by Alex McKenzie | Jul 25, 2024 | Lists
I’ve become the guy whose known as “The Boardgamer” amongst my friend groups. I kind of delight when people who are unaware that board games can even be a hobby come to visit, and they open the doors to reveal my board game collection and see them be just a little...
by Alex McKenzie | Mar 16, 2024 | Lists, Top 100 2024
Something I’m noticing as I go down this list is a surprising number of these games I haven’t really played since the last time I made this list. Yet, when I compare them against the other games I’ve played, they’ve left a mark on me. There is some recency bias going...
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 8, 2022 | Blog
2021 was a whirlwind of a year. The year began with a newborn in the household, we in BC were under heavy lockdown (in this case, heavy lockdown means no visitors) which continued until June!! My game group had been playing games via Tabletop Simulator since late...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 4, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing Cascadia by Randy Flynn. One evening in particular I played Cascadia, then immediately after played Calico by Kevin Russ. While the two games share some similarities, the biggest thing they have in common is that they’re both...