M E C H A N I S M S ⚙ M O N D A Y
🇪🇺 it's just another manic Monday 🎵, and because it's #mechanismsmonday's birthday today, @jim.gamer decided to shake things up. choose whatever you want that's to do with game mechanics: your favourite mechanism, a mech from your favourite game, a mech you'd love to play, your most liked mech Monday post... anything goes! and there are prizes to be won! 🥳
I decided to combine two of the above, with one of my favourite mechanics, tableau building (or engine building) and one of my favourite games, Raiders of Scythia. I just love how you build your crew and provide them with horses and eagles. and how about that awesome all women crew I hired, illustrated by Sam Phillips?
in short: what's not to like?! have you played? and do you like tableau building?
for those of you wondering: this stop motion is made up of 626 pictures.
next week? @tableforoneboardgames has chosen dice placement as mechanic. Roll Player, Under Falling Skies and Castles of Burgundy, anyone? 💛
🇳🇱 het mechanisme van vandaag? wat je maar wil! #mechanismsmonday bestaat 1 jaar, en @jim.gamer besloot dat te vieren 🥳. post over je favoriete mechanisme, een mechanisme uit je favoriete spel, je meest gelikete mech monday post... wat je maar wil! en ik zeg het maar even: er zijn prijzen te winnen!
🎲 Raiders of Scythia
👷♂️ Shem Phillips
🎨 Sam Phillips
👥 1-4 players
🏭 @garphillgames@renegade_game_studios
R O L L I N G ⛳ R E A L M S
🇪🇺 a little teaser before my review is going live next week, because I bet you're curious about those realms in this sweet roll and write from Stonemaier Games.
since Rolling Realms came in last month, this game shot up to my second most played game this year (excluding apps and Steam plays), with 32 plays. yes, the minigolf course from the Automa Factory is addictive.
more next week!
🎲 Rolling Realms
👷♂️ Jamey Stegmaier, Automa Factory
👥 1-6 players
🏭 Stonemaier Games
4 0 1 📮 P O S T S
🇪🇺 wow, caught that 400th post a bit too late. I've been posting daily this vacation – since I'm on vacation I limit myself to pictures instead of stopmotions, and cut down on the lengthy posts 😅 – so it snuck up on me, and with no room for boxes in the car, I give you: a player board for my #100postmemento, thought up by @boardgamereviewuk .
no silly, I can't really choose one favourite, so swipe to see the gaming bag I brought with me. packs quite some games if you want to!
🇳🇱 400 posts! oké oké, geschiedvervalsing. 401 posts. tijd voor de #100postmemento van @boardgamereviewuk : mijn favo spel van dit moment. plus alle andere favo spellen die ik in mijn spellentas propte.
F I R S T ☝️ I M P R E S S I O N
🇪🇺 it's Friday and amazingly enough I had time to play a new game today, thanks to @tinymeeple2019 for the lend. time for the lovely @kay_plays_games 's #firstimpressionsfriday🎲 with a stop motion — rare these days, I know — of Santa Monica.
I wanted to play this for a while, and if it hadn't been for the ridiculous box @alderacentertainment thought up I'd have bought this aeons ago.
👍 puzzly set collection...
👍 ...with added tableau building
👍 official solomode on bgg
👍 replayability through end-game scoring and in-game actions
👍 easy to manage solo opponent
👎 👎👎 the box, because are you shitting me?! this could have easily fit into a box a quarter of the size, and it doesn't even have a board to justify the massive amount of air inside.
so. @alderaceg . it's been 5 years, time for a small box version, don't you think?
🎲 Santa Monica
👷 Josh Wood
👥 1-4 players
🏭 @alderacentertainment
🇳🇱 zie boven.
🐚 O V E R K I L L 🐟
🇪🇺 might have gone a bit overboard after two January losses, but at least I left the sea better than when I started.
🇳🇱 eindelijk Conservas aan het spelen!
O N E 🎴 S H O T
🇪🇺 just so IG won't shove part of the next 📸 in your face. with plenty of space around this pretty Spirited Away hanafuda card so IG can't mess up even more of my very much square feed.
totally going to solo this Japan find with @pencilfirstgames hanafuda solo rules.
🇳🇱 hanafuda! op zo'n manier dat IG het niet kan verpesten!
F I R S T 🎆 L A S T
🇪🇺 my first play of Forage on the last day of the year. probably never gonna beat this score ever again. also my last post this year, which has seen slightly more gaming than the year before. maybe next year I'll be able to make time for some heavy sologames again. no resolutions though, apart from getting through next year in one piece. physically and mentally.
right now, Pim and I are enjoying some time together abroad before returning to the madhouse also known as our life. we've been enjoying Japan immensely, although it's getting busier with obvious (i.e. non native) tourists every time we go. catching our breath in Tamano right now, which is an endearing town south of Okayama. swipe to see some pictures I took today on Naoshima, one ferry ride away.
this was me playing a quick sologame while Pim loaded the dishwasher. happy new year!
🇳🇱 eerste keer Forage op de laatste dag van het jaar. gelukkig nieuwjaar!
when people on your flight voluntarily start playing Monopoly as soon as they're in their seat.
(I proceeded to checking the games section on the in flight entertainment. it was all roumd rubbish.)
S T R A T O ⚡️ B O X
🇪🇺 weekend at the parents! I posted earlier about the not so small Strato box, but sometimes a not so small box can be handy. managed to put in six games total!
what are you playing this weekend?
🇳🇱 ik ben geen fan van te grote spellendozen, maar soms is het toch wel handig.
S M A L L 🎁 B O X 🀄 G A M E S
🇪🇺 fed up with small box games stuffed in drawers and crates? ikea hack the hell out of the Knagglig crates. put them on some Eket legs, make some shelves, and there you go: your small box games on full display.
more in my highlights.
🇳🇱 nieuwe ikeakast! wat vind je ervan?
E C O 🌍 F R I E N D L Y
🇪🇺 I love it when publishers go through thw trouble of making their games eco friendly. look at those wrapped cards! also: it takes me less than a second to unwrap, versus the ten minutes it takes me to give up on cards wrapped in plastic and take out my scissors.
🇳🇱 milieuvriendelijke spellen! ik hou ervan. plus: zoveel makkelijker uit te pakken!
E S S E N 🛍 D A Y 2️⃣
🇪🇺 when there's an Essen day 1, there's bound to be an Essen day 2, and here it is.
this was my Friday haul! I've already played 10 games from the Thursday haul, but from this pile I've only played 1. it was a hit with the almost 6 year old, can you guess what it is?
bought one game I already own a crappy pnp-version of: Ukiyo for € 3,-. how could I resist?
🇳🇱 de zesjarige heeft al een favorietje. kun je raden welke het is?
