A highly stylised and well-themed retro space collection game, or just another version of Splendor wearing new clothes? Surely not…!
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PERSONAL DIARY/UPDATE: No KS stuff. Resolve shattered. WTF!?
Oh dear, what a horrible month July proved to be — with my personal resolve broken, are the purse strings back open? Nope, but it’s all looking a bit shaky…
PLAYTHROUGH (pt 2): Rogers’ Rangers: America’s First Commandos
Part two of my full campaign playthrough of this neat little package from Decision Games…
PLAYTHROUGH (pt 1): Rogers’ Rangers: America’s First Commandos
A good game in a neat little package, with a small footprint, and plenty of variety. I really enjoyed this, so do please follow along with my first full campaign playthrough…
PERSONAL DIARY/UPDATE: Another month, a Kickstarter update, and no temptations at all? Wow!
Another month goes by, another Kickstarter-backed project arrives, and my Temptation List is completely empty. Really? Yes, indeedy!
REVIEW: The Island of El Dorado
As gorgeous as this game looks, and as solid and beautiful as the production seems to be, it’s all window-dressing if the game underneath doesn’t work…
REVIEW: The Ancient World (2nd Ed)
If there’s one thing that Kickstarter has brought to the world of boardgaming, it’s the opportunity to revisit and improve older designs, and invite new audiences to enjoy them. This is one such example, and a damn good one, too!
PERSONAL DIARY/UPDATE: Jeez! This year is flying by…
Another month whizzes by, and my rather remarkable 2019 record of having at least one KS project land on my doorstep every single month of the year so far was maintained on the very last day of May…
REVIEW: Pandemic: Fall of Rome
Pandemic: Fall of Rome is one of the newest iterations in the Pandemic collection, but does it have enough to maintain the interest of established players? Well, actually…
REVIEW: Darkness
A passion project for sure, this is both ridiculously compact and rather good fun, too. It’s not ground-breaking design, but neither does it outstay its welcome, which is a good thing nowadays, I feel.
PERSONAL DIARY/UPDATE: Oops! Has it all gone a bit Pete Tong?
Four months into 2019 and my resolve not to buy or back any new games this year is really starting to crack… But KS is keeping me honest. Yes, really!
REVIEW: Wildlands
A fast-playing, mad scramble from the very beginning – Wildlands is a game probably best not played with those of a sensitive disposition… You’ll be in a scrap before you can blink!
REVIEW: Leaving Earth
By no means the easiest game to get to grips with, Leaving Earth is one of those games that will have you thinking back to your school days, specifically being in Mathematics class. But does that make it a bad game?
PERSONAL DIARY/UPDATE: Slipping by the wayside…?
March proved a rather packed month, and I got lots of KS goodies come through, too. You can read about them here… And has my resolve not to buy new stuff finally snapped?
REVIEW: The Old Hellfire Club
A back alley gin shop, a bunch of washed-up heroes of the realm, and a single gin shot… what could possibly go wrong?
PERSONAL DIARY/UPDATE: Two down, ten more to go, but with AireCon around the corner, it’s going to get harder…!
Yay! Two months down and ten more to go! No new game purchases and no KS backing from me so far this year…
REVIEW: Metal Adventures
This game may be a few years old, but the progress and development of your ships ramps up fast, making it a fun romp for all…
REVIEW: The Chameleon
If Codenames and Spyfall had a baby, The Chameleon would be it. What a sneaky little gem she is!
PERSONAL DIARY/UPDATE: One month down, eleven to go… Eek!
Wow! One month into 2019, and I’ve stuck to my plan of not buying or backing any new games… But I did spend money on painting stuff… Oops!
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A day in Nottingham…
I finally made it to one of these Social Evenings organised by the Nottingham Tabletop Industry Collective, and figured I might as well make a day of it…
LPO Day 5: Coming home… :-(
Friday felt like the shortest day I’d had in a long time… We were up relatively early, and after spending an hour or so chatting over breakfast, it was time to get all my stuff sorted ready for the trip home… The check-in and…
LPO Day 4: Well, actually…
Anyone following this series might be surprised to hear that Paul and I both woke before 8.30am on Thursday… he was already in the garden enjoying the morning birdsong before I got downstairs, but there’ll be no prizes for guessing what we played… I…
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A day in Nottingham…
I finally made it to one of these Social Evenings organised by the Nottingham Tabletop Industry Collective, and figured I might as well make a day of it…
LPO Day 5: Coming home… :-(
Friday felt like the shortest day I’d had in a long time… We were up relatively early, and after spending an hour or so chatting over breakfast, it was time to get all my stuff sorted ready for the trip home… The check-in and…
LPO Day 4: Well, actually…
Anyone following this series might be surprised to hear that Paul and I both woke before 8.30am on Thursday… he was already in the garden enjoying the morning birdsong before I got downstairs, but there’ll be no prizes for guessing what we played… I…
PERSONAL/DIARY UPDATE: A few new games and toys, and some other stuff…
In stark contrast to July, August saw a relative bonanza of games arriving at the ManGo doorstep… at least two of which are going to zap away many hours of the rest of the year by the looks of things. Awesome games, though…