J from 3 Minute board games
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Pakeha, Martian, Reviewer, (He/Him) Aotearoa! COIN Wargame Designer - Red Dust Rebellion. https://www.youtube.com/c/3MinuteBoardGames
My local store is the classic small family business. It makes it feel like we live in a village and I love that vibe.
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My local store is the classic small family business. It makes it feel like we live in a village and I love that vibe.
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Dane Madgwick was one of the concept artists on Dune. He was also one of the artists on my game Shadow Moon syndicates.
That dune concept art team did some amazing work, they really did.
That dune concept art team did some amazing work, they really did.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Dane Madgwick was one of the concept artists on Dune. He was also one of the artists on my game Shadow Moon syndicates.
That dune concept art team did some amazing work, they really did.
That dune concept art team did some amazing work, they really did.
So sweet seeing my local book store do a promo for my book now that it has arrived in New Zealand!
101 board games to try before you die (of boredom) is a whistle stop tour through modern games that are both visually appealing great looking games and great games to play as well.
Do buy it :)
101 board games to try before you die (of boredom) is a whistle stop tour through modern games that are both visually appealing great looking games and great games to play as well.
Do buy it :)
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So sweet seeing my local book store do a promo for my book now that it has arrived in New Zealand!
101 board games to try before you die (of boredom) is a whistle stop tour through modern games that are both visually appealing great looking games and great games to play as well.
Do buy it :)
101 board games to try before you die (of boredom) is a whistle stop tour through modern games that are both visually appealing great looking games and great games to play as well.
Do buy it :)
So yeah, i feel a bit shitty getting rid of this stuff. But it was actively impeding me playing the game, and i'd rather chuck this crap away and play the game than have it rot on my shelf because every time i look at it i think "I can't be arsed"
Also, that white tray and tower, utterly useless.
Also, that white tray and tower, utterly useless.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
So yeah, i feel a bit shitty getting rid of this stuff. But it was actively impeding me playing the game, and i'd rather chuck this crap away and play the game than have it rot on my shelf because every time i look at it i think "I can't be arsed"
Also, that white tray and tower, utterly useless.
Also, that white tray and tower, utterly useless.
My solution was to chuck it all into baggies i had lying around. Not fond of all the plastic being wasted here, and im using this as a lesson learned about big box collectors edition.
Every time, with 1 exception, having the collectors edition makes me play a game less due to setup times.
Every time, with 1 exception, having the collectors edition makes me play a game less due to setup times.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My solution was to chuck it all into baggies i had lying around. Not fond of all the plastic being wasted here, and im using this as a lesson learned about big box collectors edition.
Every time, with 1 exception, having the collectors edition makes me play a game less due to setup times.
Every time, with 1 exception, having the collectors edition makes me play a game less due to setup times.
Finally got over my hangups about not chucking out stuff from a "collectors edition" and got rid of the awful trays in suburbia collectors edition. These terrible things actively get in the way of you setting up and playing the game.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Finally got over my hangups about not chucking out stuff from a "collectors edition" and got rid of the awful trays in suburbia collectors edition. These terrible things actively get in the way of you setting up and playing the game.
I love it when folks send me pictures of my stuff in stores. I'm still not at the point where this isn't a fun novelty.
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I love it when folks send me pictures of my stuff in stores. I'm still not at the point where this isn't a fun novelty.
Why indeed :)
October 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Why indeed :)
Its kinda amazing. Like a mix between a Euro drafting game and an American style area control game.
My main problem is its a bit of a bear to teach
Made it into my 101 games book
My main problem is its a bit of a bear to teach
Made it into my 101 games book
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Its kinda amazing. Like a mix between a Euro drafting game and an American style area control game.
My main problem is its a bit of a bear to teach
Made it into my 101 games book
My main problem is its a bit of a bear to teach
Made it into my 101 games book
My house has been invaded by rogue food trucks! I'll have to eat my way out of here!
This is gonna be a fun day! Pop on down to Tawa if you are in Wellignton for good kai, shops, stuff for the kids to do at #springintotawa
This is gonna be a fun day! Pop on down to Tawa if you are in Wellignton for good kai, shops, stuff for the kids to do at #springintotawa
October 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My house has been invaded by rogue food trucks! I'll have to eat my way out of here!
This is gonna be a fun day! Pop on down to Tawa if you are in Wellignton for good kai, shops, stuff for the kids to do at #springintotawa
This is gonna be a fun day! Pop on down to Tawa if you are in Wellignton for good kai, shops, stuff for the kids to do at #springintotawa
Lol, here's my one.
I can still sing the theme song to this and remember the overall stupid gimmick it had.
I can still sing the theme song to this and remember the overall stupid gimmick it had.
October 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Lol, here's my one.
I can still sing the theme song to this and remember the overall stupid gimmick it had.
I can still sing the theme song to this and remember the overall stupid gimmick it had.
Heh, well, I may have a mission for you.
Trolls in the pantry, Oi Dats my leg, Squelch or Hungry troll and the gobbos. Each had a casette song of trolls singing what could best be described as "hooligan chants".
If my memory serves, they are effing terrible.
Trolls in the pantry, Oi Dats my leg, Squelch or Hungry troll and the gobbos. Each had a casette song of trolls singing what could best be described as "hooligan chants".
If my memory serves, they are effing terrible.
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Heh, well, I may have a mission for you.
Trolls in the pantry, Oi Dats my leg, Squelch or Hungry troll and the gobbos. Each had a casette song of trolls singing what could best be described as "hooligan chants".
If my memory serves, they are effing terrible.
Trolls in the pantry, Oi Dats my leg, Squelch or Hungry troll and the gobbos. Each had a casette song of trolls singing what could best be described as "hooligan chants".
If my memory serves, they are effing terrible.
Could be worse.
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Could be worse.
This review is gonna take a couple of hundred photos to do as well. I'm about half way through doing them all.
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This review is gonna take a couple of hundred photos to do as well. I'm about half way through doing them all.
One of the things that makes final girl work so well is emergent story telling from events and random rolls.
In this game, I barely had to attack the killer. This random werewolf just kept following him around eating his face. Good times.
In this game, I barely had to attack the killer. This random werewolf just kept following him around eating his face. Good times.
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
One of the things that makes final girl work so well is emergent story telling from events and random rolls.
In this game, I barely had to attack the killer. This random werewolf just kept following him around eating his face. Good times.
In this game, I barely had to attack the killer. This random werewolf just kept following him around eating his face. Good times.
A chaplin would be another name for it i would have though of.
September 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A chaplin would be another name for it i would have though of.
The Mediocre wargame companies really are embracing GenAI quite vigorously.
For people who claim to care about history, they sure love depicting faceless mutant handed soldiers carrying deformed weapons, fighting alongside magical choppers that float, but don't disturb smoke.
For people who claim to care about history, they sure love depicting faceless mutant handed soldiers carrying deformed weapons, fighting alongside magical choppers that float, but don't disturb smoke.
September 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Mediocre wargame companies really are embracing GenAI quite vigorously.
For people who claim to care about history, they sure love depicting faceless mutant handed soldiers carrying deformed weapons, fighting alongside magical choppers that float, but don't disturb smoke.
For people who claim to care about history, they sure love depicting faceless mutant handed soldiers carrying deformed weapons, fighting alongside magical choppers that float, but don't disturb smoke.
TVNZ, our national news network, funded by tax payers, just putting out absolute vibes based grifter mentality nonsense.
Getting rich starts with vibing that you are rich! Thinking poor, like wondering how you will pay the bills, is why you are poor!
Absolutely gross that is is on TVNZ.
Getting rich starts with vibing that you are rich! Thinking poor, like wondering how you will pay the bills, is why you are poor!
Absolutely gross that is is on TVNZ.
September 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
TVNZ, our national news network, funded by tax payers, just putting out absolute vibes based grifter mentality nonsense.
Getting rich starts with vibing that you are rich! Thinking poor, like wondering how you will pay the bills, is why you are poor!
Absolutely gross that is is on TVNZ.
Getting rich starts with vibing that you are rich! Thinking poor, like wondering how you will pay the bills, is why you are poor!
Absolutely gross that is is on TVNZ.
Mike described it as LED COB tape
September 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Mike described it as LED COB tape
Wellycon keeps using AI images in its promotional materials and I just think being a board game convention and embracing AI imagery is just a massive "fuck you" to the publishers you are also trying to sponsor the event.
How bloody tone deaf and short sighted of them.
How bloody tone deaf and short sighted of them.
September 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Wellycon keeps using AI images in its promotional materials and I just think being a board game convention and embracing AI imagery is just a massive "fuck you" to the publishers you are also trying to sponsor the event.
How bloody tone deaf and short sighted of them.
How bloody tone deaf and short sighted of them.
Fun fact, some guy in the USA decided that "Sir walter nash" sounded like a cool made up name for the vampire prince of chicago and didn't know how to use a search engine.
I played a lot of games where Sir Walter want wild, draining the blood of many enemies.
I played a lot of games where Sir Walter want wild, draining the blood of many enemies.
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Fun fact, some guy in the USA decided that "Sir walter nash" sounded like a cool made up name for the vampire prince of chicago and didn't know how to use a search engine.
I played a lot of games where Sir Walter want wild, draining the blood of many enemies.
I played a lot of games where Sir Walter want wild, draining the blood of many enemies.