SDHistCon: Giant John Company, Shakespeare’s First Folio, Hell-Raisers in Kanawha County

SDHistCon: Giant John Company, Shakespeare’s First Folio, Hell-Raisers in Kanawha County

I think about the conventions I go to every year, and half of them are in the historical gaming sphere. Am I a wargamer? Some people would say I am not because I haven’t actually played a hex and counter game — like ever. But I love learning about history, I love learning about people’s …

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Consimworld 2024: After Pablo, Crisis: 1914, Red Dust Rebellion

Consimworld 2024: After Pablo, Crisis: 1914, Red Dust Rebellion

Every summer for the past few years, when the Arizona heat is often at its most brutal, I take a week off work to attend Consimworld in Tempe. The laid-back convention has consistently been one of my favorite cons, a weeklong event where you’ve seemingly got all the time in the world to play anything …

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Circle DC 2024: Meeple Lady goes to Washington 

Circle DC 2024: Meeple Lady goes to Washington 

Last week, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend Circle DC, a convention held on April 5-7 hosted by Fort Circle in the nation’s capital! Votes for Women was my top game of 2023, so I wanted to support the game’s publisher, plus check out some sights and sounds in D.C. One of my goals …

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Granite Game Summit 2024 (plus Boston and Salem)

Granite Game Summit 2024 (plus Boston and Salem)

My husband and I took a trip to New England earlier this month to attend Granite Game Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, which is an hour north of Boston. The convention was on March 7-10, 2024. I had never been to Granite Game Summit, but Chris had and enjoyed attending a few times when he lived …

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Top 10 games I played for the first time in 2023

Top 10 games I played for the first time in 2023

Hello, friends! You’ve made it to the end of 2023. Pat yourselves on the back for surviving the year! I feel so lucky for all that happened this past year, including going back to the Philippines and attending several gaming conventions! And of course lots of gaming in between. Here are the top 10 games …

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Votes for Women: Campaigning to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment

Votes for Women: Campaigning to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment

This review of Votes for Women is featured on Episode 134 of The Five By. Check out the rest of the episode, which also features HerStory, Detective Rummy, Steam Up and Don’t Talk to Strangers. There are very few board games where I can imagine myself in. Did I, as a young Filipina lady growing …

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SDHist Con 2023: Molly House, Shores of Tripoli, Fire and Stone: Siege of Vienna, Ahoy

SDHist Con 2023: Molly House, Shores of Tripoli, Fire and Stone: Siege of Vienna, Ahoy

On Nov. 2, 2023, I made the trek from Phoenix to San Diego for SDHist Con, an annual historical board game convention that was founded by game designer Harold Buchanan. This year it was held on Nov. 3-5, 2023. It’s my second time attending the convention in person, and after last year’s convention, I knew …

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