Exploring and celebrating the tabletop hobby
With my computer woes banished, for now, it's time to dust off this old chestnut and share what I've been up to for the past week. Then again, given that I've not done one of these in a while, it's really more than a month that we need to catch up on. I'm not going… Continue reading Hobby Update: It’s Been a While
We gave the Hobby update a skip last week, so it's a double feature today! Last Monday, we broke out a few games down in Lybster. We started off with some Pandemic. I was the only one who'd played the game before, but it actually went quite well. We kept a good handle on the… Continue reading Hobby Update 26/08/18: Kings of Pandemic
I'm visiting family this week and have been out and about a fair bit. That said, I've had the chance for a bit of hobby time! First up was a lovely, 4-player game of Ticket to Ride. Specifically, we played the German edition of Ticket to Ride: Germany, Zug Um Zug: Deutschland. As with all… Continue reading Hobby Update 15/07/18: Zug Um Zug Um Zug Um Zug
Welcome to this year’s top 50 games list in which I list my personal top 50 games at this point in time. My choices are not limited to games from this calendar year, but instead represent my current thoughts on the top 50 games out there. Next year, some of the games featured may move… Continue reading Top 50 Games of 2017 (10-1)
It’s Friday, and here on No Rerolls that means it's time for a little digest of some of our favourite articles from the past week. Of course, we’re slow readers, so don’t be surprised if there are some articles that are a little older – these are just some of the great articles we happen to have actually… Continue reading 5 on Friday: 08/12/17
I am and pretty much always have been a big ol' geek. I was big on video games when I was younger, and on comics. I devoured sci-fi and fantasy novels and had a special place in my heart for Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Robert Rankin and Jasper Fforde. I got into tabletop wargames when… Continue reading Gaming With My Wife
A lot of the board games that are considered mainstream family games (Monopoly, Cluedo, Uno et al) are what we might call symmetrical games. By this I mean that in these games all players begin on a level footing. Their playing pieces, starting hands or characters are fundamentally the same and it is then down… Continue reading Asymmetry and the Modern, 2 Player Board Game
Welcome to the final entry in this series of posts exploring my top 50 games for 2016. This entry builds on the four previous posts, this time exploring my top 10 absolute favourite games, as things currently stand. I do have more ado, but I shall put it aside for now and instead just get… Continue reading Top 50 Games 2016 (10-1)
I adore Fantasy Flight Games and they are the most prevalent publisher in my collection. I own too many of their games. I love Android: Netrunner, Cosmic Encounter, Twilight Imperium, Star Wars: Edge of the Empire and many, many more of their titles. I love they they produce big, thematic games and I like their popularisation of the 'Living… Continue reading Fantasy Flight Games and Their New Approach to Manuals
