Strategicon holds its board-game convention three times a year in LA. I had so much fun the last two times I went (at Gateway and OrcCon) that my friend and I decided to make the trek west again. Over the span of the 3 days I was there, I played 12 games, one that lasted 11 hours. (We …
It’s been a happy week of board gaming. First up, my order of Happy Salmon has arrived! Squeee!! I first played this awesomely fun card game over a month ago at the Game Boy Geek’s house, and I’ve been patiently waiting for it to be finally released. It’s all mine! And I may have purchased an extra copy …
A friend of mine recently let me borrow a few games since he’s been fairly busy recently. One game I now have in my possession is Concordia. I love this game — and it’s been on my wishlist forever — but I have never got around to buying it. Maybe a new gift card to my friendly …
First off, I wanted to give a big thank you to friends and the folks of the Internet for voting for me in the Passport Game Studios International Table Top Photo Contest. I won a runner-up prize! Pretty sweet!! You guys are totally the best! This past week has been a blur with work and, of …
I recently played Trajan a couple of times, and I’ll admit it … it’s pretty fantastic. It’s a Stefan Feld game, and, honestly, I don’t have much experience with his games, as my favorite board-game designer is Uwe Rosenberg. I feel like serious board-gamers have their go-to guy who they’re just obsessed with: Rosenberg, Feld and Bruno Cathala, …
We all do it. Even the heaviest of heavy board gamers do it. We all, at one point or another, play filler games. Often times, you’re waiting for one last player to get to the table or easing into a long day of heavy gaming. As a heavy gamer myself, there are some filler games that I …
I finally got my hands on a copy of Quadropolis (thanks to my Friendly Local Game Store Game Depot), and I can’t wait to get it on table. I first played Quadropolis over a month ago at a game night at the Game Boy Geek’s, and I seriously have been counting down toward the game’s April 29 release …
I attended another Game Night with the awesome Game Boy Geek, and we ended up playing this super quick, super fun card game called Happy Salmon. It’s a five-minute game that plays up to 6 people. This is seriously the most fun I’ve had playing a party card game. And, there’s video evidence of said fun … …
I recently had two back-to-back weekend events with my core group of friends. During the first weekend, I introduced them to Sushi Go! and Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (I just now noticed that these two game titles both have exclamation points in their names). Both games were a big hit with my friends, so much so that two …
So I’m a total sucker for all things cute … and giant pandas are no exception. Takenoko itself is a solid medium-heavy game that I’m always down to play, so when I saw an online deal on the Takenoko Collector’s Edition last year, I quickly jumped on that cuddly bad boy. It quite possibly is the …