First, holy cow, what a luxurious game experience this is…we were hooked after the very first play! RETURN TO DARK TOWER, a full-on remake of the classic, by @RestorationGame. Plays like a board game, feels like an rpg. Outstanding all around!
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Next, this very simple game plays a bit like Tetris, you try to make a patchwork quilt and collect buttons. Simple to learn but addictive as heck, we can’t stop playing it. Just finished a game, in fact! PATCHWORK by @Asmodee_USA. You will enjoy this a lot!
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Next, this is our favorite so far of the @FunkoGames Disney park games. All are fun but some are a bit more for kids…this one manages to grab the vibe of the ride incredibly well, and has real strategy. The art and design are top-notch!
HAUNTED MANSION-CALL OF THE SPIRITS! 4/
Next, the incredible UNMATCHED by @RestorationGame and @MondoNews! Two player arena combat, with characters from myth, literature, and pop culture, all combinable, one of the FUNNEST games ever. Can’t stop!
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Then, we love this, arena fighting with Disney characters, DISNEY SORCERER’S ARENA, EPIC ALLIANCES. This game has astounding balance, suspense and replay value. Fight Gaston with Mickey, Stitch with Ariel, and it plays like a dream! From @TheOpGames!
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Next is Tsuro, by @CalliopeGames, just a gorgeous, simple abstract game, but with deep strategy and replayability. This is the fancy new collector’s edition, but there are lots of versions to try!
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And finally, for board games, we just got @DiceThrone and Marvel Dice Throne, from the nice people at @roxleygames and @TheOpGames, and I have to say, after just one game, we are totally hooked. It might be a new top five game! Gorgeous and fun as heck!
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And finally, for the rpg crowd, we cannot recommend THE ONE RING by @FreeLeaguePub enough. It feels like playing the actual Tolkien books…magnificent design, mechanics, and story. Just get it!
So, that’s it for today because @RocketSpouse is taking me out for birthday seafood. :)
All of these games are highest recommendation, you can’t go wrong with any of them. As always, these are my real opinions, not paid by anyone!
A few years back, we went to a greyhound sanctuary, to get a new greyhound, because our beloved previous one had passed.
Some of you remember this, maybe. There were two we fell in love with, we asked YOU guys which one to take.
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And you of course said, BOTH, and we are weak in the face of greyhound adorableness, so we took both home.
One had been a breeder, and she was fairly socialized already, Elektra. The other had an injury, so she had almost no human contact and was scared of everything.
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We named her Vixen, after the DC Character.
She was very, very scared for a long time. The first night, she just stood in a corner and shivered and drooled.
Many greyhounds get almost NO human interaction, and don't know how to be dogs at all.
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Today’s #TableTopGails journey is a super fun one because it’s different from all the others.
A lot of people have said gaming is an expensive hobby, and it really can be. Collectible games and KS games can run into the three figures easy.
So I did a thing.
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I decided to look online and see if I could find a good deal on a box of games I knew NOTHING about.
The idea was to see if I could make a small starter game library for less than the cost of many big box games.
Yesterday the box arrived. THIRTY POUNDS OF GAMES.
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No is paying me for any of these, nor did they send them like most of the games I receive. I looked at my favorite gaming bargain site, @Tabletop_Deals (I really do look every day) and found a sale and just ordered like a big goober.
It’s a simple, enjoyable tile placement game that plays great solo or with more players.
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Created by @kevinwilson42, you place matching tiles of a tranquil lake, and when you can match a square block of four, you place a round wooden ‘blossom’ in the center.
You have eight blossoms and must place them all before running out of tiles.
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The ‘lies’ are really beautiful in themselves, so even if you ‘lose,’ it’s fun to play. It’s the only game where the instructions tell you to wear loose clothes and drink good tea, I think.
One time, at a con in Chicago, a reader I had never met asked me to help propose to his girlfriend. She was going to wait in line, and he wanted me to give her the ring, and sign 'Will you marry _____?' on a comic.
I agreed, but was nervous...
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...because I didn't know him OR his girlfriend. I have done similar proposal things in the past, but this one made me nervous for some reason.
I don't do this anymore because it puts a lot of extra pressure on the person being proposed to.
BUT.
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I had a huge line, I was completely swamped. So the guy asked if he could bring her back later that afternoon, like six hours later.
So I agreed, but couldn't really talk because of the line. So I said, set it up with my husband, @RocketSpouse.
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