Andrew Brassleay
@brass2000.bsky.social
Writer and editor. I run The Generations Games about family tabletop games and board games, including reviews written with my daughter. Autistic. Usually found on a mini-golf course. thegenerationsgames.substack.com
OK, not sure how this is news, but really glad Scott's not going hungry this morning.
November 19, 2024 at 9:51 AM
OK, not sure how this is news, but really glad Scott's not going hungry this morning.
This week's newsletter: Ian Livingstone on his new Fighting Fantasy book The Dungeon on Blood Island, and if there are plans to bring the series to TV screens...
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September 25, 2024 at 1:07 PM
This week's newsletter: Ian Livingstone on his new Fighting Fantasy book The Dungeon on Blood Island, and if there are plans to bring the series to TV screens...
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Reviewed with the kid: Super Ski Jump
Flinging yourself off a big hill is a tricky conversion for the notoriously flat tabletop. But Goliath Games has made a good fist of it.
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Flinging yourself off a big hill is a tricky conversion for the notoriously flat tabletop. But Goliath Games has made a good fist of it.
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September 17, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Reviewed with the kid: Super Ski Jump
Flinging yourself off a big hill is a tricky conversion for the notoriously flat tabletop. But Goliath Games has made a good fist of it.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Flinging yourself off a big hill is a tricky conversion for the notoriously flat tabletop. But Goliath Games has made a good fist of it.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Reviewed with the kid: Rhino Hero
Maybe our eponymous hero/deluded oaf will run out of towers to knock down, but we’ll be here to build them again.
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Maybe our eponymous hero/deluded oaf will run out of towers to knock down, but we’ll be here to build them again.
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September 9, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Reviewed with the kid: Rhino Hero
Maybe our eponymous hero/deluded oaf will run out of towers to knock down, but we’ll be here to build them again.
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Maybe our eponymous hero/deluded oaf will run out of towers to knock down, but we’ll be here to build them again.
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Reviewed with the kid: Dive
A tabletop game with literal depth
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A tabletop game with literal depth
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September 3, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Dive
A tabletop game with literal depth
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
A tabletop game with literal depth
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
This week's newsletter: The Shivers designer Andy Logan on his pop-up role-playing tabletop game and its upcoming expansion set, Triple Terror!
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August 29, 2024 at 10:29 AM
This week's newsletter: The Shivers designer Andy Logan on his pop-up role-playing tabletop game and its upcoming expansion set, Triple Terror!
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/the-shiver...
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/the-shiver...
Reviewed with the kid: Cup Final
Dodgy pitch? One-dimensional kick-and-rush tactics? Yes, it’s definitely the 80s again.
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Dodgy pitch? One-dimensional kick-and-rush tactics? Yes, it’s definitely the 80s again.
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August 19, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Cup Final
Dodgy pitch? One-dimensional kick-and-rush tactics? Yes, it’s definitely the 80s again.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Dodgy pitch? One-dimensional kick-and-rush tactics? Yes, it’s definitely the 80s again.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Reviewed with the kid: Valley of the Vikings
A barrel of laughs with Haba's Kinderspiel des Jahres winner.
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A barrel of laughs with Haba's Kinderspiel des Jahres winner.
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August 15, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Valley of the Vikings
A barrel of laughs with Haba's Kinderspiel des Jahres winner.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
A barrel of laughs with Haba's Kinderspiel des Jahres winner.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
'I feel sorry for whoever is going to have to listen to me teach the rules. Marriages have been ruined over less.'
‘What am I Playing at? is where we discuss board games with those outside the industry. This week we speak to author James Breakwell
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‘What am I Playing at? is where we discuss board games with those outside the industry. This week we speak to author James Breakwell
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August 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM
'I feel sorry for whoever is going to have to listen to me teach the rules. Marriages have been ruined over less.'
‘What am I Playing at? is where we discuss board games with those outside the industry. This week we speak to author James Breakwell
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/what-am-i-...
‘What am I Playing at? is where we discuss board games with those outside the industry. This week we speak to author James Breakwell
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/what-am-i-...
Reviewed with the kid: The Enchanted Tower
Sorcerers love locking princesses up in towers. Here's another one at it.
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Sorcerers love locking princesses up in towers. Here's another one at it.
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August 5, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Reviewed with the kid: The Enchanted Tower
Sorcerers love locking princesses up in towers. Here's another one at it.
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Sorcerers love locking princesses up in towers. Here's another one at it.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
This week's newsletter: we speak to Fingagolf designer Glyn Richards, about what makes this golfing tabletop adaptation different from the rest.
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July 31, 2024 at 3:10 PM
This week's newsletter: we speak to Fingagolf designer Glyn Richards, about what makes this golfing tabletop adaptation different from the rest.
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thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/fingagolf-...
Reviewed with the kid: Podium
Get a multi-sports fix tinged with corporate greed and excess between Olympic screen breaks with this tabletop version.
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Get a multi-sports fix tinged with corporate greed and excess between Olympic screen breaks with this tabletop version.
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July 29, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Podium
Get a multi-sports fix tinged with corporate greed and excess between Olympic screen breaks with this tabletop version.
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Get a multi-sports fix tinged with corporate greed and excess between Olympic screen breaks with this tabletop version.
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Reviewed with the kid: Dosa
More throwing games. This time with magnetised ice hockey pucks.
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More throwing games. This time with magnetised ice hockey pucks.
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July 22, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Dosa
More throwing games. This time with magnetised ice hockey pucks.
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More throwing games. This time with magnetised ice hockey pucks.
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Reviewed with the kid: Bugacula
Avoid a terrifying Hexbug before shooting for the moon in Ravensburger's family board game.
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Avoid a terrifying Hexbug before shooting for the moon in Ravensburger's family board game.
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#boardgames #tabletopgames
July 15, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Bugacula
Avoid a terrifying Hexbug before shooting for the moon in Ravensburger's family board game.
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#boardgames #tabletopgames
Avoid a terrifying Hexbug before shooting for the moon in Ravensburger's family board game.
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#boardgames #tabletopgames
Reviewed with the kid: Tin Can Alley
Could have just washed up my food cans and piled them up in the garden.
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Could have just washed up my food cans and piled them up in the garden.
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July 8, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Tin Can Alley
Could have just washed up my food cans and piled them up in the garden.
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Could have just washed up my food cans and piled them up in the garden.
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This week's newsletter: Award-winning game designer, podcast host and advocate Danielle Reynolds (@tokengaymer.bsky.social) on the state of the tabletop games industry and what goes into making a great family game.
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thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/danielle-r...
July 3, 2024 at 3:37 PM
This week's newsletter: Award-winning game designer, podcast host and advocate Danielle Reynolds (@tokengaymer.bsky.social) on the state of the tabletop games industry and what goes into making a great family game.
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thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/danielle-r...
Reviewed with the kid, you know, cos Wimbledon's on the telly: World Cup Tennis
1990s frying-pan mechanics on a foam court on this bizarre tabletop adaptation of the sport.
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1990s frying-pan mechanics on a foam court on this bizarre tabletop adaptation of the sport.
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July 2, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Reviewed with the kid, you know, cos Wimbledon's on the telly: World Cup Tennis
1990s frying-pan mechanics on a foam court on this bizarre tabletop adaptation of the sport.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
1990s frying-pan mechanics on a foam court on this bizarre tabletop adaptation of the sport.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Reviewed with the kid: Total Action Football
Ideal's tabletop football game's USP is omitting the flicks of Subbuteo and replacing it with a push mechanism.
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Ideal's tabletop football game's USP is omitting the flicks of Subbuteo and replacing it with a push mechanism.
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June 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Total Action Football
Ideal's tabletop football game's USP is omitting the flicks of Subbuteo and replacing it with a push mechanism.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Ideal's tabletop football game's USP is omitting the flicks of Subbuteo and replacing it with a push mechanism.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Reviewed: Cranium
A family board game that's stood the test of time. But are we the right family to play it?
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A family board game that's stood the test of time. But are we the right family to play it?
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
June 10, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Reviewed: Cranium
A family board game that's stood the test of time. But are we the right family to play it?
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
A family board game that's stood the test of time. But are we the right family to play it?
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Reviewed with the kid: Disc Golf
Ruin a good walk by plastering these flags all over the place.
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Ruin a good walk by plastering these flags all over the place.
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June 10, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Reviewed with the kid: Disc Golf
Ruin a good walk by plastering these flags all over the place.
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Ruin a good walk by plastering these flags all over the place.
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Reviewed with the kid: Don't Wake up the Doggy
Yes, yes, it’s a knock-off of Don’t Wake Dad.
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Yes, yes, it’s a knock-off of Don’t Wake Dad.
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June 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Don't Wake up the Doggy
Yes, yes, it’s a knock-off of Don’t Wake Dad.
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Yes, yes, it’s a knock-off of Don’t Wake Dad.
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Reviewed: Quoits
The hoop-throwing garden game gateway to other garden games.
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The hoop-throwing garden game gateway to other garden games.
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May 31, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Reviewed: Quoits
The hoop-throwing garden game gateway to other garden games.
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The hoop-throwing garden game gateway to other garden games.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
Reviewed with the kid: Beanbag Toss
Chuck bean bag on board or in hole. That’s it. That’s the game.
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Chuck bean bag on board or in hole. That’s it. That’s the game.
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May 31, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Reviewed with the kid: Beanbag Toss
Chuck bean bag on board or in hole. That’s it. That’s the game.
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Chuck bean bag on board or in hole. That’s it. That’s the game.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/game-revie...
This week's newsletter: Henry Lowood on curating board gaming's past.
The Stanford University professor has documented video gaming's history. Now he's turning his attention to the tabletop.
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#boardgames #tabletopgames
The Stanford University professor has documented video gaming's history. Now he's turning his attention to the tabletop.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/making-his...
#boardgames #tabletopgames
May 30, 2024 at 3:39 PM
This week's newsletter: Henry Lowood on curating board gaming's past.
The Stanford University professor has documented video gaming's history. Now he's turning his attention to the tabletop.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/making-his...
#boardgames #tabletopgames
The Stanford University professor has documented video gaming's history. Now he's turning his attention to the tabletop.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/making-his...
#boardgames #tabletopgames
This week's newsletter: We speak to the creator of Nightshift: Navigate a strip club and its oddball clientele in a TTRPG, designed by an ex-dancer, which aims to build empathy for those working in the industry.
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#boardgames
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#boardgames
May 22, 2024 at 12:48 PM
This week's newsletter: We speak to the creator of Nightshift: Navigate a strip club and its oddball clientele in a TTRPG, designed by an ex-dancer, which aims to build empathy for those working in the industry.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/nightshift...
#boardgames
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#boardgames