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Charlotte (184 KP) rated Strength Check (Dungeons and Dating #1) in Books

Dec 24, 2021  
Strength Check (Dungeons and Dating #1)
Strength Check (Dungeons and Dating #1)
Katherine McIntyre | 2021 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
8
8.8 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Awesome geekiness!

This is awesome, fun, sensitive and moving. Watching a budding romance and the trials of two beautiful people is heart warming.
   It's great seeing the family dynamics and the problems that Roxie and Melody encounter. The resilience they show is inspiring to say the least.
   I'm loving this LGBTQ story, packed with geekiness, boardgames and a love of horror movies. I started to fall in love from the first page....I'm thrilled that it's the start of a series, I can't wait for the next installment
  
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Steven Dodd (1449 KP) created a post

Dec 17, 2020  
http://www.twitch.tv/Summonedgamesdm Here we go, we have been streaming during this boring time playing Dungeons 3 and now moved onto Griftlands. Bit of a delay from what was planned but, more preparation time for the campaign. We also have a mountain of boardgames we want to play and show you some prototypes we have been sent. So please come check us out and don’t forget, which has been news to me, if you have an Amazon Prime account you can link that Twitch and subscribe to your favourite streamer. A little support helps someone’s channel in a huge way
      
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Billy Keith Hall (419 KP) rated The Quacks of Quedlinburg in Tabletop Games

Feb 18, 2020  
The Quacks of Quedlinburg
The Quacks of Quedlinburg
2019 | Fantasy, Medical, Medieval
8
8.8 (12 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Contents are good quality and game play has very little downtime as all players play simultaneously. (0 more)
Some of the books (component listing what each ingredient'effect is) feel like their bonus is not worth their cost, meaning less people engage in using them as a strategy. (0 more)
Quacks is brilliant
An enjoyable game with a nice theme. The game play is quick and fun with multiple strategies available.

I'm not the luckiest person when it comes to boardgames, but I still enjoyed the risk factor of removing an extra ingredient just to move further around your swirling board... Even if it did regularly end in my potion exploding.
  
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Steven Dodd (1449 KP) created a post

Jan 24, 2021  
http://www.twitch.tv/Summonedgamesdm Here we have our stream link for you all. It is still our intention to play boardgames and roleplay games on stream. Until then we are playing various pc and Xbox games. Having fun and in the last few months have made it to affiliate and now pushing for 250 followers. If you’re there and bored come and lurk in the chat. Come say hello. A little view goes along way.
We stream on Tuesdays, Saturdays and sundays from 5.30pm GMT these are approximately times we start as life and things. There are random streams as well to try and boost to get us out of retail 😂😂😂 come on and support the underdogs ❤️❤️😜😜😘😘😘
      
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated Azul in Tabletop Games

Apr 15, 2018  
Azul
Azul
2017 | Abstract Strategy
9
8.7 (21 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Beautiful tiles and boards (1 more)
Semi simple abstract premise
Amazing abstract game with beautiful tiles
I tried this two player with my friend Brian the other day. It played quickly in about a 1/2 hour. I played very poorly and yet still loved it. He described the rules very well and yet I still didn’t grasp it until after I’d played two rounds. Now I feel dumb for not getting it. It is not easy but is still elegant. It makes my brain work in a completely different was from other board game. Which is what I love about BoardGames. There is so much subtle strategy in this game. Not just which tiles to take but when and which row to put them in and not painting yourself into corners. I see why it’s likely to win game of the year this year.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast in Podcasts

Mar 23, 2018  
The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast
The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast
Comedy, Games & Hobbies, Sports & Recreation
9
8.8 (11 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
Board Game Talk (2 more)
Knowledgeable Board Game Geeks
They sound like my friends, only they don't know me.
My Personal number 1, favorite podcast about boardgames. Give it a listen...
I love these guys, and they throw a great party at all the major conventions. This past year at Gen Con they took over a brewery and an entire city block. They are generous with their time and energy, and love what they talk about. The host does a kickstarter to do this professionally. The quality and the sheer amount of content is amazing, I can't imagine doing what he does with a day job. The scope of games they cover ranges from light weight card games to really heavy miniatures and they even have a Roleplaying podcast that wins awards too. Give them a listen and delve into the secret cabal world.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated Munchkin in Tabletop Games

Oct 5, 2018  
Munchkin
Munchkin
2001 | Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Humor
3
7.4 (35 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Funny drawings and silly ideas (0 more)
everything else. (0 more)
The most popular terrible game since monopoly
This is a game where you stab your friends in the back as you play king of the hill essentially. people gang up on the leader, and the game only ends when someone take a substantial lead.... which means the game can and does go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, until people get frustrated and don't want to play any more and give up and let someone win.... kinda like monopoly.... If you like these games, go out and get one of the 15,000 expansion and themed versions.... if you like boardgames to be strategic and have challenging choices and interesting mechanics, look elsewhere. I've played this game 4 times over 10 years, and each one reminded me why I didn't play it for so long between.... I will not be tricked again. I veto this on game nights.....
  
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Steven Dodd (1449 KP) created a post

Jan 24, 2021  
https://youtube.com/channel/UC7rZ1n5-FI76nAN8GSsjvRQ We are still uploading unboxing videos and hope to get some playthrough games going for the boardgames and accessories that we have been getting from Kickstarter and companies. Latest videos were Mortal Realms lastest magazine and premium bonus, status rings for your RPGs and these are rubber so not much chance of breaking, and Apex a deck building game of dinosaurs beating each other up!!
If you have a YouTube channel then let us know we would be glad to do sub for sub. We all got to get there and building a community is the best way forwards. Found this out over the last few months and it has helped massively on Twitch.
It’s free to subscribe and if you like what you see hit the notification bell and stay in contact. We are on Facebook as well www.Facebook.com/Summoned-Games please come help us out and we will return the love
      
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Steven Dodd (1449 KP) created a post

Oct 30, 2019  
We’ve done well. As we progress and load the channel up with content, I can honestly say I am enjoying it all. I get to play boardgames new and old and ones not on the shelf yet. We have made friends along the way and have had nothing but praise and thanks. We at Summoned Games are More than welcome to help along the way with your boardgame ideas and projects. I’d love to create a portfolio of games and accessories we assured in so far but, that would make me relax too much. Over a 1000 followers on Instagram, we are close to hitting 100 Subscribers on YouTube, and I’m preparing a dnd session for our step into live streaming. Yeah Twitch and YouTube best be ready.
In other news we will be there at ukgames expo 2020!!! We are going to try and game, record and get ourselves out there and help promote where we can.
Come along and join us here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7rZ1n5-FI76nAN8GSsjvRQ or on www.facebook.com/Summoned-Games and stay in touch.
      
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Paul Kellett (118 KP) created a post in Solo Gamers

May 9, 2019  
"Wait, you can play boardgames on your own? How does that work? Isn't it dull? and wouldn't you just rather play a video game?"

These are the most common questions I see asked whenever someone says they play solo boardgames and, if you have never experienced modern boardgames with solo rules, then you are quite right to wonder what, why and how. Let me shed some light on this side of our wonderful hobby.

You can never play enough games

Whilst we have a great group to play games on a Tuesday, 3-4 hours a week is not always enough to scratch that itch, especially if you want to play something bigger and more involved.

There are a lot of great games that need a good few hours to really get into and are not really suitable for playing in the pub on a Tuesday. If you can't meet up with anyone on other nights, then being able to play a game solo is a valid option.

Some benefits include:

*Being able to really get into the theme of a game

*Not having to worry about being slow and annoying anyone else

* Being able to play without distraction.

*Getting away from computer screens/technology.

So why play solo?

There are many reasons why people play solo games, from not having the time to get to game nights, needing something to do when the kids are asleep to just wanting to relax.

For me, I work on computers and my eyes are suffering from looking at screens all day so being able to sit down and play a boardgame is a great way to unwind and rest my eyes whilst still keeping my brain active. I can come home from work and play a short game (like Friday, Onirim or Deep Apace D6) for half an hour or more to unwind - much better than just vegging out in front of the TV.

I love deep, thematic games which tell stories. If I get a few hours free on a weekend, I can spend a Sunday afternoon lost in another world, no distractions, no stress, just me enjoying an interesting story. It's like reading a book but you are actually involved in the adventure.

So how does it work? Do you just play both sides against yourself?

No. Well, yes, you could and people do, but there is much more.

The solo gaming community has grown massively over the last few years with the 1 Player Guild on the Boardgame Geek website boasting well over 15,000 members worldwide and games designers are taking note (many of them being actively involved in the solo community themselves).

As such, many games released nowadays will have either variant rules for solo play or whole expansions or sets of cards designed purely for solo play. There are even games designed purely for solo players.

The easiest games to play solo are co-operative games. This type of game has players working together to reach a common goal in order to win the game. With a few exceptions (games with hidden traitor mechanics), all co-op games can be played solo either playing one character or taking control of two or more characters. This can get a bit heavy and confusing having to keep track of multiple characters' cards, skills, and what not, but if you know the rules fairly well, it gets easier. A lot of people do this to learn a game before bringing it to the club to teach to the rest of us.

Some good solo co-op games include:
* Robinson Crusoe
* Gloom of Kilforth
* Space Cadets: Away Missions
* Legends Untold

Then there are the games that have specific components purely for solo play. These will sometimes change the basic rules or add "Automa" or "dummy" players which function as close to a human player as possible. Usually this is a separate deck of cards that give instructions on what the dummy player will do each turn.

Games with Automa cards include:
* Scythe
* Viticulture
* Xia: Legends of a Drift System (The Automa is included in the Embers of a Forsaken Star expansion)

Finally there are the solitaire games, the ones designed from the start to be 1 player only games, these include:
* Friday
* Hostage Negotiator
* Deep Space D6
* Unbroken

A lot of these tend to be smaller, shorter games that are ideal for sticking in your bag and taking with you to play wherever you are. I often play a quick game of Deep Space D6 at lunchtime at work and when I am out working as drum tech for bands, it's cool to be able to fill in the downtime with a game of something.