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Husband, father to a corgi, board gamer, fantasy geek.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 11 - Holiday Heist -play a deduction game. Today, we played Hunt a Killer:Dead Below Deck. Like most of these, we solved all the puzzles, hidden codes, etc., but still got the killer wrong because we still couldn’t put together the “clues” to make a cohesive story.
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 11 - Holiday Heist -play a deduction game. Today, we played Hunt a Killer:Dead Below Deck. Like most of these, we solved all the puzzles, hidden codes, etc., but still got the killer wrong because we still couldn’t put together the “clues” to make a cohesive story.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 10 - Sparkling Strategy -play a game that makes your brain twinkle. Today, we played Onitama. Red prevailed. This game always makes my brain hurt.
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 10 - Sparkling Strategy -play a game that makes your brain twinkle. Today, we played Onitama. Red prevailed. This game always makes my brain hurt.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 9 - Jingle Bell Duel -play a 2 player game. Today, we played Dice Throne:Santa vs Krampus. Santa prevailed.
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 9 - Jingle Bell Duel -play a 2 player game. Today, we played Dice Throne:Santa vs Krampus. Santa prevailed.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 8 -Winter’s Choice -play a game w/ a wintery theme. Today, we played Elf: Journey from the North Pole. This is a tile laying game where you lay cards to create a path from the North Pole to New York. While the board is cute, the game itself is dull and overly simple.
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 8 -Winter’s Choice -play a game w/ a wintery theme. Today, we played Elf: Journey from the North Pole. This is a tile laying game where you lay cards to create a path from the North Pole to New York. While the board is cute, the game itself is dull and overly simple.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 6 -Cocoa & Co-Op -play a co-op game. Today, we played Pandemic:Reign of Cthulhu. To my utter astonishment, we won! We never win Pandemic games. Happiness all around.
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 6 -Cocoa & Co-Op -play a co-op game. Today, we played Pandemic:Reign of Cthulhu. To my utter astonishment, we won! We never win Pandemic games. Happiness all around.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 6 -Yuletide Challenge-play a game you haven’t mastered yet. Today, we played Village, a worker placement game where you play a family trying to build up their renown. It’s a tight confounding game where influence & actions are often at odds, & your workers die.
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 6 -Yuletide Challenge-play a game you haven’t mastered yet. Today, we played Village, a worker placement game where you play a family trying to build up their renown. It’s a tight confounding game where influence & actions are often at odds, & your workers die.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 5 -Twinkling Treat-play a game that feels like a gift. Today, we played Santa’s Workshop, a worker placement game about being Santa’ Elves making gifts.
December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 5 -Twinkling Treat-play a game that feels like a gift. Today, we played Santa’s Workshop, a worker placement game about being Santa’ Elves making gifts.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 4 -Holiday Hustle-a real-time game. Today we played Kites, a real-time game simulating keeping kites aloft. It’s a very quick game. We played 3x and lost miserably 3x. Then we played in easy mode, where two of the colors were removed, and we won that one and called it
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 4 -Holiday Hustle-a real-time game. Today we played Kites, a real-time game simulating keeping kites aloft. It’s a very quick game. We played 3x and lost miserably 3x. Then we played in easy mode, where two of the colors were removed, and we won that one and called it
#BoardGames advent calendar day 3 - Cozy by the Fire - a cozy game. Today we played Creature Comforts, the quintessential cozy dice placement game.
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 3 - Cozy by the Fire - a cozy game. Today we played Creature Comforts, the quintessential cozy dice placement game.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 2 - mittens & mischief - a silly fun game or a little take that. Today we played Oh My Brain, a silly, fun card shedding game with a bit of take that.
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 2 - mittens & mischief - a silly fun game or a little take that. Today we played Oh My Brain, a silly, fun card shedding game with a bit of take that.
#BoardGames advent calendar day 1 - First Noel - a game to begin the season. Today we played Christmas Lights, a card deduction game where you string lights together in a certain pattern without knowing what cards you have.
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
#BoardGames advent calendar day 1 - First Noel - a game to begin the season. Today we played Christmas Lights, a card deduction game where you string lights together in a certain pattern without knowing what cards you have.
Yesterday, we played Nunatak, a set collection, area control game where you build up an ice pyramid. Loved, loved this game. #BoardGames
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Yesterday, we played Nunatak, a set collection, area control game where you build up an ice pyramid. Loved, loved this game. #BoardGames
I’ve always loved Mihajlo Dimitrievski’s art in the West Kingdom and North Sea series of games. So, recently came across the Valeria series, and had to pick up Card Kingdoms. Again, love the art, but the game itself is great too. Tableau building with a Machi Koro-type mechanic.
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I’ve always loved Mihajlo Dimitrievski’s art in the West Kingdom and North Sea series of games. So, recently came across the Valeria series, and had to pick up Card Kingdoms. Again, love the art, but the game itself is great too. Tableau building with a Machi Koro-type mechanic.
Played La Granja for the first time. Very enjoyable resource management game. Components are amazing. #BoardGames
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Played La Granja for the first time. Very enjoyable resource management game. Components are amazing. #BoardGames
Played Etherstone. Lost by 1 point. Love the art in the game. Fast setup too. #BoardGames
October 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Played Etherstone. Lost by 1 point. Love the art in the game. Fast setup too. #BoardGames
First game of the day was Abyss. First time playing. Enjoyed it a great deal. Lots of decision space, w/ a cool press your luck mechanic. #BoardGames
October 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
First game of the day was Abyss. First time playing. Enjoyed it a great deal. Lots of decision space, w/ a cool press your luck mechanic. #BoardGames
Was excited to play and win Tales from the Red Dragon Inn. Playing Fiona and Gog, we won on the last possible round and second-to-last possible turn. #BoardGames
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Was excited to play and win Tales from the Red Dragon Inn. Playing Fiona and Gog, we won on the last possible round and second-to-last possible turn. #BoardGames
First game of the day was Madcala. White rabbit vs Cheshire Cat. Cheshire Cat won. #BoardGames
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
First game of the day was Madcala. White rabbit vs Cheshire Cat. Cheshire Cat won. #BoardGames
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Played River of Gold yesterday. Lost by 2 pts. Love this game. So pretty. #BoardGames
September 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Played River of Gold yesterday. Lost by 2 pts. Love this game. So pretty. #BoardGames
I am so frustrated with Board & Dice Games. I bought Teotihuacan & all the wood tokens were missing. I asked for replacements & gave my address. All I get back is repeated replies of “we are sorry the inconvenience, tell us your address, and we will send you replacements.” This has happened 4x now.
August 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I am so frustrated with Board & Dice Games. I bought Teotihuacan & all the wood tokens were missing. I asked for replacements & gave my address. All I get back is repeated replies of “we are sorry the inconvenience, tell us your address, and we will send you replacements.” This has happened 4x now.
I have a theory: when a politician makes a slightly cogent argument, the media latches onto one piece of it and criticizes it to death like a dog chewing on a bone. But when the whole thing is bullshit, there’s nothing to latch onto, and they just shrug their shoulders and move on.
I'm not gonna lie, y'all: even nearly a decade into this, it still feels surreal that a sitting POTUS can do one long, bizarre stream-of-consciousness ramble about whatever silly shit happens to pop into his head on national television, and political media still shrug their shoulders + write it up.
July 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I have a theory: when a politician makes a slightly cogent argument, the media latches onto one piece of it and criticizes it to death like a dog chewing on a bone. But when the whole thing is bullshit, there’s nothing to latch onto, and they just shrug their shoulders and move on.
I so wish that Congressional Democrats would understand that sternly worded tweets are the liberal version of “thoughts and prayers.” They are worthless.
June 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I so wish that Congressional Democrats would understand that sternly worded tweets are the liberal version of “thoughts and prayers.” They are worthless.
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Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports reut.rs/43s8wii
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation banning travel from certain countries, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing administration officials.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries, CBS News reports reut.rs/43s8wii