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Dwarfs and Stormtroopers
Welcome to this week’s gaming post! This week I’m discussing a heavy euro and a head-to-head deckbuilder. So without further ado, let’s jump into the recent highlights. Caverna: The Cave Farmers First up is Caverna: The Cave Farmers, a sequel/reimplementation of Agricola. If you’ve played Agricola, then Caverna plays very similar, except Caverna has room…
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Mines, Cheese Cubes, and Temples
Welcome to this week’s gaming post! This week I’m discussing a heavy euro, a push-your-luck racing game, and a cooperative living card game (LCG). So without further ado, let’s jump into the recent highlights. Skymines First up is Skymines, the 2022 reimplementation of Mombasa. I’ll preface that if you didn’t enjoy the gameplay of Mombasa,…
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My Top 5 Games that Have Grown on Me
Welcome to this week’s gaming post! I wanted to mix up this week’s content by discussing a few games that have grown on me over time. These are games that I liked initially, but it took more plays to fully appreciate them. I don’t necessary like the number one game on this list more than…
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Donating, Horse Racing, and Pirating
Welcome to this week’s gaming post! This week I’m discussing two heavy euros and a party, horse-racing game. So without further ado, let’s jump into the recent highlights. Carnegie First off, I recently played a four-person game of Carnegie. Carnegie is a heavy euro-game focused around managing employees across four types of departments which each…
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Madness, Caravans, and Dwarfs
Welcome to this week’s gaming post! This week I’m discussing a cooperative LCG, a heavy euro, and a bidding/set-collection game. So without further ado, let’s jump into the recent highlights. Arkham Horror: The Card Game I recently completed The Path to Carcosa campaign for Arkham Horror: The Card Game. If you’re unfamiliar with Arkham Horror…
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My Top 5 Gateway Games
Welcome to this week’s gaming post! I’ve received a few requests for suggestions on games I’d recommend for people just getting into board gaming – also known as gateway games in the hobby. Maybe you’re already familiar with the classics, such as Catan, Carcassonne, or Ticket to Ride, so here are a few newer games…
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Wine, Tricks, and Gigantic Dice
Welcome to this week’s gaming post! This week I’m discussing a medium-weight euro, a cooperative trick-taking game, and a beast of a roll-and-write. So without further ado, let’s jump into the recent highlights. Viticulture First, let’s discuss Viticulture with Tuscany. For clarification, this is for the Essential Edition of both, rather than the original versions.…
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Space, Meeples, and Cows?
Welcome to my second official blog post! This week I’m discussing a couple of medium-weight euro games and a classic gateway game. So without further ado, let’s jump into the recent highlights. Beyond the Sun Let’s start with Beyond the Sun, a space-themed medium weight euro game where each turn you take an action on…
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Art, Mechs, and Fauna?
Hi, and welcome to my first official blog post! If you’d like to learn more about my journey into board gaming, see the About page. In these posts, I will focus more on discussing games I’ve been playing, and what I like and don’t like. I may even throw in the occasional top 10 list…