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First plays of Tower Of Madness, more King of the Dice and a return to Lotus – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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The big game that I got to the table this week was Tower of Madness from Smirk & Dagger Games. This game takes the Kerplunk mechanic and adds a Cthulhu mythos themed game to it.

I broke out Tower of Madness at EZY Mode and during that same event I also played King of the Dice and Lotus. In addition to the games played I also taught a few games and plenty of other games got played that I wasn't involved in. [ READ MORE ]

Trying Sorcerer with Four Players and Playing Dead Man’s Cabal with Three – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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Today I'm returning to two of the hot board games I got at Origins 2019.  First I've got a look at Dead Man's Cabal from Pandasaurus Games. Then I return to the hybrid board game/card game Sorcerer from White Wizard Games.

What I think will be of interest with these new plays of these games is that I tried each of them at new player counts. So read on to check out my evolving thoughts on these hot new games. [ READ MORE ]

First plays of Chocolatiers and Bastille, Comparing The Duke and Jarl, and more! – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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Two brand new games hit my tabletop this week. Here I'm going to share my initial thoughts on Chocolatiers from Daily Magic Games and Bastille from Queen Games.

In addition to those two new-to-me games, I also played Raiders of the North Sea and Go Cuckoo at the Quodd Heroes launch party at the CG Realm.
Finally, I'm going to take a look at Jarl and compare it to The Duke. [ READ MORE ]

Additional Thoughts on Gentes, The Deluxified Edition – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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This week I got in another play of Gentes: Deluxified Edition, this time with my home group.

Of course, the big thing that happened this past week was the Origins Game Fair down in Columbus Ohio, but I'm going to talk about that in a completely separate post. Here I'm talking about the Monday before I left for Origins.
You have also probably noticed this is a day late. Sorry about that, we decided at the last minute to stay an extra day in Columbus. [ READ MORE ]

A Not So Epic Experience With Twilight Imperium 4th Edition – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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Twilight Imperium is a legendary board game. There are urban legends about how long this game takes to play. It's considered one of the biggest, best and longest Sci-Fi 4x games on the market.

In 2017 Fantasy Flight Games released a new fourth edition of this classic game. This new edition promised streamlined rules, upgraded components and most importantly to some; a much shorter playtime.
This past Saturday I got to put this new edition of Twilight Imperium to the test. [ READ MORE ]

Xia, A Return to Strasbourg, and My First Play of Teotihuacan – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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The big news this past week is that I finally got to play Teotihuacan, a game that has been nominated for a ton of awards this year.

In addition to playing around in the City of the Gods, I also got in a great five player game of Strasbourg at the FLGS.
Lastly, instead of playing Gloomhaven Friday, I taught Tori and Kat how to play Xia: Legends of a Drift System. [ READ MORE ]

A Look at War of Indines, an Excellent Two-Player Experience – Tabletop Gaming Weekly.

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This past week I got an excellent two player game off of my pile of shame: BattleCON: War of Indines.

War of Indines is one of many BattleCON games. Every BattleCON game is an attempt to re-create the feeling and tactics of a 2D fighting video game, games like Street Fighter and Mortal Combat. Does War of Indines manage to pull that off? You are going to have to read on to find out. [ READ MORE ]

A Bad Experience with Colonies, A Pleasant Experience in Birmingham, and Building a Tiny Town – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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I finally got to try Terraforming Mars Colonies and my first experience was terrible.

I gave this expansion a second chance and ended up playing Colonies twice this past week. Once with Deanna and a second time at The CG Realm on Saturday. It was at the CG realm that I also played Tiny Towns and finally got my copy of Brass Birmingham off my pile of shame and to the table. So you all can stop bugging me for not playing it yet. [ READ MORE ]

Old favourites; Shogun and Eminent Domain, some War Chest, and a trip to Valeria – Tabletop Gaming Weekly

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Saturday, I got to show off one of my favourite board games of all time, Shogun by Dirk Henn, to three of my friends.

After Shogun, I got Valeria Card Kingdoms to the table and tred out the Shadowvale Expansion. Then, Sunday morning, before some amazing Ramen, I got a chance to show Sean, my podcast co-host, War Chest, and Eminent Domain which has a unique take on the deck-building mechanic. [ READ MORE ]