Monthly Archives: March 2016

a game of competitive personal fulfilment

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So, last week I wrote about Antoine Bauza’s flawed but beautiful board game, Takenoko, a game which (I’m not sure if I mentioned this) contains an adorable panda. Something I definitely mentioned is Monsieur Bauza’s slightly peculiar tendency to set … Continue reading →

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this game has an adorable panda

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So today’s post is going to be about a panda because pandas are cute. The game to which this panda-related post is appended is called Takenoko and it’s by a guy named Antoine Bauza. Now, for what it’s worth, Antoine … Continue reading →

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on problems and messes

| Posted by Alexis Hall

So you might have noticed I’ve been mostly blogging about board games, and I did have a New Year’s Resolution to stay away from politicsy stuff because, honestly, I tend to find that it’s more trouble than it’s worth. Buuuut … Continue reading →

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new board game smell

| Posted by Alexis Hall

This week’s, slightly belated, blog post about board games (yes, I’m still doing this, sorry) is going to be a bit different from the other instalments in that’s a review of, or I suppose set of rambling and incoherent thoughts … Continue reading →

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by rights the title of this post should be an abstract picture

| Posted by Alexis Hall

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. Today I’m going to be talking about two games that use essentially the same mechanic and I mostly want to use them as examples of quite how diverse board gaming can be. The … Continue reading →

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