Category: Board Games

Board Games, Review

Impressions of Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress

I played the new Games Workshop boardgame, Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress on the weekend. There should probably be a 40K in there somewhere. The game is designed for 1-4 players and is a co-operative quest against the game engine. In theory you can add a 5th player who makes decisions for the enemies, but that’s likely to be not particularly engaging for the fifth players, … Continue reading Impressions of Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress

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Board Games, Review

Boardgaming Saturday: Great Western Trail, A Feast for Odin and Through the Ages

A Magic: the Gathering pre-release event meant that we couldn’t play D&D Adventurers League games on Saturday. So, instead, I played a few board-games with one of my friends. Great Western Trail This is one of my favourite games at present. We played two games on Saturday, each lasting a little under an hour. It plays very well with two to four players. With four … Continue reading Boardgaming Saturday: Great Western Trail, A Feast for Odin and Through the Ages

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Board Games, Session Report

Board Game Report: Descent – Road to Legend

My main love is Dungeons & Dragons. It’s the game I return to again and again. However, I also play a lot of board games. Some of them are a tiny bit like D&D. Descent: Journeys in the Dark is one of those. Descent suffers from being a game in a similar space to D&D: It requires a referee (Overlord) and players. The good thing … Continue reading Board Game Report: Descent – Road to Legend

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Board Games, Curse of Strahd, D&D 5E, Review

D&D Accessory Review: Tarokka Deck

The latest D&D accessory from Gale Force 9 is the Tarokka deck: a deck of 54 black-and-white cards designed to use with the Curse of Strahd adventure. The cards are a standard Magic size and so are easily protected with deck sleeves. The art – as seen in many places around the web – is glorious. Unfortunately, the cards don’t really show the art in … Continue reading D&D Accessory Review: Tarokka Deck

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Board Games, Review, Uncategorized

Board Game Review: Avarium Academy

Avarium Academy is a board game for 2-4 players by Jared Cheah, although the board is mostly cosmetic. This is primarily a card game. In the game, you attempt to recruit students at a Magical High School to help you become Class President. Of course, your students will frequently fight the opposing students to help you get the presidency (it draws on a lot of anime … Continue reading Board Game Review: Avarium Academy

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A little weekend board-gaming

I got in two-and-a-half board games this weekend. The half was the Mage Knight board game, which I was teaching Floyd. It’s an amazing, brilliant game that is the closest thing to the venerable Magic Realm I’ve seen that is actually worth playing. I love it, although it’s quite daunting for a new player. Certainly Floyd found it so. We’ll need to return to it … Continue reading A little weekend board-gaming

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Board Games, Life, Uncategorized

Urban Sprawl – Our final game at Guf Sturt St

I have occasionally had to call games early because it was closing time; however, never had I had to call a game because the shop was not going to be there on the morrow! Scott, Mikey, Brad and I played a game of Urban Sprawl at Guf Sturt St in Ballarat yesterday. It’s been my place of choice for gaming for the past few years. … Continue reading Urban Sprawl – Our final game at Guf Sturt St

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Board Games, Session Report, Uncategorized, Wargames

Conquest of Paradise session report

I own a lot of board games. Many of them are published by GMT Games (about one-sixth of my collection). Most of the unplayed games I own are also from GMT Games. This isn’t really that surprising when you consider that they primarily publish wargames, which tend to require quite a bit more time an effort than what it takes to play the latest Eurogame. … Continue reading Conquest of Paradise session report

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Boardgaming – Castles of Burgundy and Thunder Alley

The Castles of Burgundy I’ve been playing a number of two-player games of The Castles of Burgundy recently, but Mikey had been intrigued by the good reputation of the game on BoardGameGeek (and the potential of picking it up quite cheaply at a nearby store), so I brought it in last Wednesday so he’d get a chance to play it. We were joined by Scott … Continue reading Boardgaming – Castles of Burgundy and Thunder Alley

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Board Games, D&D, Elemental Evil, Review

A first look at the Temple of Elemental Evil board game

I own a lot of board games – at last count, over 500 of them – but I’m always looking for good new games. Dungeons & Dragons-themed board game are something I always want to try, and yesterday I had my first chance to play the new instalment in the Adventure System: Temple of Elemental Evil. The box is heavy, thanks primarily to the large … Continue reading A first look at the Temple of Elemental Evil board game

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