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 February, March, April and May? Read on and find out. In February I mainly played Marvel Champions (15x) and Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (13x). I don't remember much of that month. I guess it sucked. Most months do. 🤪 In March I played Toe-to-Toe Nu'klr Combat with the Rooskies, because I felt a sudden urge to drop the big one on Mos

Tonight was my first "game night" here in Forest! I started with something great: arranging stuff in an insert. I actually purchased the same beautiful wooden insert twice, as it was on sale at Philibert; the insert was supposed to be both for Risk 2210 A.D. and Risk Godstorm. I own both games, tried the former, and it's a truly excellent and exciting multiplayer game, that I can easily recommend. It fixes about everything that was wrong about Risk. So, building these inser

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 unplayed owned games ("the shelf of shame") And: digital plays don't count October 4: Space Empires 4X It may not be from my Shelf of Shame, as I've played it once before, but it was my first solo session, which also felt as an accomplishment. Me against the Doomsday Machines. Unfortunately I made some rules mistakes. The first few rounds I

A Gentle Rain is a solitaire (and possibly co-op) tile laying game about water lilies blooming in a pond. This is a very small box game designed by Kevin Wilson (designer of Arkham Horror, among others), and available to purchase from Mondo Games' website. All you have to do in A Gentle Rain is match up flower halves by placing tiles in the best possible way. You start the game with a stack of tiles and place one down each turn. The tile you place must match with at least one