01 Monday Jun 2020
Posted in Game Reviews, reviews
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
22 Sunday Mar 2020
Posted in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews
Tags
After School Dice Club, board games, games, gaming, Houkago Saikoro Kurabu, Saikoro, Whisper of the Heart
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
24 Monday Apr 2017
Posted in Weekly Photos
Tags
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 …
03 Tuesday Jan 2017
Posted in Game Reviews, reviews
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
24 Saturday Dec 2016
Posted 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
I’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
Pirates of the Burley Griffin 