Yesterday, I told Real Angela that I was going to have an extended afternoon-to-evening game session with J, M, and A. (As an aside, they all knew each other from game events like the masquerade party I threw in 2019.) She asked the obvious question, "What are you going to play?" I explained that I couldn't answer.…
When we get to the end of a game, I often forget to take photos for this series of blog posts. Last week we played Apothebakery. It was a lot of fun, but I don't have any pictures of it. Last night we played two games, both by allplay. They seem to emphasize small, short, inexpensive games.…
Last night we played Ducks in Tow. It's an "action efficiency" game: You have to figure out how to gain points (mostly represented by ducks in your play area) while wasting as few moves as possible. For us, Ducks in Tow was a relatively short game, taking only two hours to play. (Yes, the box says 30-60…
If you keep reading or saying the game's title as "Minecraft Town", you're not alone. We found that it's a common mistake to make. Be forewarned that this game has nothing to do with Minecraft. I forgot to take a decent shot of the front of the Minecart Town box, but I did take a side shot:…
Last night we played Roll Player again. This time it was with two expansions: Monsters & Minions, and Fiends & Familiars. Our verdict: Roll Player is a fun game on its own, The expansions add somewhat to the game (the Monsters & Minions expansion is the better of the two), but they also make game setup take…
On Friday nights I game with my friends J, A, and M. They're a group of people who are kind enough to do a COVID test before we meet up. You know the quality of your friends if they're willing to stick a cotton swab up their noses for you! When I was still on FB, I'd…
This is an expedition report on a jigsaw puzzle I solved. World background I like to watch a few math YouTube channels. One of them is Matt Parker's Stand-up Maths. About three years ago, he did a video on jigsaw puzzles: He worked with Karen Puzzles, who co-released a video of her own: I'd seen some of…
If you've visited my place in recent years, you'll see that I take a different approach to the concept of dice tower: Over the past five decades, I've accumulated lots of dice. I've got so many that I've used some of the oldest ones as tests for miniatures paints. I used to keep the dice in cloth…
Just when I thought it was safe to open a box: It's Soul Raiders! This is the Deluxe Grimoire Edition. Shuba approves. Jiku also likes the look of the game. "Hey, Shuba! The game looks nice, but the box the game came in is even better!" "You're right, Jiku. Also, the box is much tastier." I don't…
In an earlier blog post about opening up a trunk of old games, I extolled the virtues of The Empire of the Petal Throne, a world setting devised by M. A. R. Barker. Less than a half-hour ago as I write this, I was reading the introduction to Playing at the World, 2E, Volume 1: The Invention…