desk and run the events […]
Looking at BGG top 1000: Part 2 – 201-400
201-300: This set made it easy to choose my favorites again. Here’s where some of those classics of days gone by have fallen to, but also where the future hits are slowly working their way up to. Two of these games I got within the last year and one of them is the oldest game […]
Weekly Recap, May 14-20, 2023
Board Games A slower week of games this week, though not for trying. I currently have 7 games running on BGA but they’re all taking more than a week to finish, so expect a bigger list next week. But I did play a game of boop. against someone who was highly ranked on BGA by […]
Weekly Recap, May 7-13, 2023
If you missed it, last week I posted the first part of a short term series where I’m discussing my favorite games out of the top 1000 games on BGG. This first post was my favorites from the top 1-200 games. You can find that post linked here. The next part comes out this week […]
Looking at BGG top 1000: Part 1 – 1-200
Someone a few months ago posted a blog post or tweet thread looking at their favorite games from the BGG top 1000. I think they picked their favorite of each 1000 games. I don’t remember who it was or I’d link to it here, but I thought I’d try my hand at this. I’m planning […]
Weekly Recap, Apr 30-May 6
Board Games May 3: It was my birthday and we drove past my FLGS on the way to dinner. The whole time I was there I was thinking about Evergreen and decided to stop and get myself a present on the way home. We got back and set it up. Reading the rules was really […]
Weekly Recap, Apr 16-29
This is going to be a big two week spectacular because I was unable to post my usual time last week. So here’s a big recap covering the last two weeks. Board Games Apr 16: I played a game of SETUP on Board Game Arena with someone from our Discord. I had just looked at […]
Weekly Recap, April 9-15, 2023
Board Games April 11: This day had us finish a three player game of Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done on Board Game Arena. It was a 3 player game and one where I was very confident in my plays up until about the last 1/5 of the game when I just suddenly fell behind. But […]
Weekly Recap, April 2-8
Board Games Apr 2: As I’ve been prone to do lately, I did an early Sunday morning solo game. This time it was Legacy of Yu. This was the second game in the series and I was excited to pull of a winning strategy. Until I read the post game story beat and realized I […]