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Automation Empire: First Impressions

Automation Empire is a computer game where you create a production system to drill or mine resources and then sell them or refine and combine them into more profitable materials. I’ve spent about 8 hours, an hour or two at a time over the last week playing this…

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Games

A Review of “Fleet”, a Card Game

“Fleet is an exciting, strategic card game with in-depth decisions and thrilling game play that new and experienced gamers can enjoy! In Fleet, you’ll acquire licenses, launch boats, and fish the great briny blue. The player who best manages his resources and acquires the most VP via fish, licenses, and…

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Games

Pax Pamir Second Edition Just Arrived

UPS delivered the game a day early. That doesn’t make up for me being at the end of the list at the distribution center but it helps. I had Pax Pamir on my Christmas List last year and by the time my mom looked at the list, the…

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Games

Barrage Board Game First Impressions

Barrage is a worker placement (euro) game where players compete to product power from hydroelectric power plants. In this review, I will describe my first impressions of the game starting with unboxing and finishing with me stopping a game against myself (me vs. me) at the end of…

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Games

Playing Pipeline (a board game)

First, I want to apologize for not taking pictures of the actual games. I usually end up posting some image I “borrowed” from the internet and it’s time I stopped doing that so you can see just how great or terrible my games can go. Pipeline is a…

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Games

Tokyo Metro – First Impressions

I played Tokyo Metro for the first time last night with two friends. I need writing practice so here’s my first impression of the game. Tokyo Metro is a worker placement game with some automated train movement and a stock-based economic feature. The game is played in rounds…

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Games, Random Thoughts

Taxes and Board Games

I was doing my taxes a few days ago because, for some reason, I thought it would be good to get them mailed before the normal non-extended tax due date. It was a philosophical decision. I had a moment of panic in the morning before I got out…

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