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Board Game Magic Number Update: May 2017
It is time for another update to my 2017 magic number. (Note: apparently I never pressed the publish button on this post so many months ago) Add to List 5/11 Bought Octo Dice Remove from List 5/6 played solo game … Continue reading
Board Game Magic Number Update: April 2017
This is the second belated update about my Magic Number for board games. Add to List Bought Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn Traded for 7 Wonders: Duel Traded for Lost Cities Bought used copy of Zombicide Season Two: Prison Outbreak … Continue reading
Board Game Magic Number Update: March 2017
As I recently posted I am trying to decrease my board game magic number this year. I started in February at 20 and since the initial post was over two months late this is the first of two belated monthly … Continue reading
Board Gaming Magic Number
I found Ryan Graham’s post on BGG about the Magic Number (a term coined on his Out of Game podcast) quite motivating personally as I have been buying new games faster than I can get them to the table for … Continue reading
Review: Ravished By Reagansaurus
Ravished By Reagansaurus by Mandy De Sandra My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was expecting more from this book based on the blurb and the cover art but it just didn’t live up to its potential. There were some … Continue reading
Review: Aliens are Real, and I am Pretty
Aliens are Real, and I am Pretty by Jeff O’Brien My rating: 5 of 5 stars Boy was this a fun read! I really like Jeff’s style and this bite-sized morsel delivers. The color covers at the end were a … Continue reading
Review: Anathem
Anathem by Neal Stephenson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I bought the chunky paperback version of this book several years ago but then proceeded to get caught up in reading a high number of lower page count books so … Continue reading
Review: Waters of Death
Waters of Death by Irving A. Greenfield My rating: 3 of 5 stars My wife bought me this book while she was shopping for Make Room! Make Room! and the blurb was interesting enough that I started in on it … Continue reading
Review: Neon Trash: Forgotten B-Movies of the ’80s
Neon Trash: Forgotten B-Movies of the ’80s by M.P. Johnson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have to admit that the extent of my experience with B movies in the 80s was pretty much from Up All Night on … Continue reading
Review: Bolt Action: World War II Wargames Rules: Second Edition
Bolt Action: World War II Wargames Rules: Second Edition by Warlord Games My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am not sure whynitbtook me three months to finish this except that it was very slow goingbon the assembly of my … Continue reading
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Review: The Runner
The Runner by W.J. Davies My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another good story set in the Wool universe. I am impressed at how Hugh Howey has allowed other authors to extend his setting with new stories and … Continue reading
Review: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand My rating: 5 of 5 stars Somehow I was unfamiliar with Louie Zamperini and his story until my wife gave me this book as a gift. … Continue reading
Review: The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul
The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul by Garth Ennis My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is one of the times where I read part of a book then put it down because I got distracted by something … Continue reading
How did I get hooked on Guild Ball?
In my previous article I explained why I drifted away from Warmachine and Malifaux, my pimary and secondary miniatures games respectively. Now I want to explain why I got hooked on Guild Ball and how I jumped in with both … Continue reading
Adios Warmachine and Malifaux, hello Guild Ball!
It has been close to two years now since I have felt really engaged by Warmachine or Malifaux, it got to the point where I didn’t even bring models for either one to the Kingdom Con 2015 convention. Warmachine was … Continue reading
