From the Ashes
My favourite game Talisman is 40 years old today. I have never played that first edition, but I did play it from the 2nd edition onwards....
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JW
- Oct 25
Just My Cup of Joe (Awesome Autumn Solocon #1)
Deck-building and dice rolling, a match made in heaven. G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game was tailor-made for me, except for the theme - I had...
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JW
- Oct 20
Awesome Autumn Solocon
It's a school holiday over here in The Netherlands, so we went on our annual trip to a cabin in the woods. The weather seems bad enough...
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JW
- Aug 24
Great Expectations: Summer 2023 - Games Edition
I'm on vacation (in my own house), and starting to relax. Everything is sunny and fine. 🌞 So what better time than now to look ahead. My...
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JW
- Dec 2, 2022
Here Comes That Fuzzy Feeling
The best (gaming) month of the year is here again: Dicember! Dicember is a yearly challenge on BoardGameGeek, organized by user...
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JW
- Sep 24, 2022
But wait, there's more! (Bare Essen-tials, part 2)
Yeah. Another year we’re not going. But if I was, these are some of the games I’d check out at Essen Spiel 2022. I am not someone who...
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JW
- Jul 24, 2022
A B C, it's easy as 1 2 3
This summer I’m hosting an alphabet challenge in the Dutch and Belgian solo board gamers Facebook group. Good fun. Though I’m not...
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JW
- Jun 10, 2022
... (Four Months Later)
Where was I. Like I said in A Game a Day, this year's theme is: "Play More Of My Owned Games and Play My Owned Games More". So, did I in...
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JW
- Feb 6, 2022
A Game a Day... (January 2022)
Well, to tell you the truth you don't have to do anything at all to keep the doctor away. They're always awfully busy and it's been...
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JW
- Dec 29, 2021
End Times 2021: JW's Playlist
Everybody had a hard year Everybody had a good time Oh yeah Oh yeah Well, I don't know about you of course, but I sure had. 2021 was a...
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JW
- Dec 27, 2021
End Times 2021: The Art of Shopping
I like to play games that are new to me. I am not a chess player who gets his kick out of improving himself at a game. I absolutely suck...
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JW
- Dec 8, 2021
Whatever happened to... Solotober?
In October JW joined a challenge to play a different solo game every day. He also aimed to get ten games off the shelf of shame that...
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JW
- Dec 1, 2021
Underground
On the occasion of the 2021 People's Choice Top 200 Solo Games, we share some favourite games with you as well. Today JW puts the...
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JW
- Oct 28, 2021
Solotober 2021 - week #2
Yes, I'm still playing a different solo game every day for Solotober 2021. It's just been hard to find the time to report. So without...
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JW
- Oct 21, 2021
Solotober 2021 - week #1
Welcome to the first full report. To recapture: during Solotober 2021 my goals are: Play a different solo game every day Play at least 10...
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JW
- Oct 11, 2021
Solotober 2021
At the beginning of this year, I proudly declared: "2021. No goals. No challenges." But I can't help myself, I've just joined the third...
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JW
- Sep 30, 2021
Knowing me, knowing Uwe
A-haaah. This week Cadet Stimpy inquired: Where is JW in the Best Uwe Game Thread on BGG? This "best thread" turned out to be a request...
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JW
- Sep 4, 2021
Privileged Eurocentric Art and Culture Exhibition
Heroes. My 10-year-old daughter has to prepare a presentation for History class in school about a hero whose actions had a dark side as...
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JW
- Aug 2, 2021
Su mesa es mi mesa
Once upon a long, long time ago the 1 Player Guild was formed on Board Game Geek. Originally a place to hang out for fans of the 1 Player...
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JW
- Jul 2, 2021
21 Q2: Backin' the USSR
I almost said to myself: "Well done!" As I only backed one big game and one small game on Kickstarter these last three months. But then...
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