This session review includes my recent visit to the SoCal Gamesday and the games played there. I've also added on some observations about a game I have played with my wife and another that I played with my parents.

Next show: Another themed show.

Show Notes:

Games mentioned:

GemBlo

Blokus

Travel Blokus

Rumis

Blokus Trigon

Alhambra

Wallenstein

Metro

Streetcar

Tsuro

Hansa

Coloretto

Kardinal und Konig (Web of Power)

Hive

6 Nimmt!

Contract Rummy

500

Geschenkt

Additional links:

SoCal Gamesday

Orange County Board Gamers

Have Games Will Travel

Boardgames To Go

Player X (Sam Johnson's Video Game Podcast)

The Dice Tower

Tom Vasel's Gemblo Review

Lionheart Games (no link, here is how to get there)

Mindware Online (buy Hive cheap)

Here they are - games I like despite the fact that they aren't so great by modern Euro-game standards. I haven't played any of them recently but I still want to talk about them. Two of them are hard to find, but one of them can be bought at the grocer. This is indeed part one, as I've got a longer list that I will get to soon.

Thanks for the recent feedback. Please keep it coming! It is always good to hear from folks who are enjoying the show.

Next up: Back to more modern games in a Session Review show.

Show Notes

Games Mentioned:

Clue

Clue Jr.

Clue FX

Clue VCR Mystery Game

Clue D&D

Clue: Disneyland Haunted Mansion

Block Mania

Mega Mania

Judge Dredd

Space Hulk

Dark Future

Warhammer Fantasy Battle

Lie Cheat and Steal

Fast Food Franchise

Monopoly (only in passing, I promise!)

The Game of Life (ditto the previous statement)

 

Additional Links

Harry Potter

Heart

Kim Deal (from Pixies)

Bilinda Butcher (from My Bloody Valentine, who made one of the greatest records ever and then just stopped)

Clue: The Movie

Madeline Kahn

Games Workshop

2000 A.D. (Judge Dredd)

Judge Dredd, a pretty lousy movie…

Fantasy Flight (who are releasing all of those new editions of classic GW games from the 80’s)

The Vintage Gamer Podcast by Jim Van Verth

 

Although I'm firmly in the camp that prefers face-to-face gaming to the online board game experience, it can still be fun when you can't get together with friends. You can find me on BSW and Spiel by Web under the name: sheylon.

 

Also, Skype has become a good part of increasing the interaction while playing BSW. You can find me on Skype with the name Boardgamebabylon. If you catch me online, please say ‘hello’ or challenge me to a game!

Here is another session review with some games my wife Christina and I played with our friends Clark and Lisa. We played two new ones (new to us) – Reiner Knizia’s Tutankhamen, Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling’s Evergreen and Alan Moon’s original Ticket to Ride, which just gets a brief mention.

Show notes

Games mentioned:

Tutankhamen

Evergreen

Ticket To Ride

Gold Digger (Goldrausch)

Ticket To Ride: Marklin Edition

Other links:

Out of the Box Games (Apples to Apples is an irresistible party game)

Tom Vasel’s excellent interview with Wolfgang Kramer

Boardgamenews.com

Thursday (which once got an unfairly bad rap from one Arthur Dent)

Thanks for all the recent feedback. Lots of nice comments on the Caylus show – it is all much appreciated. Anything further can be sent to: sheylon@gmail.com.

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