Mission: Recollection
JW and I had one of our usual "what to buy next" discussions the other day. I had browsed the local shops to check what's available, and,...
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JW
Jun 25, 2021
Land of Hop and Glory
Hallertau won the Solitaire Times 2020 Best Game Award, so it was high time I checked it out. And I did. I played it fifteen times in the...
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Zerbique
Jun 21, 2021
Straight to the heart
When I backed Bullet♥︎ a few months ago, I knew I would enjoy it. Swapping neon-colored tokens on a grid to fulfill patterns seemed...
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JW
Jun 11, 2021
Here Be Dragons
As you may know, I'm playing Talisman solo every month to evaluate what every expansion box has to offer. Earlier posts in this series...
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Athena
Jun 9, 2021
Pre-historic bosses
Some ideas are pure genius. Herschel Hoffmeyer hit gold while he was sipping his coffee and absent-mindedly fidgeted with a plastic dino...
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Athena
May 19, 2021
Unfinished Grail business
This post starts with a *sigh*. My initial intention was to write my impressions after playing The Last Knight campaign for Tainted...
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JW
May 7, 2021
Higher Ground
Talisman: The Highland is the second side-board (after The Dungeon) meant to make levelling up your character a bit more interesting...
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JW
Apr 19, 2021
In His Footsteps
Earlier this month I traded for A.D. 30, a ten year old solitaire game by Tom Decker (Disaster on K2, Circus Train). I had hoped to play...
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Athena
Apr 14, 2021
Taco Time
Tacos never really caught on as a fast food in Greece. I remember Mexican restaurants popping up here and there in the early 2000s, then...
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Zerbique
Apr 8, 2021
Adventure in Aventuria
Back in 2019, I purchased Aventuria and its first two expansions on the Geek Market. To my great surprise, I realized that the former...
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Athena
Apr 4, 2021
Help the aged
Is Nusfjord the best solo filler eurogame? I'm not a seasoned eurogamer but I would bet it is. It plays very fast -a session lasts...
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JW
Apr 3, 2021
Move the mountain
Patience. The poor person's passtime. I played it lots growing up. The one that's called Solitaire or Klondike abroad, I guess? You deal...
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JW
Mar 13, 2021
Down in the Dungeon
Talisman: The Dungeon is the first side board (of four) that you place at a corner of the main board. I thought I'd measured the complete...
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Athena
Mar 12, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Dead Center
We are continuing our venture into the Isaludo set of games with a standard deck of cards, this time with a zombie game. In Dead Center,...
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JW
Mar 5, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Trick-taking with royalty
The Emissary is a trick-taking game in which you visit eight kingdoms, trying to win their support for your case. You'll have discussions...
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Athena
Mar 4, 2021
Icy terrors
Thanks to hawk-eyed Zerbique, I recently discovered Lonely Cairn: a solitaire PnP game inspired by the Franklin Expedition of 1846, Sir...
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JW
Mar 1, 2021
Elder Mutations
This week I played X-Men: Mutant Insurrection, a superhero cooperative dice matching game. You'll fly around the world in your Blackbird...
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JW
Feb 20, 2021
The Isaludo Series - Alien Strike Simulation
Listen up! The landing of Perseverence seems to have annoyed some of the local bugs, and they have left the Red Planet, heading towards...
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Athena
Feb 15, 2021
Growing on me
Hallertau is my first Uwe Rosenberg game. Shocking, I know, considering how popular the designer is, but I've never been a fan of the...
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JW
Feb 14, 2021
Rolling Dice with Death
Two small expansions are included this month in my epic journeys in Talisman. They bring more variety, with their characters, Adventure...
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