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Joshua
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My name is Joshua and I’m just a beardy with an unhealthy obsession with Boardgames.

Hobbies/Things that interest me:
⭐️Board Games
⭐️3D printing
⭐️Miniature Painting
⭐️Reading
⭐️TMNT figure collecting
⭐️Physics/Math
⭐️Data Analytics
⭐️Anime
⭐️Comics

If you have similar interests, let’s be friends!
Played a solo game of “A Place for All my Books” the other day. Nothing groundbreaking but it was a nice, chilled and relaxing experience. The solo Automa was easy to manage with little overhead which is always a plus in my book. 7/10 for me.
#soloboardgames #boardgames
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Next up is Evacuation from Rio Grande Games designed by Vladimir Suchy. Excited to get this one played. Be on the lookout for my thoughts about this one!
#boardgames #soloboardgames
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest has landed 🛬! So happy to have this in my collection. The organization is superb and appears to make setup a breeze.
@cgegames.bsky.social
#boardgames
#soloboardgames
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rio Grande Games was gracious enough to send me a care package of games to do solo reviews on. I’m very excited to get these played. Keep an eye out for upcoming reviews of each one these games.
#soloboardgaming
#boardgames
#soloboardgames
September 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
When I found out that the designer had an unofficial solo mode on BGG, I immediately bought it. Got it played and had a really good time with this game. Great job @gamesbymondo.bsky.social and @25thcentury.games . Another home run!
#boardgames
#soloboardgames
#bigsur
September 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Tacta Card Game Review
youtu.be/K_6GiAnHLfA
This game has great flexibility. Turn based games, free for all mode, different modes for different table spaces, team games, can play anywhere from 2-18 players, and the table presence is really cool. @theop.games #Tacta #HowLouSeesIt
Tacta Card Game Review
YouTube video by How Lou Sees It
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June 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New game played! Ruins from @allplay.bsky.social games. Designed by John D. Clair, the amazing designer of Mystic Vale. Had a fun time with this one. A fairly simple card shedding game but the cards can be upgraded to improve your hand ultimately helping you to score more points.
#boardgames
August 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We played a 6 player game of Twilight Imperium 4th edition this last weekend. Had a really good time even though it took us 10 hours to play its entirety. Definitely would play again!
#boardgames #boardgamer
August 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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The fascism is here and there isn’t a system or politician in place that can stop it.

We the people will have to save ourselves.
August 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Played a solo game of Paladins of the West Kingdom the other night. This is an amazing game with an amazing Automa. Easy to manage but also elegant and challenging.
#soloboardgames #boardgames
August 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Below, is an extremely offensive image from the game Ace of Spades published by Devir Games. The cavalier use of a slavery theme about a game that could LITERALLY BE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE and the offensive images to push this theme is abhorrent. You all should know better. 1/3
August 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I'm listening to Mandi, OFPG, Kenna (Coyote & Crow) and others on this one. But I will chime in to say - two of my favorite publishers are from Spain. They produce games centered thematically around cultures not their own. And they manage to not use racist caricatures that were outdated 25 years ago
August 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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We were recently made aware of disturbing and offensive artwork in the new game Ace of Spades by Devir. We have contacted Devir regarding this matter.

Fellow hobbyists: we must strive to be better humans. We can’t simply “look the other way” when an issue doesn’t affect us directly.
August 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Played a solo game of Shelfie Stacker from Arkus games and designed by Shem Phillips. Really enjoy this puzzly game. This time I decided to play against the Shem-bot instead of the BYOS version. It was certainly a challenge.
#soloboardgames #boardgames
August 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Played two solo games of Spectacular yesterday. Every time I play, I’m reminded of how much I love and enjoy this game.
#boardgames #soloboardgames
July 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Played two solo games of Saltfjord today. I really enjoyed this polyomino tile laying game. Easy to learn but hard to master. My first game I won but did not get a medal rank as my score was only 57. Second game was a 90. I need at least 100. Next time I suppose.
#soloboardgames #boardgames
July 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Played Moon Colony Bloodbath tonight, and I’ve got to say—it’s a lot of fun. Definitely frustrating at times, but in a good way! The constant tension of trying not to run out of people before reaching Event 13 keeps you on edge, but that challenge is engaging!
#boardgames #soloboardgames
July 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Received my @gamefound.bsky.social pledge for Nemesis Retaliation from Awaken Realms. I’ve been really enjoying my plays of the game. Very streamlined and a lot of fun. Looking forward to playing with friends.
#boardgames #soloboardgames
July 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Played (well tried to play 😂) Tacta today with my daughter and son. Daughter lost her shit and went away crying while my son said it was boring. I just can’t with these kids 😂. Anyways, I really enjoyed it and thought it was good.
#boardgames #boardgamesarefun
July 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New game arrival! Above and Below Haunted from Red Raven games! Excited to get this played asap!
#boardgames #soloboardgames
July 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Had a blast last night with a few friends at Ettin Games in Humble TX. We played Race for the Galaxy and Terraforming Mars w/Prelude. Then we finished out the night by playing Coup (not pictured).
#boardgames #boardgamenight
July 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Kingdomino digital for iOS and Android! I was fortunate enough to get access to the game for a review. So far it has been an excellent digital implementation of the board game and I’ve been enjoying it immensely! If you love Kingdomino, you should definitely get the digital version.
#boardgames
July 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Played a solo game of Stephens a few weeks ago and forgot to post about it. In Stephens, players compete to become the most prestigious glass maker by helping to rebuild the town of Lisbon. This game was easy to learn but had quite a bit of depth and easy to manage AI.
#boardgames #soloboardgames
June 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Played Tea Garden solo the other day. Really enjoyed this deck building game. There are a lot of things to do in your 3-4 turns each round. The official solo PnP ran great and was easy to manage. If you’re a fan of SETI or Galileo Galilei, you definitely need this one!
#soloboardgames #boardgames
June 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Played R.A.V.E.L. from inPatience. R.A.V.E.L. is a solo game where you try to manipulate dice to unlock cards which give different benefits to help further unlock more cards. Unlock all the cards and you win the gang. Really enjoyed this one!
#boardgames #soloboardgames
June 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM