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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 playing Mechanics: Real-time, Card game Release Year: 1960 Designer: Werner Ernst George Muller Intro...
Isle of Skye
Number of Plays: 27 Game Length: 30 – 50 minutes Mechanics: Tile laying, auction Release Year: 2015 Designer: Andreas Pelikan, Alexander Pfister Artist: 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 minutes Mechanics: Where's Waldo/Wally, Cooperative Release Year: 2020 Designer: Johannes Sich Artist: Daniel Goll, Tobias Jochinke, Johannes Sich Intro As a kid, I was a big fan of Where's Waldo. The cornucopia of colour...
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...
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...
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