Cardboard Linguist
@cardboardlinguist.bsky.social
A British translator's adventures in board games. Looking particularly at the French- and German-speaking board game community.
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He/him (EN/FR/DE)
Orloj last night. The set up and teach might seem a touch intimidating but the actual game flows quite nicely and intuitively - some big action chains but most were pretty manageable. Minor quibble: the clock is already built, you're only doing the decoration. #boardgames #j2s #brettspiele #spiel25
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Orloj last night. The set up and teach might seem a touch intimidating but the actual game flows quite nicely and intuitively - some big action chains but most were pretty manageable. Minor quibble: the clock is already built, you're only doing the decoration. #boardgames #j2s #brettspiele #spiel25
Posted a breakdown on BGG of changes I observed in the prototype of Blood Rage: Valhalla I played at Essen Spiel
#spiel25 #boardgames #j2d #brettspiele
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35975...
#spiel25 #boardgames #j2d #brettspiele
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35975...
If you play this at Essen, tell us about it!!!! | Blood Rage: Valhalla
So, I played the same game with the prototype at Essen with Ivan. Not sure what exactly has already been revealed, but here’s a what I hope is fairly comprehensive run of what differences I noticed wi...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Posted a breakdown on BGG of changes I observed in the prototype of Blood Rage: Valhalla I played at Essen Spiel
#spiel25 #boardgames #j2d #brettspiele
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35975...
#spiel25 #boardgames #j2d #brettspiele
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35975...
Thanks to a friendly Dutch contingent who had a spare space in their reservation, was able to try out The Presence. Moving around a haunted house with an ambiguously friendly/wrathful spirit. Very nice feel and good pressure to not waste actions. #spiel25
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Thanks to a friendly Dutch contingent who had a spare space in their reservation, was able to try out The Presence. Moving around a haunted house with an ambiguously friendly/wrathful spirit. Very nice feel and good pressure to not waste actions. #spiel25
Played a few rounds of Bohemians, a nice, fairly simple but interesting card game. Mostly cosy except for the jobs and hardship cards which really don't pull their punches about the life of a struggling artist. Picked up a copy myself. #spiel25
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Played a few rounds of Bohemians, a nice, fairly simple but interesting card game. Mostly cosy except for the jobs and hardship cards which really don't pull their punches about the life of a struggling artist. Picked up a copy myself. #spiel25
People sharing info on sold out games here: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/360...
Check carefully though, some only sold out in a specific language or in Ghost Lift's case, they said they will have some more copies today (but not many!)
#spiel25
Check carefully though, some only sold out in a specific language or in Ghost Lift's case, they said they will have some more copies today (but not many!)
#spiel25
Sold out at Essen Spiel 2025
The goal of this list is not to increase the hype, but rather save each other valuable time at the fair.
Please help me keep this up to date, be fair and extra cautious not to spread misinformation....
boardgamegeek.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
People sharing info on sold out games here: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/360...
Check carefully though, some only sold out in a specific language or in Ghost Lift's case, they said they will have some more copies today (but not many!)
#spiel25
Check carefully though, some only sold out in a specific language or in Ghost Lift's case, they said they will have some more copies today (but not many!)
#spiel25
Also had time for a full game of Leylines, also from @arcanewonders.bsky.social. Cute update of an older pick-up and delivery game.
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Also had time for a full game of Leylines, also from @arcanewonders.bsky.social. Cute update of an older pick-up and delivery game.
Checked out Raas: A Dance of Love from @arcanewonders.bsky.social colourful game of trying to assemble sets and advancing tracks to increase multipliers. Or pick up a juicy bonus from dials with adjacent die with the same number or colour. #spiel25
October 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Checked out Raas: A Dance of Love from @arcanewonders.bsky.social colourful game of trying to assemble sets and advancing tracks to increase multipliers. Or pick up a juicy bonus from dials with adjacent die with the same number or colour. #spiel25
Had a quick round of the new Joyride expansion. Definitely needs as many players as you can get for maximum chaos. Think I prefer it to Heat. #spiel25
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Had a quick round of the new Joyride expansion. Definitely needs as many players as you can get for maximum chaos. Think I prefer it to Heat. #spiel25
And we're off! Well, in the waiting pen after a brief steam bath in the packed U-Bahn #spiel2025
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
And we're off! Well, in the waiting pen after a brief steam bath in the packed U-Bahn #spiel2025
Well, had wanted to set this up before now. But hey, still before SPIEL Essen at least!
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Well, had wanted to set this up before now. But hey, still before SPIEL Essen at least!