#anna wermlund

Top 50 Games Played of All Time - 2024 Edition (#40-31) @RavensburgerNA @garphillgames @PlayRenegade @CosmodromeG @_dailymagic_ @tgryphgames @AportaGames @LookoutSpiele @alderac @JohnDClair @gmtgames

Two weeks and two entries into this list. Maybe I’ll be able to actually do this weekly, unlike in 2022! It was interesting doing a Top 50 rather than a Top 25. Some games have fallen enough that they wouldn’t even be listed if I was just doing a Top 25. A couple of others, even with a big increase from last time, they wouldn’t show up because they didn’t jump enough! It’s also heartening…

New to Me #boardgames - December 2022 @gmtgames @wizkidsgames @AportaGames @days_of_wonder

December was a curtailed month for games. The last game I played was on December 13 (or December 16 if you count my Combat Commander ladder game I played on a Friday night). Between a Sunday Funday being snowed out, Christmas falling on a Sunday, as well as the last week before Christmas being all “work from home” (and thus no games got played at lunch), it was a short month! I still managed…

Rebel Nox – Review – Aporta Games

Publisher: Aporta Games Game Type: Trick Taking, Alliance, 1 vs many Designer: Helge Meissner Designer: Eilif Svensson Artist: Kwanchai Moriya Designer: Anna Wermlund Designer: Kristian Amundsen Østby Initial Year of Release: 2018

Theme and What is it?

Trick taking in the world of Capital Lux. When alliances that will determine your ability to win or lose are at stake, what could go wrong?

A…

Essen Spiel Top Ten

Essen Spiel 2018 was a madhouse. There is no other way to explain it. The games released have some of the coolest ideas, possibly ever in this hobby. Every time we attend a new to us convention, we learn all sorts of interesting things about the hobby.

Licensing is a huge part of the hobby, that we do not see state side. Publishers worry so much about licensing agreements, that they risk their…