Played Back to the Future: Back in Time today with my daughter. And just as we were getting a rhythm, Marty disappeared from the photo and we lost.

Next time.

Won #StarWarsTheCloneWars on 2024-06-08 with 3 players 🎲

This looks incredible. Have thrown my pledge in for the deluxe edition: The Witcher: Path of Destiny

Spent the past couple of days playing Familiar Tales, which my daughter got for her last birthday. It’s a pretty epic campaign based game. We only finished the first chapter, but had a lot of fun doing so. We thought we were doing well on the last mission of the chapter, but then things changed … read more

For the past few times the kids have gone to Nanna’s, the wife and I have tried to beat Box 2 of the Monster Box of Monsters expansion to Hogwarts Battle.

Before yesterday, we had played that box 6 times, and lost every time.

But yesterday, we prevailed. It was glorious.

This game did not go well for us. Too many expensive cards up front we couldn’t afford, devastating our ability to recover dark arts attacks.

It was devastating.

Played a truly epic game of Outer Rim with the family yesterday. Took us all day, and involved intense Sabbac competitions, snarky battles between players and the elimination of Hera Syndulla by Jyn Erso for the win.

And yes, we played with the Skyrim game mat.

The kids have been at Nanna’s overnight, so we played The Lord of the Rings board game for the first time today.

Loved it. Made quite a few mistakes, and our tactics were all over the place. We got a few spots along Shelob’s Lair before Sauron reclaimed the One Ring…

Might try to play again tonight.

This was so much fun, even though the girls decided to gang up on me. Had victory snatched from my fingertips at the last moment.

Played #MunchkinDisney on 2023-03-11 with 3 players, winning score: 10

I hate losing. This weekend, my wife and I played the Hogwarts Battle board game, with the Monster Box of Monsters expansion. It had been a while since we last played, but I’ve been tracking our board game plays over the past year so I set us up to work through the second box of the expansion. We … read more

Played against Lauren while the kids played video games. Ended up getting lots of spells that forced her to discard cards from her hand, so she couldn’t get enough tokens to gain new cards. Her defeat came quickly, in the end.

Won #HarryPotterHogwartsBattle–DefenceAgainsttheDarkArts on 2023-02-19 with 2 players, winning score: 3

First play through of Goonies: Never Say Die today.

I played as Goondocks Master, Lauren, and Kara played as Goonies; Mikey and Data respectively.

Made a few mistakes, like I didn’t put out enough enemies in the early stages. But was still enough of a challenge for us all as we got used to the game.

A lot of fun, though! Looking forward to some different adventures.

Played #TheGooniesNeverSayDie on 2023-02-18 with 3 players

Played The Hobbit: An unexpected party with the whole family today. It obviously took longer with 4 players, but it was just as enjoyable.

Won #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedParty on 2023-02-12 with 4 players, winning score: 23 #bgstats 🎲

Cracked open The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party board game from the Christmas gift haul today with my daughter.

It is stunning.

The art is simply gorgeous. From the characters to the cards to the board itself, it is both The Hobbit you know and love, and something new as well.

The gameplay has just enough challenge to keep it interesting, but simple enough for the kids to enjoy.

Will definitely be pulling this game out regularly.

Won #TheHobbitAnUnexpectedParty on 2023-01-24 with 2 players, winning score: 27

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Shared victory of our first game of Harry Potter House Cup Competition with my wife.

Played on 2023-01-14 with 4 players, winning score: 290 #bgstats

The family wasn’t happy that I won the first game by taking the Ring of Power to Mount Doom, so they demanded we play again.

And so I bankrupted all of them.

There were tears.

Won Monopoly The Lord of The Rings Edition on 2023-01-08 with 4 players, winning score: 172 🎲

Won Monopoly: The Lord of The Rings Edition on 2023-01-08 with 4 players, winning score: 43 🎲

Won Munchkin Harry Potter on 2023-01-07 with 3 players, winning score: 10 🎲

November was a little quiet on the board game front. Only two games played. Going to have to make up for that in December.

This year I bought (and played) a lot of board games, but so far I’ve not found a good way to display them. I have a few on floating shelves, but the weight scares me. I need a dedicated shelving solution, but I’m not sure I have the space for it. Suggestions welcome.