I realize I'm late with this post today, but in my defence, I had a bunch of my face torn out (on purpose, part of my bionic jaw went "sproing!") and I'm not eating solid foods yet and I also trucked my butt across the city to give a writing class a chat—via OC Transpo, … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Replayability (Or, “Second Verse, oh, hey wait, this is different…”)
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Tabletop Tuesday — Pretty (Or, “Sorry, I was looking at the artwork, what was that?”)
The last time my husband and I sat down to play Wingspan—I lost, as usual, and I'm pretty sure I have zero understanding of the real strategy of winning the game, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with the round goals or hidden personal goals so much as just plonking down birds worth … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Pretty (Or, “Sorry, I was looking at the artwork, what was that?”)
Tabletop Tuesday — Paint the Roses (or, “Wait, this is a logic puzzle!”)
A while back, I posted about games I thought were better online (specifically, games we played via BoardGameArena, which is our go-to), and last night, our board-gaming friends met up virtually again and we tried out a new game, Paint the Roses. And let me tell you, even after one game, I know this is … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Paint the Roses (or, “Wait, this is a logic puzzle!”)
Tabletop Tuesday — Legacy (Or, “A permanent sticker? Are you mad?”)
We cracked this open last night! When we first got Gloomhaven, and there were little boxes to check off as the prosperity of the city of Gloomhaven was increased, I took a deep breath, found a pencil—yes, a pencil, because you can erase pencils!—and coloured in the squares... but it wasn't legible enough. I got … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Legacy (Or, “A permanent sticker? Are you mad?”)
'Nathan Burgoine 