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Unboxing Altar Quest
When Athena and I were discussing what new features we could add to our website now that it's rising in popularity, it suddenly hit us....
JW
Nov 16, 2020
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Halloween costumes: November KS Grumpy
Athena: Booooo! Boo, comrade! JW: *startled* Athena, what are you dressed up as? Athena: A ghost, obviously. JW: And why are you holding...
JW
Oct 31, 2020
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Natural High: October KS Grumpy
JW (taking off his raincoat): It's cold, and raining cats and dogs outside! Let's have some herbal tea to warm up. And I'd like to chill...
Athena
Oct 1, 2020
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Doctor, doctor: September KS Grumpy
Athena: JW, something is wrong with me. I can't think of anything grumpy to say about the games that launch this month! JW: Have you...
Athena
Sep 1, 2020
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Protect me from what I want
Sometimes it's easy to tell if something is a bad idea: I know that if I wear a latex dress, I'll look like a sausage. So I'll never...
Athena
Aug 29, 2020
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When the Boss is Away: August KS Grumpy
Athena: JW, I'm getting ready to go on vacation but... there's a couple of Kickstarters I want to follow... and I won't have good...
Athena
Jul 29, 2020
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Things I dislike in solo games (sometimes without even trying them)
I've been nagging about this and that for a while, dispersing my silly complaints over a series of Grumpies. Now I compiled them into a...
Athena
Jul 6, 2020
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Everybody grab one: July KS Grumpy
Athena: JW, a heatwave is going to hit Greece in a few days. Not the best conditions for gaming... Are there any good Kickstarters to...
Athena
Jun 30, 2020
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When you are not hyped about Jaws of the Lion (but everyone else is)
What you go through if you are subbed in the Solo Gamers group on Facebook, and you are NOT interested in Jaws of the Lion: *scroll*...
Athena
Jun 24, 2020
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High stacks: June KS Grumpy
Athena: JW, would you be interested in playing a meta-game? Shelfie Stacker is about gamers with mild OCD stacking game boxes on their...
Athena
May 31, 2020
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Innovative strategy game Wingspan wins BGG's Best Solo Game Award 2019 (and all other awards)
The results are in for the best new games of the year, as voted for in the Annual Golden Geek Awards on BoardGameGeek. Wingspan is Board...
JW
May 6, 2020
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Springtime Grumpy
Athena: May is blooming with Kickstarters, JW. Are you backing anything? JW: I am spring cleaning my collection. Only interested in games...
JW
Apr 29, 2020
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Variability vs. Randomness (by Kevin Shaud)
Our fellow 1PGer Kevin Shaud posted this article on his BGG blog (Kevin's Korner) yesterday and, upon reading it, we decided it makes...
Grumpy Guest
Apr 22, 2020
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April Fools
Athena: JW, does this pandemic signal the dawn of the solo gamer domination in the board game world? I read articles that say quarantines...
JW
Mar 30, 2020
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Guest post: Something like a CMONenon (by Kevin Shaud)
When 1 Player Guild-member and superbacker Kevin Shaud (kevinruns262) told us he had an idea for a post, we told him, sure, go ahead. It...
Grumpy Guest
Mar 11, 2020
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Grumpily Marching on
JW: Well, we can act as if there are a lot of interesting games next month, but everybody will be backing Frosthaven, right? Because...
Athena
Feb 27, 2020
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February yawns
Athena: JW, have you seen anything you fancy from the February Kickstarter list? JW: Not really. Athena: Nothing? It can't be. Let's take...
Athena
Jan 30, 2020
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It's lonely out in space: January KS Grumpy
Athena: JW, January sounds like your ideal Kickstarter month. It has not one, not two, but at least six sci-fi games launching. Not to...
Athena
Jan 1, 2020
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Ooh, that smell...
82,90 euro. That's how much I forked out to buy Zeppelin Raider: Imperial German Naval Airships. The theme appealed to me, I had never...
Athena
Dec 18, 2019
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