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Trajan: Lend me your ears and some votes

Trajan: Lend me your ears and some votes

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I recently played Trajan a couple of times, and I’ll admit it … it’s pretty fantastic. It’s a Stefan Feld game, and, honestly, I don’t have much experience with his games, as my favorite board-game designer is Uwe Rosenberg. I feel like serious board-gamers have their go-to guy who they’re just obsessed with: Rosenberg, Feld and Bruno Cathala, who designed Five Tribes.

Vote for my photo in the Passport Game Studios International Table Top Day Contest! http://passportgamestudios.com/adventureawaits/
Vote for my photo in the Passport Game Studios International Table Top Day Contest! http://passportgamestudios.com/adventureawaits/

Anyway, before we start talking about Trajan, I’ve entered a board-game contest with Passport Game Studios. Please vote for my photo; the contest ends at April 29, 2016, at midnight. Vote here through this link. Thanks, friends!

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Quick filler games that don’t suck

Quick filler games that don’t suck

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We all do it. Even the heaviest of heavy board gamers do it. We all, at one point or another, play filler games. Often times, you’re waiting for one last player to get to the table or easing into a long day of heavy gaming. As a heavy gamer myself, there are some filler games that I refuse to play … I’m looking at you Love Letter and Avalon. In all honesty, I’m just so over those games, especially when there are better filler games out there to play!

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Quadropolis: Building cities and using your architects wisely

Quadropolis: Building cities and using your architects wisely

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I finally got my hands on a copy of Quadropolis (thanks to my Friendly Local Game Store Game Depot), and I can’t wait to get it on table. I first played Quadropolis over a month ago at a game night at the Game Boy Geek’s, and I seriously have been counting down toward the game’s April 29 release date.

Then my friend gave me a heads-up that Game Depot had early copies, so I drove down to Tempe to pick one up for myself. Quadropolis reminds me of city-building games such as Suburbia and Castles of Mad King Ludwig, but much more streamlined and less fiddly, in my opinion.

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In the mood for Sushi Go!

In the mood for Sushi Go!

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I recently had two back-to-back weekend events with my core group of friends. During the first weekend, I introduced them to Sushi Go! and Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (I just now noticed that these two game titles both have exclamation points in their names). Both games were a big hit with my friends, so much so that two different people purchased Sushi Go! later in the week, and one of them also purchased Survive and its expansions.

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Panda pandemonium: Takenoko Collector’s Edition

Panda pandemonium: Takenoko Collector’s Edition

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So I’m a total sucker for all things cute … and giant pandas are no exception. Takenoko itself is a solid medium-heavy game that I’m always down to play, so when I saw an online deal on the Takenoko Collector’s Edition last year, I quickly jumped on that cuddly bad boy. It quite possibly is the largest chunk of change I’ve spent on one. single. board. game. And honestly, I have no regrets …

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The Grizzled: Friends making difficult decisions

The Grizzled: Friends making difficult decisions

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My one gaming group had a farewell game day for one of my close friends, who is leaving town with his wife and baby to be near family. It was a bittersweet day knowing that in over a week, they won’t all be in Phoenix anymore. The last game we played that night was The Grizzled, fitting for a game about friendship and making hard decisions. The game even asks: Can friendship be stronger than War?

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Orleans: A new favorite at game night

Orleans: A new favorite at game night

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I purchased Orleans with my game winnings when I was at Strategicon, and I’ve played this game twice already within the past week. It has quickly become a game-night favorite. Orleans plays 2-4 people and lasts about 90 minutes. It’s a medium-heavy worker-placement bag-building game, and, best of all, it isn’t too hard to teach. A friend of mine had said he was initially turned off by what looked like a really busy game board, but once game play was explained, he said it’s actually not that hard to learn. Winning the game, on the other hand, requires planning efficient moves.

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Strategicon 2016: Finally playing Virgin Queen

Strategicon 2016: Finally playing Virgin Queen

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I can’t believe it’s been a week since Strategicon! I’m seriously having convention withdrawal. My Phoenix friend and I decided to go to OrcCon for two very different reasons. I wanted to play Virgin Queen, which was slated for 11 hours of game play, and he wanted to play Mega Civilization, which was slated for 14 hours of play. And guess what? Both of us succeeded in doing so! Huzzah!

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Game night at the Game Boy Geek’s house

Game night at the Game Boy Geek’s house

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If you follow me on Instagram, you saw that last Friday I got to meet the Game Boy Geek himself, play games are his house and bask in the glory of his awesome board-game room. How cool is that?! I seriously still get starstruck when I meet folks from the Internet who are very active in the board-gaming world. And it all came to be because of a happy coincidence!

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In between Pandemic and Cthulhu land …

In between Pandemic and Cthulhu land …

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I’ve been going back and forth on what to write for this week, which explains the lag. It’s not that I haven’t been doing any board gaming; it’s actually quite the opposite! I’ve been doing a lot of gaming in the past week or so but it’s nothing new that I haven’t written about. So this be more like an update on the state of things.

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