by Alex McKenzie | May 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Alex McKenzie | May 8, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Reviews
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,...
by Alex McKenzie | Mar 25, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Alex McKenzie | Jan 13, 2023 | Blog
As of this month, my blog will be 2 years old, so I think it’s time I start looking back and revisiting some of the games I talked about in the beginning. As time goes on, our gaming tastes change and I feel value in looking back at what I was keen on, and how much...
by Alex McKenzie | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog
It’s the start of a new year, and with every turning of the calendar comes a deluge of people taking this opportunity to set goals and challenges for the coming year. As board gamers, I believe something we share is a love of creating rulesets and then trying to excel...
by Alex McKenzie | Dec 22, 2022 | Blog
I have this “want to play” list that is constantly growing. As new games come out and catch my interest, I put them on the list where they languish until the opportunity to play them comes along. Unfortunately, with my current gaming habits, the list grows faster than...