This is a summary of the board games that saw my most interest, investment, hobby time, playing and enjoyment in 2023. It is not necessarily a direct reflection of my all time favourite games. This year saw few newcomers, where…
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A football manager board game that simulates the development and running of a club, complete with match days and league tables. This game can be played solo, where you are given a scenario objective by your board to complete, or…
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Trudvang is a solo or co-operative fantasy adventure with Nordic fantasy world theme. The game system is based on a swedish roleplaying game featuring some excellent and unique artwork style, and it is very much a branching story game where…
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Depeche Mode is the latest in my album ranking series, i have bought each one since their 1981 debut, now a total of fifteen releases. They have moved from melodic pop to some much darker electronic albums, and generally each…
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As a long time train commuter i read a lot of fantasy books from my teenage years onwards, but in the last decade or so i have read much less. I am ranking the various book series i have completed,…
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Kate Bush is one of my favourite music artists, a songwriter of amazing talent and versatility. Many of her albums have a theme or concept to them, with amazing cover images too that link into the lyrics to bring the…
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Later years is relatively speaking in the 2000s and beyond, because my reading over the last decade has been quite minimal after i stopped my commuting. These books represent the most recent series i have read and are therefore becoming…
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is an synth electronic group that became famous in the 1980’s, and has been one of my favourite artists. There have been an amazing 14 studio albums, with an emphasis on tuneful pop songs mixed…
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Frostpunk is a post apocalyptic world overcome by a severe ice age, where your small outpost of civilians is trying to survive the harsh conditions against all the odds, huddled beneath a huge generator, their only means to overcome the…
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Within the next period of reading, most likely in the 90’s but while i was still reading lighter fantasy books, these tended towards a darker or more complex fantasy worlds. These reads came with more mixed results compared to the…
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