And just like that – summer is practically at an end! I felt like I was able to see people a little bit more in the summer, which is weird since jobs aren’t like school… haha. But I digress. I felt like August was the month of party games, which made for some really funny plays. But I’m already looking forward to more new plays in September!
❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)
⚙️ – Prototype (so take the rating with a grain of salt)
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Another month of gaming! I was surprised I played so many new things this month, and was pleasantly surprised by a number of them. Overall, it was a pretty solid month for games. Spoiler: I think Cretaceous Rails was easily my favorite new play of the month!
❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)
⚙️ – Prototype (so take the rating with a grain of salt)
Can you believe June is already over?? I can’t! This month I hosted a Taskmaster competition which is like one big, intricate game… sort of, haha, and was pretty fun! I didn’t play a ton new board games, but I had some fun with what I did get to the table. These days, my ratings tend to fall right around a 6/7 for many things, which seems “low” to some, but when you play so many games, it’s hard to rate things super high all the time, I think. Or maybe I’m just getting harsher with my ratings… haha. Overall, a decent month for games, and looking forward to July’s plays!
❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)
⚙️ – Prototype (so take the rating with a grain of salt)
Another month in the books! I found a lot of things that I newly tried this month just okay, but a few gems as well! I feel like I’m definitely playing games less than before, but maybe that’s just part of life. I still get things to the table a few times a week, and it’s still a big part of my life. But I’m exploring other hobbies too! What hobbies do you invest time in outside of gaming?
❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)
⚙️ – Prototype (so take the rating with a grain of salt)
Another month with not a ton of new games on the table, but we did participate in another “24 hour game day” at our FLGS, which had some fun times. I’m still steadily working my way through a stack of review games, so at least I’ll see a few new games played each month! 🙂
❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)
😄 Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game” – I’m not usually huge on hidden movement, but this was neat! Check out my review.
👎🏻 Bad Apples
😄 River Valley Glassworks
🤷🏻♀️Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity – A little too heavy for my usual play style, but it was a good game for sure. Check out my review!
😄 The Curious Elevator of Mr. Hincks – An excellent box of creative puzzles! Check out the review!
😄Sally Face: Strange Nightmares – The game had some misprints/hiccups, but it followed the source material so well, so I still really enjoyed it. Review coming soon!
👎🏻SPY x FAMILY: Mission for Peanuts – It’s so similar to Love Letter, but falls flat because it’s just kind of clunky
🤷🏻♀️Critter Kitchen – It’s pretty, but programming just doesn’t work for me with a worker placement game
🤷🏻♀️HiFi
👎🏻Tiny Laser Heist – It is hilarious, but it is so difficult, and I honestly found it weird that it wasn’t full co-op
😄My Book Nook – This was an early look at a game coming to retail from a local designer. It reminded me of Paperback in some sense, but it worked much better!
🤷🏻♀️Museum
🤷🏻♀️Hotel Mystery
👎🏻Lucky Loop – This was a luck fest of epic proportions
🤷🏻♀️Oaxaca
🤷🏻♀️Micropolis
🤷🏻♀️Alpina – This was interesting, but overall scoring was messy
🤷🏻♀️Marabunta
🤷🏻♀️Superstore 3000 – This looked cool, but it was a super overproduced drafting game in the end
🤷🏻♀️Life in Reterra
🤷🏻♀️ Ring of Chaos – I was expecting more chaos I think, but it felt a little repetitive. Review coming soon!
