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jlovessw
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Board gaming enthusiast. Bookworm. Science fiction and fantasy fan.
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Soloing Pirates of Maracaibo tonight. #boardgames
Pirates of Maracaibo board game with the cards set up on the blue player mat with bright blue and navy blue wooden pirate ships on two of the cards. A row of gold wooden cubes is on the left.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Starting off today’s board gaming with one of my favorites, Wyrmspan. #boardgames
Wyrmspan board game at the end of a two player game. Two player boards are in the table with cards, coins, and resources on them. In the middle are additional game boards with red and purple player markers and cards on them. To the right are multiple bowls of resources in various colors.
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Soloing Nusfjord tonight 🐟 #boardgames
Nusfjord board game at the end of a solo game with the red and blue player pieces on the board
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Played with the new Mandalorian faction pack for the Star Wars deckbuilding game tonight. This is the way. #boardgames
The Mandalorian card at the front of a hand of cards from the Star Wars deckbuilding game with the Mandalorian faction pack expansion
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Stopped by my FLGS today to buy the Mandalorian faction pack for the Star Wars deckbuilding game and also impulsively bought Vegas Strip off their sale table. I love a good sale ❤️ #boardgames
The Mandalorian faction pack for the Star Wars deckbuilding game on the left and and the Vegas Strip game on the right
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Soloing The Guild of Merchant Explorers tonight. First time this has hit the table since June. #boardgames
The Guild of Merchant Explorers board game during solo play using the blue explorer pieces
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Getting snowed in again this evening so I am soloing Tiny Epic Galaxies 🚀 #boardgames
Tiny Epic Galaxies board game during a solo game with the blue player on the left and the solo card and pieces on the right in red
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Our most-played games in November. Kiddo loves playing Magical Athlete so much we have already played it more than 15 times 😊 #boardgames
BG Stats 4 x 4. Magical Athlete; The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition; Sail; Agricola (Revised Edition); Viticulture Essential Edition; Penny Black; Explorers of Navoria; It's a Wonderful World; Tokaido; boop.; Dune: Imperium; Terraforming Mars; Dinosaur Island; Everdell: Collector's Edition; Wingspan; The Castles of Tuscany.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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What to do while our breakfast casserole cooks in the oven? Play some Viticulture 😊 #boardgames
Viticulture board game with the yellow player board in the foreground, the main game board in the middle, and the Viticulture and Tuscany boxes in the background Spicy sausage, egg, and hash brown casserole right out of the oven
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Today’s board gaming fun: Cascadia, Creature Comforts, and Flamecraft. #boardgames
Cascadia board game Creature Comforts board game with the yellow bunnies Flamecraft board game with the pink dragon on the left and purple on the right
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Having a lot of fun and laughs playing Magical Athlete while the turkey cooks in the oven. #boardgames
Magical Athlete board game with three player pieces on the board
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Did a little ABC board gaming tonight. First we played Azul followed by Boop and then Carcassonne. #boardgames
Azul board game Boop board game with the orange cat’s victory Carcassonne board game with the blue and black player meeples
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Learning how to play Destination: Neptune tonight. #boardgames
Destination: Neptune board game during the second generation with the yellow and purple player pieces on the board
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Today’s gaming adventures: Power Plants, Agricola, and Dice Miner. #boardgames
Power Plants board game Agricola board game Dice Miner board game
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Today’s adventures in board gaming: Sail, Penny Black, and Ticket to Ride London. #boardgames
Sail board game with the ship on the winning space on the board with green cards 6 and 7 in the foreground Penny Black board game stamp book with purple, green, pink, red, black, and orange stamp pieces on both pages Ticket to Ride London board game with the red and blue bus pieces set on routes on the board
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Text from hubby: Can we play more Castles of Burgundy tonight?

Me: Absolutely!

All set up for game night tonight ❤️ This is one of my favorite games to play solo and I love that he is now a fan too after just learning to play it last weekend 😊 #boardgames
The Castles of Burgundy set up for a two player game. A player board is on each side of the game board in the middle of the table. Reference sheets and dice trays are also on the table along with bags and cups of hex tiles, coins, and worker chips.
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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In the mood for some solo Everdell with the Mistwood 🕷️ expansion this evening. The shadow under the tree is giving off some extra spooky vibes. #boardgames
Everdell with the Mistwood expansion. Nightweave is in the meadow along with seven cards.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Found a good deal on a used copy of The Networks at a local store. Learning how to play it this evening 📺 #boardgames
The Networks board game during season two of a two player game
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Been a busy, busy morning so I am relaxing during lunch with some solo Tokaido. #boardgames
Tokaido board game during a solo game. The grey player piece is in first at the inn followed by yellow in second and purple in third.
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Soloing It’s a Wonderful World this afternoon. #boardgames
It’s a Wonderful World board game after the end of the third round of a solo game
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Finally taught my hubby how to play The Castles of Burgundy and he loved it ❤️ #boardgames
The Castles of Burgundy at the end of a two player game. Winning player was red with blue in second.
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Learning the print & play solo variant for The Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-Earth this morning. #boardgames
The Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-Earth board game set up for solo play using the Smaug character card
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Played our 50th game of Wingspan tonight. #boardgames
Wingspan at the end of a two player game
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Finally getting The Castles of Tuscany off our shelf of opportunity and learning how to play it today ❤️ #boardgames
The Castles of Tuscany set up at the start of a two player game with the blue player on the left and yellow on the right
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Playing Explorers of Navoria this morning. #boardgames
Explorers of Navoria board game in the middle of a two player game
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM