by Alex McKenzie | Jul 11, 2024 | Blog
Every few months, the conversation comes up about “Paid Reviews”, and there’s generally a thread or two that gets fairly heated at the concept that some people out there are taking money from publishers in return for a good review. I’ve already laid out my thoughts on...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 27, 2024 | Blog
Over the last 6 months, my table has been somewhat inundated with the works of Vladimír Suchý. This wasn’t entirely on purpose, but his games have just happened to come into our possession. Last night (at time of writing) I played my 5th game of his, so I felt the...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 13, 2024 | Blog
Otter and I have had a few arguments about how we each rank and rate the board games we play. We both use Board Game Geek’s collection feature, and add our rankings to each game we play. If you’re unfamiliar with BGG’s system, there’s a 10 point rating scale, and they...
by Alex McKenzie | May 16, 2024 | Blog
Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 8 of the Talkin’ Tabletop Podcast I never really gave ‘engagement’ much attention before I started this blog. I was never all that into social media, beyond having a Facebook account to keep up to date with the...
by Alex McKenzie | May 2, 2024 | Blog
Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 7 of the Talkin’ Tabletop Podcast! For the purposes of this discussion, I’m going to define what I consider to be the “Big Box” trademark. A Big Box edition of a game is a single release that contains the base...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog
Want to hear my voice read this post? Catch it on Episode 6 of the Talkin’ Tabletop Podcast As board gamers, we’re all acquainted with the idea of a ‘Shelf of Shame’, or ‘Shelf of Opportunity’ if you’re looking to put a positive spin on your pile of unplayed games,...