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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...
Paperback – A Deck Builder for Book Worms
Number of Plays: 21 Game Length: 45 - 60 minutes Mechanics: Deck building, word building Release Year: 2014 Designer: Tim Fowers Artist: Ryan Goldsberry Before I Talk About the Board Game When asked about my hobbies, one of the first activities that I choose as the...
Super Motherload – There’s Gold in Them Planets
Number of Plays: 14 Number of Players: 2 - 4 Game Length: 60 – 90 minutes Mechanics: Deck building, tunnel digging Release Year: 2015 Designer: Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman Artist: Gavan Brown, Scott Carmichael, Lina Cossette, David Forest It Always Goes Back to Games...
10 Days in Europe – A Pleasant Journey
Number of Plays: 25 Number of Players: 2 - 4 Game Length: 10 – 30 minutes Mechanics: Hand management, Route Building Release Year: 2002 Designer: Alan R. Moon, Aaron Weissblum Artist: John Kovalic, Cathleen Quinn-Kinney Alan Moon is a prolific game designer. With a...
Tiny Epic Quest – Thematically Pleasing, Mechanically Lacking
Number of Players: 1 - 4 Game Length: 30 – 60 minutes Mechanics: Push your luck, Dice Rolling, Area Movement Release Year: 2017 Designer: Scott Almes Artist: Miguel Coimbra, Adam P. McIver Intro - In where I try to not talk about The Legend of Zelda If you walk around...
Now Boarding – People don’t get angry if they’re moving
Number of Plays: 6 Game Length: 30 – 60 minutes Mechanics: Pick up and Delivery Release Year: 2018 Designer: Tim Fowers Artist: Ryan Goldsberry Publisher: Fowers Games It's hard to imagine the mind of a person who sees a busy airport, full of delayed planes and the...
Cartographers – The Best Game I’ve Never Played
Number of Plays: 4 on Tabletop Simulator, dozens more via Android app Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Flip and Write Release Year: 2019 Designer: Jordy Adan Artist: Luis Francisco, Lucas Ribeiro Publisher: Thunderworks Games March 2020 marked the end of the gaming...
Journal #2 – Sagrada – Be Better Than the Sum of the Rejected Dice
The question that comes up when I make the choice to play a solo game is 'what differentiates a game from a puzzle'? I could also question why do we even play games in the first place, but I'm here to write, not to think. I tried the Solo mode for Sagrada the other...
7 Wonders Duel – Head to Head Civilization Building
Number of Plays: 29 Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Card drafting, set collection, tug of war Release Year: 2015 Designer: Antoine Bauza Bruno Cathala Artist: Miguel Coimbra Publisher: Repos Production 7 Wonders is a pillar of the board game community, often a...
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