Monthly Archives: March 2016

a game of competitive personal fulfilment

Posted on March 25, 2016 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 on March 19, 2016 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 on March 14, 2016 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 on March 13, 2016 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 on March 4, 2016 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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