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This is a summary of the board games that saw my most interest, gameplay, hobby time, funding and general enjoyment in 2018. This year my time painting models reduced a little compared to previous years, and kickstarter arrivals became more focused on…
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Over the last couple of years kickstarter has become a key place to find new great looking fantasy adventure games, and i selectively back where i think they could challenge my own collection. Gloom of Kilforth (Sept 2015) – the first…
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Descent 2nd edition is still good enough to fight its corner well against newcomers, and Fantasy Flight Games really should keep it going. A 3rd edition which has an even better app driving it as a co-op dungeon crawler would…
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Nemesis by Awaken Realms arrived and makes an attempt to hijack the top of the games list, just before the year end. If you ever wanted to experience Aliens in a board game setting, then this has to be the…
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When i received the original kickstarter release, initial impressions on the contents were that this is a top quality game. The models are very good by plastic miniatures standards, maybe slightly soft on some thinner weapons, but i was impressed…
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It has always been my intention to continue to collect this game, but with new dungeon crawlers appearing, it is seemingly impossible to have enough painting time. As my Descent models have to all be painted for continuity, it means my…
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I have owned this game for over four years, and am still making the effort to work through expansion boxes. Whilst expanding your player cards is important, and deck building will improve your chances of success, i obtain the most excitement from…
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The enemies in this game are a little different in that they are individually generated each time, by combining banners, stat cards and drawing abilities from a bag, it offers an unbelievable number of combinations, so you will never be quite…
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Sword & Sorcery is now a year old in my collection and after my initial run on painting the core set heroes, I have been slow to continue my progress, despite really liking this game. Going with one set of…
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