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Tag Archives: board games

At Least Asmodee Listens To Their Players

01 Monday Jun 2020

Posted by John Samuel in Game Reviews, reviews

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board games, business analysis, games, User Experience, UX

Sometime back I ranted about a recent upgrade to Asmodee Games’ Ticket to Ride app, specifically a non-modal “It’s Your Turn” banner that introduced a risk of significant errors because of the way it was implemented.

It turns out that I wasn’t the only player unhappy with it and, to their credit, Asmodee Games responded fairly promptly with the following commitment to remove the banner: Continue reading →

After School Dice Club (2019)

22 Sunday Mar 2020

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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After School Dice Club, board games, games, gaming, Houkago Saikoro Kurabu, Saikoro, Whisper of the Heart

Key Visual

Source: AnimeLab

I noticed on Friday 28 February that Anime Lab had picked up After School Dice Club[1] and had finished it by the following Saturday night.

Yes, Saikoro is that much fun if you’re a board gamer. Continue reading →

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Weekly Photos: 23/04/2017

24 Monday Apr 2017

Posted by John Samuel in Weekly Photos

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board games, Canberra, games, Perth, photography, photos, sf cons, SwanCon

This gallery contains 22 photos.

A bit of a range from the tail end of SwanCon, some autumnal colours during the week, and a walk …

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New Year Boardgaming with Thanks, 2017 edition

03 Tuesday Jan 2017

Posted by John Samuel in Game Reviews, reviews

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board games, Cuba (Board Game), games, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Unspeakable Words

As is my usual practice I mostly passed the New Year playing board games at an event hosted by friends. Once again I’d like to thank my friends for hosting me, and I’d also like to thank them for tolerating my current obsession with Sentinels of the Multiverse.

Fortunately you won’t have to deal with that again next year[1]. 🙂

I tried a couple of new games, and both are on the possible “to-buy” list. Continue reading →

Sunshine Blogger Award 2016

24 Saturday Dec 2016

Posted by John Samuel in anime

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anime, board games, Gall Force, games, Hibike! Euphonium, Kimagure Orange Road, Kimi no Na wa, Robotech, Rocket Girls, Sound! Euphonium, Your Name

sunshine-blogger-awardI’m surfacing after an intense but successful project[1] and finally noticing some blogger awards that have come my way. These are basically a fun way to prompt posts with a bit of a Q&A format, so here goes.

The first order of business is to thank the lovely Artemis over at Otaku Lounge.

The “rules”[2] here are basically: Continue reading →

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