March 2018 roundup
02/04/2018 12:34 PM
In March, I managed to play 32 games of 24 different titles, with 3 of them being new to me. The new games were: == NEW GAMES == Verflucht! – 4 plays –  8  First Published 2018 Another nice quick card game where you are trying ...

February 2018 roundup
03/03/2018 03:41 PM
In February, I managed to play 24 games of 22 different titles, with 8 of them being new to me. The new games were: == NEW GAMES == The Mind – 2 plays –  8  First Published 2018 This is a really novel game where a shared sense ...

January 2018 roundup
08/02/2018 06:15 PM
During January, I managed to play 20 games of 16 different titles, with just 1 of them being new to me. Having cleared my unplayed list at the end of last year, the only new game was: == NEW GAMES == Nautilion – 2 plays –  7  F ...

Holiday Mhing
04/01/2018 10:56 PM
Mhing is a Mah Jongg card game released in 1982 that I’ve played a couple of times but have no real desire to revisit. That said, the box has always served me well (despite now being a bit battered) to transport several compact games when ...

My 20 game choices from 2007 and earlier
03/01/2018 09:23 PM
Following on from yesterday’s post about the latest Gamenight episode, I decided to construct my own list and managed an initial selection of thirty. Unfortunately, that meant I had to cut High Society, Quandary, Die Siedler von Catan, Tr ...

Pre-2007 games on Gamenight
02/01/2018 10:48 PM
Just listened to one of my favourite episodes of Gamenight where they review the best games of 2007 and earlier. The link is here. Lots of fond memories of some fantastic games and it goes to show what a talented designer Reiner Knizia was (and ...

2017 end of year roundup
01/01/2018 12:39 PM
2017 saw me play 274 games of 175 different titles and 106 of these were new to me during the year. This was up on last year although 2016 suffered due to my house move and general lack of opportunities to play. Here are the totals for the last ...

December 2017 roundup
01/01/2018 12:38 PM
During December, I managed to play 29 games of 25 different titles, with 20 of them being new to me in my quest to clear my unplayed games list by the end of the year. The new games were: == NEW GAMES == Legends – 1 play –  8  ...

November 2017 roundup
09/12/2017 02:36 PM
During November, I managed to play 22 games of 21 different titles, with 4 of them being new to me. The new games were: == NEW GAMES == Nemo’s War (second edition) – 1 play –  8  First Published 2017 This is an excellent ...

October 2017 roundup
02/11/2017 09:14 PM
This month, I managed to play 17 games of 12 different titles, with 3 of them being new to me. The new games (all dice-chuckers) were: == NEW GAMES == Roll For It! – 2 plays –  7  First Published 2011 Simple game where you try ...