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170 Mediocre Games, or 3 Great Games?
Prefer to listen to my voice instead of reading these words? This post is available on the Talking Tabletop Podcast Episode 2, amongst other great board game contributors! This weekend, I was chatting with my cousin about our new year resolutions in regard to our...
Steam Next Fest – 5 Demos That Caught my Eye
Imagine my surprise when I launch Steam and am greeted with Steam's Next Fest, a demo filled celebration, showcasing games that are currently in development. Rife with developer streams and more games than you can shake a stick at, I thought it would be fun to...
What is a Point Worth? – Introducing Goodat.games
What is a point worth? This is a question that comes up frequently when I'm learning new games. After the rules are done and the scoring conditions are being discussed, I have to ask what the average score tends to be. Unfortunately, I am frequently playing new games...
Emotional Weekend Part 2 – Beartown
CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Violence Spoilers for the book ahead. You have been warned. I've always identified as 'a reader'. Reading books is a core part of my identity. From the Scholastic book fairs as a child to wandering through giant book stores as an adult, I've...
Emotional Weekend Part 1 – Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
I'm keenly aware that this is a board game review blog, and that I'm ill-equipped to offer a proper review on something so outside my wheelhouse, but sometimes you need to step outside your comfort zone. This weekend, I engaged with art that left me emotionally raw,...
Weekly Report – April 26th – Akropolis, Marvel: Remix, and Cat in the Box Deluxe Edition
Once a year I end up leaving my home on Vancouver Island to make the pilgrimage back to the prairies where I was born and raised. My whole family has found themselves in Saskatchewan (even though we grew up in small town Manitoba) so life events such as weddings and...
What Does Your Board Game Collection Mean to You?
I recently saw a post on one of the various online board game groups that I'm a member of that got me thinking. It was "Shelfie" (A photo or series of photos of one's board game collection) that's fairly common in those spaces, but the caption read "My next game not...
Weekly Report – March 22nd, 2023
The Weekly Report series serves as my script for a segment on the Cardboard Conjecture's bi-weekly podcast, "Whatcha Been Playing Wednesdays" If you want to hear my voice read these words, listen to the episode by clicking here! As much as I love my local board game...
Weekly Report – January 18th, 2023
The past week was a good week for gaming. I got to play Verdant, Race for the Galaxy, Crokinole, Burgle Bros 2, and Bullet❤️ in addition to the games I'm going to talk about today. I hope to play more of each of those games soon, so you can look forward to my thoughts...
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