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Eric (What's Eric Playing?)
@whatsericplaying.bsky.social
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I'm Eric! Board game reviewer, photographer, and American Tabletop Awards Committee Member.

New board game reviews every Monday!

Patreon: http://bit.ly/wep-p

(he / him)
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Oh that's not how that emoji is colloquially used
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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[Chomp Review]

If you lose badly enough you have to be a chomp chump

I'll be here all week, folks

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/10/chomp/
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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[Piña Coladice review]

Honestly this entire game made me wonder why I don't keep a few piña coladas somewhere in the house. There are so few thematically-appropriate drinks for games.

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/10/pina-coladice/
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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[Championland: Volleyball review]

only way you're gonna catch me playing sports

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/03/championland-volleyball/
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November 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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[Oddland review]

honestly they had me at pigehorse or whatever

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/27/oddland/
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October 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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[Cascadia: Landmarks review]

i just really enjoy talking about Cascadia, y'all

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/27/cascadia-landmarks/
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October 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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i'm just saying if they can make a cyberpunk looney tunes they can make a cyberpunk this

for other sequel ideas, hit me up

(fliptoons review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/13/fliptoons/
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October 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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we're going up, up, up, to the lakes

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes preview, specifically

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/13/cascadia-alpine-lakes/
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October 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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there are two types of people

people who think terrariums are cool

and liars

(glass garden review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/06/glass-garden/
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October 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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it's another cool art week at What's Eric Playing?, but it's almost always cool art week

heeeere's beasts

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/06/beasts/
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October 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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are you looking for both information on an EXIT game and a good example of what a "fine." review looks like from me?

well EXIT: The Venice Conspiracy has both

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/29/exit-the-venice-conspiracy/
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September 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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look if you can trust What's Eric Playing for one thing it's that I'm not gonna let y'all go without seeing games that are really pretty to look at

so here's my review of Mercurial: Alchemia, hitting KS soon

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/29/mercurial-alchemia/
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September 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Fuck off with that large language model horseshit
September 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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i sincerely hope that they keep making sports dice games until I'm dead and buried

(sports dice: basketball review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/22/sports-dice-basketball/
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September 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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pushy pushy penguins would have been a fun name too, though it would have brought to mind hungry hungry hippos

(this is a review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/22/push-push-penguin/
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September 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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I have no idea why I kept typing twonkle twonkle when I was writing this review, but if you catch any instances of it please let me know thanks

maybe I'm just sleepy

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/15/twinkle-twinkle/
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September 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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all this magical city needs is motorcycles and then we're really cooking

(duel for cardia review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/15/duel-for-cardia/
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September 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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bit risky to name a game "tearable" but hey I still had a good time with Tearable Quest

(review)

please appreciate how much work using all the discarded scrap paper for the photo was

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/08/tearable-quest/
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September 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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it's games with a major horizontal component week on what's eric playing? (i'm running out of distinct themes)

kick it off with a Time to Panic review from IV Studio!

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/01/time-to-panic/
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September 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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squabblin? with my goblins?

it's more likely than you think

(a nuanced review of squabblin goblins)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/25/squabblin-goblins/
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August 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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I think the sign for this photo should be BOARD GAME REVIEW

(this was funnier in my head)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/25/caution-signs/
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August 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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a murder mystery game, starring you!

(dying message from oink games review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/18/dying-message/
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August 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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I just really like bag-building games, y'all

(let's check out the upcoming Satchel Quest!)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/18/satchel-quest/
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August 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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it's theme park time

(let's talk about the new button shy game - lands of amazement)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/11/lands-of-amazement/
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August 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
whatsericplaying.bsky.social
(to the moonraker theme)
moonrollers

that actually might have been the goldfinger theme in my head, but here's the review anyways

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/11/moonrollers/
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August 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM