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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
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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 🎲
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Won Monopoly: The Lord of The Rings Edition on 2023-01-08 with 4 players, winning score: 43 🎲
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November was a little quiet on the board game front. Only two games played. Going to have to make up for that in December.
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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.
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🎲 had a pretty good month playing board games over October. The winning stats are well down from repeated attempts to beat the Dark Side Rising and Death Eaters Rising
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Coming to the conclusion that the “Rising” board games are impossible to beat. Played almost a dozen times across the Star Wars and Harry Potter versions and never come close to winning. 🎲
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Playing Skyrim: The Adventure Game. Not gonna lie, it’s a bit of a learning curve with the kids. But it’s still pretty epic.
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🎲 Opening up the door and discovering my copy of the new Skyrim board game had been delivered was quite the start to the day!
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I have spent way to much time this week organising my Marvel Champions collection, only to discover I need more packs to add to my Marvel Champions collection. 🎲
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Happily defeated Ungoliant’s Spawn with a little help from Gandalf and Aragorn. Second play through was a little tougher than the first, but still fun! 🎲
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My mid-life crisis
Early in the pandemic, I was looking for a new hobby. For the past couple of decades, I’ve enthusiastically enjoyed spending my free time playing video games as my “hobby of choice”. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that whipping out the old DualShock (DualSense now?) to bring be less joy. All of this aligned with me hitting my 40s. I’d never had as much disposable income. My kids were hitting the age where they can look after themselves a little bit. Continue reading →
