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New Year Resolutions

January 13, 2018January 13, 20185 Comments

New Year is a great time for making promises we won't keep by February, but it can also be a great motivator especially when it helps you to focus on something you love such as board games! My Resolutions Start a blog (killing it) Play more of our games, clear that shelf of shame! Spend … Continue reading New Year Resolutions

Who is Board Geek Girl?

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018Leave a comment

Hey, I'm Board Geek Girl, although people usually call me Carly. Or Tomato but that's a whole other story... I got into board games nearly 3 years ago now and it's completely taken over my life! In a good way. Although my bank balance may disagree... My new years resolution in 2018 was to finally … Continue reading Who is Board Geek Girl?

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Coin collector 😍🤑 Metal coins are my favourite game upgrade. Some of these came with the games (Scythe, Dinosaur Island etc), some sets are to use with multiple games (Unit and Pirate sets from @drawlab) and some are just awesome first player tokens. All of them are beautiful! I wish every game used coins 😂 I found these little jars in the pound shop, they had drawing pins and paper clips in, but they are the perfect size to hold my dice sets so I can just grab them for whatever game they might work with! What's your favourite game that uses coins, whether it's cardboard or metal?

No spoilers. (Although I don't think it's really a game that has spoilers, but just to be safe 😉) We played the tutorial and first case today for Chronicles of Crime! 🕵️🕵️🕵️ This is a nice lazy Sunday afternoon game. If you like Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, you'll probably like this game! It plays quicker and with less story telling but it's fun and a really cool way to integrate tech into a board game. 🕵️🕵️🕵️ The VR scenes are probably the best part, although I can't see this being great from more than 1-2 people as there's not much for individuals to do. But depends on the group I guess! Looking forward to digging into some tougher cases!

I thought I'd taught all our friends to play 7 Wonders already, but we found one who had never played! This was rectified last night with two games. 7 Wonders is one of my favourite games to teach as it's always enjoyed by everyone who plays. I upgraded the coins with these metal beauties from @drawlab! These are the more generic Unit ones as I figured they could be used in multiple games. I was hoarding a lot of money in the game because I wanted all the coins 😂 all about the money and military!

We played Parade at lunchtime today! It's been a while since we played games at lunch as we usually sit outside during summer lunch breaks but now the weather is turning we have more opportunities to game. Silver lining! Parade is an intriguing game, very simple but tricky none the less. Considering lowest score wins, my 30 to Daniel's 16 points wasn't great 😂🤦 Anyone played Parade with more than 2p? How does it compare?

So. Much. Game mail!! Chronicles of Crime KS pledge arrived. Parade finally got reprinted. Welcome To came back in stock. And ultimately I have no self control. I think I might need to do some rulebook reading this evening ready for the weekend! What would you play first?

Wits & Wagers is a trivia game where knowing the answers isn’t necessary, in fact, it’s often highly unlikely! All the questions have numbers for answers and each player writes down their guess on their board which are then arranged on the play mat from smallest to largest. The number that’s closest without going over wins the round, so it’s entirely possible to win the game without getting a single ‘correct’ answer! 💲💲💲 But the games not just called Wits… There’s also Wagers to make! Will you double down on your own answer, or after seeing everyone else’s, change your mind and bet on another answer? The winner is the player with the most money at the end of the game so place your bets wisely! 💲💲💲 A great family game for 3-7 Players!

Campy Creatures Second Edition and expansion is live on Kickstarter today! I'm really excited about the new mechanics in the 2nd edition to add more replayability and the expansion doubles down on this by adding even more. My favourite thing of all though is the homage to Little Shop of Horrors 😉 if you didn't get this game first time around I highly recommend it! If you have the first edition, you'll get a free upgrade pack if you back the expansion! Win win! Check out @keymastergames for links and things! P.S I will never tire of how beautiful this game is!!

If you could rename any board game, what would it be? I would rename Snow Tails and call it "Husky Butts" instead! 😂🐺🍑

Finally sorted my dice 😍 picked up these boxes in the pound shop and they're perfect for storing the rainbow of dice currently in my possession (doesn't include the 8 sets I use as a DM or the random sets my players use 🙈)! I didn't realise how many blue dice I have but the purple/green box is my favourite. Which is yours?

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Coin collector 😍🤑 Metal coins are my favourite game upgrade. Some of these came with the games (Scythe, Dinosaur Island etc), some sets are to use with multiple games (Unit and Pirate sets from @drawlab) and some are just awesome first player tokens. All of them are beautiful! I wish every game used coins 😂 I found these little jars in the pound shop, they had drawing pins and paper clips in, but they are the perfect size to hold my dice sets so I can just grab them for whatever game they might work with! What's your favourite game that uses coins, whether it's cardboard or metal?

No spoilers. (Although I don't think it's really a game that has spoilers, but just to be safe 😉) We played the tutorial and first case today for Chronicles of Crime! 🕵️🕵️🕵️ This is a nice lazy Sunday afternoon game. If you like Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, you'll probably like this game! It plays quicker and with less story telling but it's fun and a really cool way to integrate tech into a board game. 🕵️🕵️🕵️ The VR scenes are probably the best part, although I can't see this being great from more than 1-2 people as there's not much for individuals to do. But depends on the group I guess! Looking forward to digging into some tougher cases!

I thought I'd taught all our friends to play 7 Wonders already, but we found one who had never played! This was rectified last night with two games. 7 Wonders is one of my favourite games to teach as it's always enjoyed by everyone who plays. I upgraded the coins with these metal beauties from @drawlab! These are the more generic Unit ones as I figured they could be used in multiple games. I was hoarding a lot of money in the game because I wanted all the coins 😂 all about the money and military!

We played Parade at lunchtime today! It's been a while since we played games at lunch as we usually sit outside during summer lunch breaks but now the weather is turning we have more opportunities to game. Silver lining! Parade is an intriguing game, very simple but tricky none the less. Considering lowest score wins, my 30 to Daniel's 16 points wasn't great 😂🤦 Anyone played Parade with more than 2p? How does it compare?

So. Much. Game mail!! Chronicles of Crime KS pledge arrived. Parade finally got reprinted. Welcome To came back in stock. And ultimately I have no self control. I think I might need to do some rulebook reading this evening ready for the weekend! What would you play first?

Wits & Wagers is a trivia game where knowing the answers isn’t necessary, in fact, it’s often highly unlikely! All the questions have numbers for answers and each player writes down their guess on their board which are then arranged on the play mat from smallest to largest. The number that’s closest without going over wins the round, so it’s entirely possible to win the game without getting a single ‘correct’ answer! 💲💲💲 But the games not just called Wits… There’s also Wagers to make! Will you double down on your own answer, or after seeing everyone else’s, change your mind and bet on another answer? The winner is the player with the most money at the end of the game so place your bets wisely! 💲💲💲 A great family game for 3-7 Players!

Campy Creatures Second Edition and expansion is live on Kickstarter today! I'm really excited about the new mechanics in the 2nd edition to add more replayability and the expansion doubles down on this by adding even more. My favourite thing of all though is the homage to Little Shop of Horrors 😉 if you didn't get this game first time around I highly recommend it! If you have the first edition, you'll get a free upgrade pack if you back the expansion! Win win! Check out @keymastergames for links and things! P.S I will never tire of how beautiful this game is!!

If you could rename any board game, what would it be? I would rename Snow Tails and call it "Husky Butts" instead! 😂🐺🍑

Finally sorted my dice 😍 picked up these boxes in the pound shop and they're perfect for storing the rainbow of dice currently in my possession (doesn't include the 8 sets I use as a DM or the random sets my players use 🙈)! I didn't realise how many blue dice I have but the purple/green box is my favourite. Which is yours?

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