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Top 100 Games as of 2020 – #40 to #31
I feel compelled to complete this series before 2021 ends. I never realized how much effort it takes to write about 100 games before! This is the point where I move from games that I just ‘like to games that I ‘like like’. These are games I would ask on a date to see if they want to go steady with me.
Eclipse – It’s a Euro-y War Game, I Swear!
The way my game group convinces me to play a direct conflict game is to downplay the more random elements. “Eclipse is barely even a war game” they said. “You only really have one or two battles in the whole game” they claimed. And it’s with that in mind that I sat down at the table to play Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy designed by Touko Tahkokallio
Cabin-con 2021 Report
In November 2021 my gaming group (Bear, Otter, and Bigfoot) and I rented a cabin and spent a weekend playing board games all day and night. Here’s how it went
Top 100 Games as of 2020 – #50 to #41
We're past the halfway point on my top 100 games! I would quantify this as the turning point where I move from games that I enjoy to games that I'm enthuastic about. I worry that over the next couple posts I'll get progressively more verbose 50 - The Isle of Cats The...
The Fox in the Digital Forest
Trick taking games are a tale as old as time and have been ubiquitous throughout my growing up. My mom had a group of three other ladies who would gather and play Hearts until the wee hours of the morning. Later on in life, Euchre, Whist, and Spades were added to the rotation, with slight tweaks to the rules depending on who was joining the table that night and where they came from. As I got older, my family started playing Wizard during our reunions, and now we have reached the point where everyone in my family owns their own copy.
Top 100 Games as of 2020 – #60 to #51
It’s been a while since I posted a set of my favourite games. At the speed I’m going it’ll be 2023 by the time this list is finished!
Hamsters vs. Hippos – The Hippos are Always Hungry
There are many famous rivalries in the animal kingdom. mongooses vs. cobras, lions vs. hyenas, and hares vs. tortoises are the first examples that spring to mind. Never in my life have I heard of the epic and lifelong battle that exists between hamsters and hippos.
Food Chain Magnate
The first time I cracked Food Chain Magnate’s box open and laid everything out on my table, it was almost too much to bear. I found a solo variant on Board Game Geek and slowly played it, spending the better part of an afternoon and a literal litre of coffee to learn how to play Food Chain Magnate.
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