Freshly added to BGG: The Great Escape
Let’s forget all about pretty nice relaxing Euros about planting trees, nature spirits, and merciless economic supremacy over the Rhine...
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Athena
- 3 days ago
Watch your Back: Week October 2 to 8
It's an Oktoberfest of games this month, with the Essen Spiel taking place and lots of crowdfunding releases. The first week is somewhat...
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Athena
- Sep 25
Watch your Back: Week September 25 to October 1
8 games will be launching next week, so let me take a deep breath and let's get started. *** First off, Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game....
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JW
- Sep 24
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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Athena
- Sep 21
Bare Essen-tials
JW reminded me that Essen Spiel is going to take place at the very beginning of October this year, so I went through the BGG preview list...
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Athena
- Sep 18
Watch your Back: Week September 18 to 24
Zerbique had already prepared us for this week's heavy hitter, Daybreak. Let's see what else is launching around the same time. *** So,...
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Zerbique
- Sep 12
Freshly added to BGG: Boring!
Today’s theme is a bit unusual: I have tried to gather in one post all the games that I personally find the most boring and unappealing,...
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Athena
- Sep 11
Watch your Back: Week September 11 to 17
Projects keep coming down on us like autumnal rain, and this week has no less than 7 in store. Let's check them out. *** Kingdom Come:...
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Athena
- Sep 3
Watch your Back: Week September 4 to 10
Oh boy, here comes an avalanche of games launching in the coming days, so brace yourselves. *** Let's start with a solo heavy hitter:...
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Zerbique
- Aug 29
Freshly added to BGG: August 29, 2022
Today I decided to group games by pair, so you’ll have 6 “duels” between games sharing obvious similarities. 1. Ravenousness Human life...
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Athena
- Aug 28
Watch your Back: Week August 28 to September 3
It's the end of August, and things are starting to gather pace. We have four games launching next week, so let's see how they ease us...
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Athena
- Aug 21
Watch your Back: Week August 21 to 27
We have one game and one (or two) expansions launching this week, as we approach the end of summer. *** ... and the game is Gabe...
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Zerbique
- Aug 15
Freshly added to BGG: August 15, 2022
Next edition of the freshly added stuff! All the new, all the shiny, all the promising games! Starting with Set A Watch: Forsaken Isles....
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Athena
- Aug 14
Watch your Back: Week August 14 to 20
Hiking, cyberpunk adventures, and decorating your flower shop: all these and more on crowdfunding platforms this coming week. Let's check...
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Athena
- Aug 7
Watch your Back: Week August 7 to 13
Ah, let me savour these quiet days of August with just a couple of games launching from time to time... before the avalanche of autumn...
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Zerbique
- Aug 3
Freshly added to BGG: Special "More of the Same" Edition
Designing new games is complicated. They have all the chances to be lame. They may fail to get the interest of board gamers drowning...
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Athena
- Jul 31
Watch your Back: Week July 31 to August 6
A chill week games-wise is ahead of us, with just two releases. Let's see what they are. *** Tiny Robot Love Doctors is a 1-4 player...
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Athena
- Jul 24
Watch your Back: Week July 24 to 30
Man, it's the end of July and games keep pouring out like crazy. I've got seven jotted down in my calendar, let's take a look. *** Dodos...
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Athena
- Jul 17
Watch your Back: Week July 17 to 23
I thought summery months were kinda relaxed crowdfunding-wise, but creators don't go on vacation, apparently. We have no less than 6...
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JW
- Jul 11
Freshly added to BGG: July 11, 2022
Right. I've been given a very weird mix of games to work with this week. If there was supposed to be a theme, I've missed it, sorry. I'll...
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Athena
- Jul 10
Watch your Back: Week July 10 to 16
After a short, much-needed vacation, I'm back to duty. Four games are scheduled to launch this coming week. Nothing special enough to...
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JW
- Jun 30
Freshly added to BGG: June 30, 2022
With great joy we bring you demons, trains and flip-and-writes. You don't need a new idea to make a new game. That said, some of these...
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Athena
- Jun 26
Watch your Back: Week June 26 to July 2
Last week of June, and the pickings are relatively slim. Here's what we have. *** Button Shy Games is doing a reprint campaign of a few...
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JW
- Jun 22
Mail shredder #1: Money to Burn
While cleaning out the office, I noticed we get an awful lot of mail over here. And no one ever reads the stuff! So let's try out a new...
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Athena
- Jun 18
Watch your Back: Week June 19 to 25
This is going to be a quick post since, as far as I know, there's just one soloable game launching next week. Let's check it out. *** You...
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Athena
- Jun 13
Watch your Back: June 13 to 18, 2022
Hello again, I apologize for my absence in the past couple of weeks but things have been pretty rough lately what with a new job I detest...
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Zerbique
- Jun 12
Freshly added to BGG: June 12, 2022
Today’s post is organized into three parts: first, board games with standard themes (I got a bingo with the combo...
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Zerbique
- Jun 6
Crowdfunding games launching this week (June 6-12)
It's a quiet week for crowdfunding, but here is what we have a store for the following days (mostly tomorrow, actually). First in Flight...
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Zerbique
- May 29
Freshly added to BGG, May 29, 2022
New games are popping up like mushrooms and it is time for me to make some broth out of them. I’ll start with the one most likely to draw...
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Athena
- May 22
Watch your Back: Week May 22 to 28
As we're nearing the end of May, 6 more games are popping up on Kickstarter and Gamefound. Here's what they are. *** Bark Avenue is a 1-5...
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Zerbique
- May 21
Freshly added to BGG, May 21, 2022
Today’s venture into the misty realm of half-announced novelties and confused shapes of board games yet to be realized will be in two...
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Athena
- May 15
Watch your Back: Week May 15 to 21
We are in mid May, I have a nasty cough, and the temperature here in Athens is 28 degrees Celsius. But let's talk business and see which...
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Zerbique
- May 8
Freshly added to BGG, May 8, 2022
I’m back from another dive into the obscure depths of BGG with plenty of new titles to expose to the lights of Solitaire Times. Starting...
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Athena
- May 7
Watch your Back: Week May 8 to 14
In the crowdfunding pot for next week we have four games simmering. Let's see what they are. *** The Tiny Epic series is still going...
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Athena
- May 1
Watch your Back: Week May 1 to 7
Finally, a relatively quiet week with just four planned game launches. Let's see what they are. *** Euthia: Torment of Resurrection is...
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Zerbique
- Apr 28
Freshly added to BGG, April 2022
For today I have a large diversity of themes, from a weird take on dungeon crawling to superheroes to hippie festivals, plus some...
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Athena
- Apr 24
Watch your Back: Week April 24 to 30 (Part 2)
Let's continue next week's overview with another 4 games (check out Part 1 if you haven't yet). *** G.I. JOE Mission Critical is a 1-5...
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Athena
- Apr 23
Watch your Back: Week April 24 to 30 (Part 1)
The last week of April has a lot to offer if you're itching to pledge, so let's jump right in. *** After a successful launch of the...
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Athena
- Apr 17
Watch your Back: Week April 17 to 23
Happy Easter to everyone celebrating it this week! In case you want some games to back as a holiday treat, here's what's on offer. ***...
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Zerbique
- Apr 11
Freshly added to BGG, March 21, 2022
Ah! It’s Spring and new games are blossoming with the same vitality and diversity as ever! I’ll start with a few expansions for...
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Athena
- Apr 10
Watch your Back: Week April 10 to 16 (Part 2)
Let's continue with Part 2 of our overview and another 5 games. Here is Part 1. *** The Paradox Initiative is a 1-4 player competitive...
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Athena
- Apr 2
Watch your Back: Week April 3 to 9
The bulk of April's crowdfunding releases has been scheduled for the middle of the month, so we can catch our breath for a few days....
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Athena
- Mar 26
Watch your Back: Week March 27 to April 2
The last week of March will bring us an artistic area control game, a worker placement game set in ancient Rome, a polyomino euro by...
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Athena
- Mar 20
Watch your Back: Week March 20 to 26 (Part 2)
We continue our weekly preview with another 4 games (here is Part 1). *** Mercurial is a 1-4 player competitive dice- and hand-management...
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Athena
- Mar 19
Watch your Back: Week March 20 to 26 (Part 1)
As mentioned in our previous crowdfunding overview, March is churning out games like hot buns, and this week's batch contains 8 new...
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Zerbique
- Mar 18
Freshly added to BGG, March 10, 2022
After a small hiatus due to your newshound being busy chewing some tough bones, here I am, yapping like crazy about all sorts of new...
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Athena
- Mar 12
Watch your Back: Week March 13 to 19
March is one of the busiest months of the year crowdfunding-wise, and this week we are going to see the release of 7 new games. Here's...
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Zerbique
- Mar 8
Freshly added to BGG, March 2, 2022
Let’s begin with something free: there’s a new series of solo games playable with a traditional deck of cards called Solitaire Legends....
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Athena
- Mar 6
Watch your Back: Week March 6 to 12 (Part 2)
We continue our crowdfunding preview with 4 more games - here is Part 1, in case you missed it. *** There was a time, not too long ago,...
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Athena
- Mar 5
Watch your Back: Week March 6 to 12 (Part 1)
So. Many. Games. I mean, I know it's good to have options but when I see 9 new games launching on the same day (give or take one day), I...
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