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A Tale of Two Expansions
Board game expansions come in two flavours. One type adds small twists to the existing gameplay, enhancing the existing mechanisms and perhaps addressing some of the complaints of the base game. The other type of expansion makes huge changes. The mental toll of the...
Dutch Blitz – A Vonderful Goot Game
Number of Plays: 13 (since I started recording games, I'm sure actual number of plays is 50+)Game Length: 5 minutes - 3 hours (however long your group feels like playingMechanics: Real-time, Card gameRelease Year: 1960Designer: Werner Ernst George Muller Intro Pst....
Isle of Skye
Number of Plays: 27Game Length: 30 – 50 minutesMechanics: Tile laying, auctionRelease Year: 2015Designer: Andreas Pelikan, Alexander PfisterArtist: Klemens Franz Intro I come from a Scottish family. My grandpa proudly displays our family crest emblazoned with the...
MicroMacro: Crime City
Game Length: Each mission is between 5 and 15 minutesMechanics: Where's Waldo/Wally, CooperativeRelease Year: 2020Designer: Johannes SichArtist: Daniel Goll, Tobias Jochinke, Johannes Sich Intro As a kid, I was a big fan of Where's Waldo. The cornucopia of colour and...
Calico – Board Game Review
Calico by Kevin Russ is the first physical board game that I purchased since the COVID-19 pandemic ended my in-person gaming group in March 2020. It's also the first game I've purchased since I launched MeepleandtheMoose.com and started playing my physical games solo....
Great Heartland Hauling Co. – Next Stop: Profit!
Number of Plays: 12 Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Pick up and Deliver, Hand Management Release Year: 2013 Designer: Jason Kotarski Artist: Brian Buckley, Christopher Kirkman Preface Great Heartland Hauling Co., designed by Jason Kotarski and published by Dice...
Takenoko – Get Your Damn Dirty Paws Off My Bamboo!
Number of Plays: 8 Game Length: 45 minutes Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Tile Placement, Action Selection Release Year: 2011 Designer: Antoine Bauza Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio Introduction - How I found Yin and Yang Takenoko was among the first designer board...
Qwirkle
Number of Plays: 12 Game Length: 30 - 45 minutes Mechanics: Tile Laying, Hand Management Release Year: 2006 Designer: Susan McKinley Ross Qwirkle! Travel-sized for your convenience! There are few games in my collection that get the chance to leave my doors once its...
Journal #3 – Bullet♥︎ – Boss Rush
Bullet♥︎ exploded into into my life from seemingly nowhere and consumed my soul for nearly 3 weeks. I was drawn in by the promise of fast paced shoot-em-up (SHMUP) action and a gorgeous anime aesthetic. What I got instead was a compelling puzzle game where the player...
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