Games played: week 45

Back for a fairly normal week of board games, one game night and a couple of solo games. Terra Mystica # of plays: 1 Terra Mystica is a highly rated game and one that appears semiregular on our gaming table (more so a couple a years ago when we didn’t have games as Terraforming Mars).

Games played: week 44

Last week I didn’t get to play much games as most of my spare time was spent watching the Fischer Random Chess world championship. I did however finally get to test another Kickstarter game I backed. Microbrew # of plays: 1 Microbrew was first a print-and-play game published back in 2017, but with a successful

Games played: Week 43

This past week my big brother was visiting us over the weekend so we had time for some board games I hadn’t played in a while. I also got to play a solo game I hadn’t played since January. All in all a fun week of board games. Xerxes # of plays: 3 Xerxes is

games played: week 42

A good selection of various board games were played last week, some favourites, some frequent guest to the table and a few I haven’t played in ages. Terraforming Mars # of plays: 1 I have played Terraforming Mars several times, but in recent months only 2 times (I had a good run of solo games

Games played: Week 41

Too few could attend so had to cancel last weeks game night, but still managed to get some games to the table and played them solo. Race for the Galaxy # of plays: 1 One short solo game on medium difficulty (the solo rules have three levels of difficulty, easy, medium and hard). A rather

Games played: Week 40

Not much time for board games this past week, but one pleasant revisit of a game I hadn’t played in several years. Ganz Schön Clever (That’s Pretty Clever!) # of plays: 4 Again I got to play 4 solo rounds of this quick and fun roll-and-write game. For those who aren’t familiar with the game,

Tabletop review: Patchwork Doodle

Todays review is another roll-and-write game, this time based on the popular and highly rated two-player game Patchwork (#2 on the Family ranking over at boardgamegeek). Both games designed by Uwe Rosenberg Overview The game was released this year (2019) and is a quick roll-and-write game designed for 1 to 6+ players with a suggested

Games played: week 39

Finally, after a couple of meager weeks of board gaming, last week was pretty packed, especially on Sunday when I attended a birthday party centered around boardgames (clocking in 14 rounds spread over 11 different games). Add in a few solo runs over the weekdays and you get a busy week. Doodle City # of

Games played: week 38

I had a cold over the weekend so I had to cancel the game night. I did however get in quite a few short games over the weekdays. Ganz Schön Clever (That’s Pretty Clever!) # of plays: 5 This game have been played a lot the last few weeks, and this time I think I

Tabletop review: Doodle City

Todays review is another roll-and-write game, namely Doodle City. Designed by Eilif Svensson and Kristian Amundsen Østby, it was in fact the first game published by Aporta Games back in 2014. Overview Published back in 2014, Doodle City is a competitive roll-and-write game for 1-6 players. Suggested play time is 30 minutes (in my experience