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Tag Archives: Ticket to Ride
The 12 Games of Christmas — Board Games are not ALL Terrible!
First, Merry Christmas! Secondly, we have all been there. A family Christmas turns toxic when someone suggest playing a board game, and Aunty drags Monopoly out of the cupboard. Now Monopoly can be a lot of fun I guess – … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Reviews and Past Events, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged 7 Wonders, Agricola, Atlas Games, best board games, Cthulhu 500, Dominion, GMT Games, Hanabi card game, King of Tokyo, Love Letter card game, Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Star Wars: X Wing, Ticket to Ride, Twilight Struggle, what christmas board games to buy, Z Man Games
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Boardgame Review: Settlers of Catan
Another review with a link to a free on-line version of the game –.if you like games, and are bored with Monopoly, Risk, and Cluedo (I’m not a great fan) this is a fun and fairly simple game playable in an hour to an hour and a half. And it is a really good one, a real classic. Five out of five as far as I’m concerned! In fact I would say even if boardgames are not your thing, then like Ticket to Ride this is a game well worth buying anyway. Continue reading
Posted in Games, Reviews and Past Events, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged 2d6, Becky Smith, board game, board games, boardgame, boardgames, Kevin Sides, Luke Price, Mayfair Games, PlayCatan, Polly Cox, Polly Draper, Settlers of Catan, Settlers of Catan Review, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride Europe, www.catan.com
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Boardgame Review: Ticket to Ride Europe
OK, so this year for Christmas I took a huge risk and bought Becky a boardgame Ticket To Ride Europe. I am happy to say this proved to be an excellent choice! If you enjoy games, whether a hard-core gamer, or are just someone who likes to play something with friends other than Chess or Bridge or Strip Poker from time to time, I’d seriously consider buying this game. Even if you normally don’t like games, give it a go! And do read the review – because I include details on how you can try it out from the comfort of your own pc for free… Continue reading
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Tagged Becky Smith, board games, boardgame reviews, boardgamers, Christian Jensen Romer, CJ23, David Curtin, Days of Wonder, Diplomacy, Ed Woods, educational games, eurogames, Europe in 1901, family games, game reviews, online board games, online TTR, railway games, reviews, Risk, things that look incredibly boring but are very addictive to play, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride Europe, train games, wholesome family fun
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