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Spring 2025 notes
Thoughts on Innovation Ultimate, Fellowship of the Ring: The Trick-taking Game, Faraway and Black Forest.
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Gaming Year 2024
18XX. This has been a year of 18XX games. Things started slowly in the Spring, but then 18 India hit us by a storm. I ended up playing various 18XX titles over 20 times this year; that’s more than a third of my all-time 18XX plays since 2006. Forest Shuffle. I still played a ton…
12 Chip Trick, 18 BosWash, 18 India, 1829 Mainline, 1882: Assiniboia, 18GB: The Railways of Great Britain, 18Ireland, CuBirds, Daybreak, Dune: Imperium, Dune: Imperium – Uprising, First Rat, Fishing, Forest Shuffle, Gimme That!, Go, Hamlet: The Village Building Game, Harmonies, Lucky Numbers, Mahjong, Medical Mysteries, MLEM: Space Agency, Oranienburger Kanal, Ricochet Robot, Schadenfreude, SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Smart10, Taj Mahal, Tea Garden, The Castles of Burgundy, The Gang, The White Castle, Trekking Through History, Troyes, World Wonders -
New game notes, December 2024
Short comments on the best new games I’ve played in the later half of 2024.
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1825 with all Units
Setting up an 1825 game with all the Units has been an arduous task. I hoped to make it a yearly tradition in 2019, but then Covid-19 happened. After that, every attempt has failed somehow. Today, one of our players got stranded in Berlin, but as we had four players present, we made it. This…
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My top 100 list, 2024
After much work, the 2024 edition of my top 100 list is now available on BoardGameGeek. It takes some time to compile, but I find it interesting and useful, and since this is already the 11th edition of the list, there’s interesting long-term data in there. The top 100 list is long and has some…
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Ropecon 2024
Ropecon 2024 was a great experience for games. We played lots of good games, demoed Asian games and met nice people.
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Best years of games, updated
Mikko updated his “best years of games” geeklist. The top spots remain unchanged with significant years being 2015 and 2016. Changes in methodology significantly impacted the ranks, with 2017 leaping forward.
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Railroads in the UK: 1829 Mainline
A decade after buying 1829 Mainline to support its creator, I played the game. It offers unique features in the 18xx genre, like an open tile selection from the start and trains that don’t rust. The game concluded with close final scores and a victory for me!
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Gaming Year 2023
A review of my gaming year 2023: the best, the worst, the long-standing favourites and the missing games.
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Forest Shuffle and new games
The post provides reviews of multiple games. I enjoy Forest Shuffle, particularly when played with two players, and find All Roads to be a compact, minimalist game with cooperative elements. The urban tactical combat game Invasion: Free State is also noted. Other games mentioned include The Quest for El Dorado: Dragons, Treasures & Mysteries, One…