Recently, we had a chance to meet up and play games several days in one week. As the end of the year draws closer and we’ve been readying to redo our top 100s, I’ve also been trying to get in more solo games. So, here’s what I’ve been playing lately! 2023 Top 100 coming soon!Continue reading “Catching Up on Games (12/16/23)”
Category Archives: Session Reports
Catching up on Games (11/1/23)
We had some good weekends of getting games played, including a bunch of new ones (some just new to us). Vindication + Chronicles I love Vindication. Chronicles adds a lot of narrative to the game to make it more immersive. This is a double-edged sword. Adding story is great, and there are some neat waysContinue reading “Catching up on Games (11/1/23)”
Legend of the Five Rings solo & Collection Update
It was finally time to bring this back out. My collection has grown again (by a little), but I wanted to play my Unicorn deck before changing things up. I already played the Phoenix deck last time (here). I also bought some matte sleeves to use so there’s less glare than the other sleeves, butContinue reading “Legend of the Five Rings solo & Collection Update”
Catching up on Games (8/27/23)
Recently, I was in the mood to get some solo games to the table, so there’s more here than I would normally have for 1 month. Anno 1800 I had to get this back to the table after that first play. Such a clean, crunchy design. This time, it was a 3-player game, so weContinue reading “Catching up on Games (8/27/23)”
Catching up on Games (7/30/23)
I had been holding out on another one of these until I had played enough of League of Dungeoneers, but that isn’t likely to happen soon. So, here’s what I played since last time. It’s not as much as I expected, but a lot of stuff slowed down our gaming the past few months. WeContinue reading “Catching up on Games (7/30/23)”
Catching up on Games (3/25/23)
Here are the games I’ve played this past month plus a bonus. Rurik: Dawn of Kiev Played our first (and probably last) 3-player game. The map was nice and open, but my brother didn’t like the main action board. Still, it was nice getting to try it 3-player. Guess it’s back to 2-player only forContinue reading “Catching up on Games (3/25/23)”
Catching up on Games (2/20/23)
There’s been a lot since November, the last time I did one of these. I might have to make these posts more frequent so there’s not such a pileup! Unsettled We tried out another “planet,” though this one had us stranded in space with asteroids. Lots of funky movement and puzzling out the board. StillContinue reading “Catching up on Games (2/20/23)”
Catching up on Games
Here’s a rundown of recently played tabletop games. Terraforming Mars We’ve played this several times, and we’ve found our preferred mix of expansions (Prelude and Colonies, not Turmoil). We tried out Elysium this time. My friend’s copy also has a large mix of upgraded components (he’s spent a LOT of money on TM in total).Continue reading “Catching up on Games”
The Unseen World Playtest Report
Here’s a look at The Unseen World, a solitaire gamebook of paranormal investigation and horror set in modern-day Japan. Full system overview here. The gist of it is you travel from town to town, research haunted locations, then investigate those locations, resolving a series of encounters. Almost everything in the game is randomly generated usingContinue reading “The Unseen World Playtest Report”
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”
Thomas P. King, author and game designer 