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Game Day Lunch: Carcassone + Azul

I had forgotten how fun Carcassonne is. It’s a fairly simple tile-laying worker-placement game that takes less than ten minutes to teach. Today I introduced our Game Day Lunch crew to this game, as none of them had played before. Carcassonne is an actual city in France, with a history that dates base thousands of … Continue reading “Game Day Lunch: Carcassone + Azul”

Azul – A Beautiful Mosaic

Title: Azul Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30-45 minutes Designer: Michael Kiesling Publisher: Next Move / Plan B Year: 2017 Overview Azul is one of the newest games in my (ever-growing) collection, and I can already tell I am going to be bugging my friends to play it. It seems deceptively simple, but I’m sure there … Continue reading “Azul – A Beautiful Mosaic”

2022 20×5 Review

In 2021 I set up a 10×10 goal for board games. It was fun, but I didn’t actually complete the goal of playing 10 specific games 10 times over the year (made it to 72). I still had a successful gaming year (played 174 games, many of which were not on the 10×10) but I … Continue reading “2022 20×5 Review”

2022 20×5 Progress Update

Last year I did a 10×10 for the second time. Both times I felt a bit let down at the end. The first reason was I never managed to complete the 10 games I committed to play 10 times. The second reason was I knew I was playing more than 100 games during the year, … Continue reading “2022 20×5 Progress Update”

Board Game Geek Top 100 Checklist, Part 6

I have written a series of posts looking at the Board Game Geek (BGG) top 100 games, checking to see if I had the game in my collection and talking a little bit about each one, if I could. At the end of the first fifth games covered I owned 19 of them, for a … Continue reading “Board Game Geek Top 100 Checklist, Part 6”

Zoom For Games

Covid sucks. I have barely been able to get out of the house. On the plus side, my car insurance company gave me a rebate, so there’s that… But what do we do about social events like board games? How does that work? I have played games with my sister (remote in Colorado) as well … Continue reading “Zoom For Games”

2020 10×10 Challenge Progress

Last year I learned about something called at “10×10” or “ten-by-ten” challenge. The premise is simple. At the beginning of the year, pick ten games. Play each at least ten times each over the coming 12 months. I initially set up only nine games because I wanted to leave one spot open for a “yet … Continue reading “2020 10×10 Challenge Progress”

Game Day Lunch! Forbidden Island

Today was another Game Day Lunch session at work. We’ve been gradually picking shorter games (and by we I mean me) in order to be sure to finish during our longer lunch period. Or in some cases maybe play the same game twice. Last time we played Carcassonne and Azul, two games that were both … Continue reading “Game Day Lunch! Forbidden Island”

First Impression: Terraforming Mars

Some games have a theme with a very small scope. (I’m looking at you, “Patchwork.”) Some games have a grand tapestry of material to draw from. (Welcome to the table “X-Wing.”) And then there is Terraforming Mars — a game that spans multiple generations as players attempt to convert the planet Mars into an area … Continue reading “First Impression: Terraforming Mars”