It took a while to compile the feedback and implement the changes (also interrupted by a much-needed break), but the next update is here. It’s primarily small tweaks and balance changes with a couple of revised systems to help streamline the game. Here’s a look at the bigger and more notable changes/fixes/additions in 0.8.3. LearnContinue reading “Winds of the North v0.8.3 Release”
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A Return to Valheim
Since it came out in early access, Valheim has become comfort-food gaming for me. I’m not usually into these types of survival/crafting/building games, but Valheim does things just right for me (and it started with a healthy amount of content and was remarkably stable for early access). I was getting burned out recently and neededContinue reading “A Return to Valheim”
A Week of Gaming
We had an opportunity to play a few days of gaming this week. It was going to be three days but then turned into four. Here’s a look at what we played. Stroganov This was the third play of Stroganov for me and our first 3-player game. I’m really enjoying the gameplay and how smoothContinue reading “A Week of Gaming”
Board Game Session Report: Warhammer Quest The Adventure Card Game (part 1)
I’ve been meaning to get this to the table for a while. Haven’t played in years and never actually finished the campaign. Boy, I forgot how dreadful the rules are. Utterly disorganized, often vague, and sometimes just neglectful. And some rules only appear in the learn-to-play guide, not the reference book! And a typical, poorContinue reading “Board Game Session Report: Warhammer Quest The Adventure Card Game (part 1)”
Recent Solo Board Games
I haven’t really had time to write up a lot of session reports lately, so here’s a quick look at some recent solo plays I’ve had. Vindication I actually played solitaire before playing multiplayer (didn’t have patience to wait!). I stuck to the simpler solo mode, one of two available in the first expansion. IContinue reading “Recent Solo Board Games”
Board Game First Impressions: Maracaibo & Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles (episode 2)
Maracaibo I’ve never really been drawn to Alexander Pfister games, they always seemed like super dry Euros. Even though they had interesting themes, they didn’t seem to capitalize on those themes. And I was pretty lukewarm on Great Western Trail when we played it, so I hadn’t ever really looked at Maracaibo. But after watchingContinue reading “Board Game First Impressions: Maracaibo & Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles (episode 2)”
Board Game First Impressions: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles (Episode 1)
When this was originally on crowdfunding, I wasn’t particularly excited by what I saw in episode 1. The theme is cool, but parts of the game are more abstracted than others, and I’ve not been really drawn to Mindlcash before. Their games always seem slightly over-designed and in need of more streamlining. But my friendContinue reading “Board Game First Impressions: Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles (Episode 1)”
Catching up on board games
Though I’ve been playing games, I haven’t had much time to get into impressions, session reports, or reviews. Here are some of the games I’ve been playing. Caverna I’ve played Uwe Rosenberg games before, including Agricola, but I hadn’t gotten a chance to play Caverna (in part because of the high price tag). We’ve playedContinue reading “Catching up on board games”
Winds of the North v0.8.2 Release
After several days of jury duty and other distractions, I’ve been back to Winds of the North to finish the update. Unfortunately, the program I use doesn’t seem to be supported anymore, and there was one bug that was never fixed in the retail version: PDF exports don’t have the text preserved, it gets convertedContinue reading “Winds of the North v0.8.2 Release”
Board Game Session: Untitled Adventure/RPG Card Game Playtest
Due to some technical issues forcing me to wait on finishing the next update to my solo RPG, Winds of the North, I decided to return to working on an adventure card game I’ve been working on (off and on) for almost 4 years. I normally work on an update to the game, playtest itContinue reading “Board Game Session: Untitled Adventure/RPG Card Game Playtest”
Thomas P. King, author and game designer 