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viy (52)in Board Gaming • 5 years ago
Not suitable for use in microgravity.
Klondike Solitaire is a glory hog. It and its most popular sister, Spider, like to pretend they're the only game in town, but secretly, there are hundreds of excellent solitaire…
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viy (52)in Board Gaming • 5 years ago
...without all that tedious mucking about in hyperspace.
Some games get made because they'll be fun, while others are made to prove a point. Hanabi, for example, is much more interesting than actually fun - it's a cooperative game…
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viy (52)in Board Gaming • 5 years ago
An entirely accurate portrayal of the school system.
In Lovecraftian horror, resistance is generally useless, but gosh do the characters try. They'll cling to society, and order, and knowledge, as if staying within the realm of…
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viy (52)in Board Gaming • 5 years ago
Round and round and round it goes...
The board game Love Letter is kind of a meme, at this point. A small velvet bag of 16 cards helped the gaming community realize that quantity is not quality, and people haven't…
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viy (52)in Board Gaming • 5 years ago
I mainly just like to draw pretty polyominoes.
"Roll and write" is a poorly named genre. Half of them don't even use dice. The idea of them is, something gives you random information, be it dice, or cards, or something else…
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viy (52)in Board Gaming • 5 years ago
It's just "Solipsism: The Board Game."
AwSHUX, this year's big digital board game convention, ended earlier today. I had the privilege of "going", and even played some games with their creators. Though, so did…
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viy (52)in Board Gaming • 5 years ago
Trophies for everyone!
Oh hey, look, it's me! V! I review board games. Today, I'll be reviewing Trophies, by Facade Games. Trophies is probably the lightest game I'll ever review, but for a first…
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viy (52)in #introduceyourself • 5 years ago
My introduction post
Hi, everyone! My name's V (that's how you pronounce viy, clearly), and I've inadvertently become an amateur board game reviewer over the years, among other things. This account…
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