Mark Jackson
@akapastorguy.bsky.social
follower of Jesus, husband, father, former pastor, boardgamer, writer, blogger, Legomaniac, Disneyphile, likely to have the same Christmas list at age 60 as he did at age 10
October #boardgames recap… thanks to @bgstatsapp.bsky.social!
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
October #boardgames recap… thanks to @bgstatsapp.bsky.social!
September gaming… a good bit of solo play plus multiple BGA async tournaments. And the chance to try some oddball new stuff thanks to my son and some good friends.
October 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
September gaming… a good bit of solo play plus multiple BGA async tournaments. And the chance to try some oddball new stuff thanks to my son and some good friends.
Age yourself w/a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
My first movie(s) were Jungle Book and Charlie the Lonesome Cougar as a double feature.
My first movie(s) were Jungle Book and Charlie the Lonesome Cougar as a double feature.
September 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Age yourself w/a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
My first movie(s) were Jungle Book and Charlie the Lonesome Cougar as a double feature.
My first movie(s) were Jungle Book and Charlie the Lonesome Cougar as a double feature.
September 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
September 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
August was a big month for BGA gaming... and the discovery of Unstoppable & Sniper Elite. I'm working on reviews of Flamme Rouge: Grand Tour (excellent expansion) and Tales of the Arthurian Knights... and my every four month solo gaming report is just a week or so away.
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
August was a big month for BGA gaming... and the discovery of Unstoppable & Sniper Elite. I'm working on reviews of Flamme Rouge: Grand Tour (excellent expansion) and Tales of the Arthurian Knights... and my every four month solo gaming report is just a week or so away.
They’re here…
review of the new Heroscape stuff coming very soon!
review of the new Heroscape stuff coming very soon!
July 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
They’re here…
review of the new Heroscape stuff coming very soon!
review of the new Heroscape stuff coming very soon!
Usually, it's an issue of card art/graphic design bleeding into those spaces.
I blame this on Legendary being published by a collectibles company (Upper Deck) rather than a game company. (Compare the card design of DC DBG to Legendary, for example.)
I blame this on Legendary being published by a collectibles company (Upper Deck) rather than a game company. (Compare the card design of DC DBG to Legendary, for example.)
July 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Usually, it's an issue of card art/graphic design bleeding into those spaces.
I blame this on Legendary being published by a collectibles company (Upper Deck) rather than a game company. (Compare the card design of DC DBG to Legendary, for example.)
I blame this on Legendary being published by a collectibles company (Upper Deck) rather than a game company. (Compare the card design of DC DBG to Legendary, for example.)
My wife actually enjoys it since it's cooperative and she likes playing games with the boys.
She started calling the attack value icon "bacon" and now we have ended up saying it. She's not wrong - it does look a bit like bacon. (see card below)
And now I'm hungry.
She started calling the attack value icon "bacon" and now we have ended up saying it. She's not wrong - it does look a bit like bacon. (see card below)
And now I'm hungry.
July 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
My wife actually enjoys it since it's cooperative and she likes playing games with the boys.
She started calling the attack value icon "bacon" and now we have ended up saying it. She's not wrong - it does look a bit like bacon. (see card below)
And now I'm hungry.
She started calling the attack value icon "bacon" and now we have ended up saying it. She's not wrong - it does look a bit like bacon. (see card below)
And now I'm hungry.
June was a good month for #boardgames…
July 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
June was a good month for #boardgames…
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Friday night gaming w/a house guest + a wonderful time on Father’s Day playing w/my sons via BGA & Discord.
June 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Friday night gaming w/a house guest + a wonderful time on Father’s Day playing w/my sons via BGA & Discord.
On a road trip & listening to The Cars first album… first, dang - this holds up well for being 40+ years old.
Second - the wisdom of crowds… what genre is this? New Wave? Pop? Ocasek-ness?
Second - the wisdom of crowds… what genre is this? New Wave? Pop? Ocasek-ness?
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On a road trip & listening to The Cars first album… first, dang - this holds up well for being 40+ years old.
Second - the wisdom of crowds… what genre is this? New Wave? Pop? Ocasek-ness?
Second - the wisdom of crowds… what genre is this? New Wave? Pop? Ocasek-ness?
My weekend #boardgames included an interesting smattering of old & relatively new… and a LOT of solo play of Undaunted 2200: Callisto. (It’s really really good.)
April 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My weekend #boardgames included an interesting smattering of old & relatively new… and a LOT of solo play of Undaunted 2200: Callisto. (It’s really really good.)
Here's the whole pictures of my March boardgames, thanks to @bgstatsapp.bsky.social.
April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here's the whole pictures of my March boardgames, thanks to @bgstatsapp.bsky.social.
March gaming... and, no surprise, Arydia remains #1 for eating up my playing time. :-)
April 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
March gaming... and, no surprise, Arydia remains #1 for eating up my playing time. :-)
I still have my "ancient" copy - but the newer edition is is better in almost every way. (See next part of my reply)
Well, except that I've got the painted resin alien figures from the original game - and they're hecka cool.
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#boardgames
Well, except that I've got the painted resin alien figures from the original game - and they're hecka cool.
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#boardgames
March 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I still have my "ancient" copy - but the newer edition is is better in almost every way. (See next part of my reply)
Well, except that I've got the painted resin alien figures from the original game - and they're hecka cool.
1/2
#boardgames
Well, except that I've got the painted resin alien figures from the original game - and they're hecka cool.
1/2
#boardgames
Tremendous game of Northgard yesterday… lost to extremely clever play (my game score would have won if we’d reached round 7).
Check out the Kickstarter going on for the expansion and the base game from @opensesamegames.bsky.social… 1/2
Check out the Kickstarter going on for the expansion and the base game from @opensesamegames.bsky.social… 1/2
March 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Tremendous game of Northgard yesterday… lost to extremely clever play (my game score would have won if we’d reached round 7).
Check out the Kickstarter going on for the expansion and the base game from @opensesamegames.bsky.social… 1/2
Check out the Kickstarter going on for the expansion and the base game from @opensesamegames.bsky.social… 1/2
February was another great month for Arydia…
March 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
February was another great month for Arydia…
I totally agree... I'm a huge fan of Astro City. Thank you to @kurtbusiek.bsky.social for creating a world I love to dive into... and I'm pretty sure I've reread these stories more than any other graphic novel I've encountered.
February 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I totally agree... I'm a huge fan of Astro City. Thank you to @kurtbusiek.bsky.social for creating a world I love to dive into... and I'm pretty sure I've reread these stories more than any other graphic novel I've encountered.
