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Weekly Roundup!
Where I break away from just board games and talk about all the things that probably distracted me from board games. Blatantly lifting this from Mario @ Pixelshift ! Trying to find ways to motivate myself to post and nothing like a quick āthe week that wasā to ground myself in the reality of YES I did have some fun this week in the midst of the chaos that is adulting. Video Games Much to myā¦
āChicken Fried Diceā by Urban Professional Games is a clever, chaotic game for 1-5 players, coming soon to Kickstarter.
Level Up Retreat 2026 - less than a month to go!
The Level Up Retreat is a small tabletop game gathering that has been going on for about 4 years now. Itās nothing flashy ā just a group of 400 people getting together at a Marriott in fabulous Woodbridge, New Jersey to play games all weekend ā Friday, March 20 ā Sunday, March 22. Iāve attended the last two events, which were in late January of 2024 and 2025. This year the dates were bumpedā¦
Vantage (2025)
Iām always on the lookout for games that my husband will enjoy. While Iām a hobby board gamer who likes to dabble in all the things, he has very particular tastes when it comes to tabletop gaming. Last year, I introduced him to Dorfromantik and that one really stuck. He enjoyed the co-op and the fact that it was just about getting the high score or achievements and there was no losing. Every timeā¦
January in Games
January went by in a blur for me! With the new year starting on a Thursday and then we had a big snow/ice storm in Maryland that shut down the the state for pretty much the whole last week of the month, it really felt like it was just here and then gone! But I did get some games in! Letās see what the BGStats reveal for this month: Highlights: I received āNext Station: Londonā as a gift inā¦
Preview: The Night Hunter Game (Murder Mystery Party)
As part of a campaign with Come Round and University Games, I received a review copy of their Murder Mystery Party game ā The Night Hunter in exchange for an honest review. This game is a great fit for fans of āMindhunterā or āHannibalā or gruesome true crime stories. After opening the first case file, I was immediately think about the Golden State Killer case from the 1970s and 1980s (which Iā¦
UnPub Festival 2026 - coming in March!
I attended my first UnPub Festival last year and it was a total blast! I played so many games in so many stages of creation, it really made me appreciate how much work goes into designing a board game. UnPub Festival 2025 ā quickĀ thoughts Playtesting is a very important part of the process and UnPub lets designers get their creation out into the world and have people they have never met playā¦
My Board Game Arena Games
One of the running jokes among my friends is that I always have a TON of BGA games going. I play my BGA turns at lunch each day, so I say that I need at least 60 games so I can take a turn a minute, filling up my entire break. Iāve had up to 70+ games going at once (there was a āCanāt Stopā tournament on the Watch It Played discord that ended up being 20 different games going at onceā¦it was wildā¦
2025 in Video Games
Itās no secret that board games have usurped video games as my main form of play over the last five years. Perhaps it was the pandemic year when all I could do was play video games which has made me hunger for gaming with other people. Or maybe Iām just not into the top genres of games right now. Iām not really into the building games, where you just mine and chop and build. Iām all about questsā¦
New Board Games - 2025!
Another week ā another list! These are my favorite games I played this year that were published in 2025 (and one sneaky 2024, but I can justify it!). Critter Kitchen ā I played this at my regular Ladies+ Table Meet-Up (thoughts here) and I think we played it at least 3 times this year. Each time, all at different player counts, and each time it was a blast! FlipToons ā I played this a LOT onā¦
Favorite 2025 Games
Critter Kitchen - I played this at my regular Ladies+ Table Meet-Up and I think we played it at least 3 times this year. Each time, all at different player counts, and each time it was a blast!
FlipToons - I played this a LOT on BGA before I played at the table. I was worried it might be a bit too fiddly in person, but once everyone knows the flow of the game, it moves quickly. A bit of strategy, a bit of luck - which apparently is my favorite place to play. (and I have the mini-expansion but have not played with it yet!)
The Hobbit: There & Back Again - I've posted about this game SO MUCH since I bought it in October - it is in my top plays of the year! I won't type more here, just go read all the other posts/love letters I have written to this game.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowshp of the Ring: The Trick-Taking Game - So TECHNICALLY this came out in 2024, but it was December 2024 so I barely got to play it until 2025. In fact, it might have been a Happy New Year present to myself LOL. I love the IP and I love co-op...I'm awful at trick-taking though. But I have enjoyed every game I have played of this, which is good because you have to replay a lot if you want to win a chapter. But the games are quick, the artwork gorgeous and if you love the characters and movies, you can amuse yourself easily by quoting things over and over.
Moon Colony Bloodbath - I played this at PAX East and immediately wanted to buy this game. It feels like you're playing a Fallout Shelter/Vault.
Essentially you spend a round or two trying to build an engine with some minor inconveniences...and then those become major problems, showing up each round as the deck of cards is reshuffled, with malfunctioning robots and colony emergencies getting shuffled right back in. Last Colony Standing wins (though apparently you can also win if everyone makes it to the end of the year but...yeah that's not going to happen).
It starts out so idyllic as you set up your colony on the moon, growing food, building places for your colonists to live...and then one of the robots breaks down...and takes a few colonists with it. But not worries, a new batch has arrived and...oh...oh dear, we should have calibrated those doors better...look, if we destroy this building we can just rehome the 3 colonists that survived...
Vantage - There are a lot of big feelings about this game in the board game community. Is it a great game? Is it the best game? Is it really a board game? **shrug** I may not know art, but I know what I like.
I have played with friends and solo and I find it to be a fun time IF you're willing to lean into the storytelling aspect - roleplaying your lost survivors narrating their adventure to the rest of the crew or (if you're like me) talking to yourself in character as you stumble around the alien world. I think this is why many of the rave reviews I have read come from families with older children who find it easier to engage with that part of the game, the narrative, than worrying about if they are playing "correctly". The co-op nature of sharing the dice and supporting each other on the adventure, even if (in the story of the game) you're just talking via comms.
My Most Played Board Games of 2025
BGStats is a ridiculous app that board gamers love. Why is it so satisfying to see all of the data about the games you played all smooshed into a delicious pie graph? It is pretty great that using this simple tool lets me look back on a year of gaming and see what made it to the table the most in 2025. Here are my top 10 most played games at an actual table (Not Board Game Arena, that will be aā¦
Some of the Books I Read in 2025
I had thought my reading was low this year, but I read a lot more than I realized! I did find graphic novels to be the best way to escape reality so I had a lot of those on my list this year. If I wait for Storygraph/GoodReads to drop my year in review, I will have to rush this post so Iāll post a link to the full list at the end of the month but here are the highlights from my readingā¦
Happy Thanksgiving!
If you live in the U.S., today is the Thanksgiving holiday. While itās origins and mythology are very messy, I think most Americans view this day as a moment to reflect and think on the things that we value and appreciate. I am so very thankful for anyone who reads my online ramblings. Iāve always used social media to be social. The goal has never been to become a āContent Creatorā but insteadā¦
PAX Unplugged Countdown - 2 MORE DAYS!
The excitement is palpable! My socials are full of board gamers preparing for this weekend in Philadelphia. Some of my friends are already on the road! I know I am a bit spoiled, with the drive a comfortable 2 hours away from my house. It makes it very easy to just roll out whenever. I will be driving up on Thursday. I like to be up and ready to go as soon as the convention opens on Friday andā¦
PAX Unplugged - 3 days to go!
Oh my gosh, why did I challenge myself to posting every single day until PAX Unplugged and start at 10??? This has been quite a challenge! I appreciate everyone who has read my rambles and hype and liked and commented. I will settle down eventually but IT IS NOT THIS DAY! Because we have a few more days to go! So, one of the funny things that many of us (board gamers) do when going toā¦
PAX Countdown - 4 days to go!
If you had your PAX Unplugged badge mailed to you, there was an Unexpected (Games) surprise inside the package ā a large white envelope: I had not heard anything about Cozy Stickerville before this. I will admit, I had a bit of anxiety looking at those blank maps, the empty field and the mountain, knowing the game wanted me to put stickers on their permanently. In fact, the VERY firstā¦