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Rex Devlin
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BoardGame Design (in development) | Board Gamer | Dark Coffee | Lefty Politics | Shenanigans | ENM | He/Him
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Wonderland’s War (was 49)

I still like this one, but it just won’t get played. At least not with my normal group. Someone bounced off how long the game took, especially since they seemed unable to dig out of a bad position. So, not surprised to see it drop. Maybe I’ll get others to play more.
Getting to end of the year. Before we visit my revised Top 50 boardgames, let’s talk about the ones that fell off the list.

Bohnanza (was 50)
There’s not a whole lot to say. I still love this game, and a lot of the top 100 are based on my whims at the time.
This is still a top tier trading game.
October plays. Another light month.
Probably needs some touch up still, but, Tak board.
Bought a cheap box to turn into a Tak board. It’s designed. Need to see how the paint pens come out before deciding how minimal the line work will be.
Gaines: *gets in a 1:1 debate with AOC*
*still manages to come in 5th place*
“This is the year someone announces a Tigris & Euphrates reprint.” - me, every year.
A few games with younger gremlin. She won at The Rose King. Jerk. I mean, yay!
“We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”
Ooooh, I have the Japanese edition, but this one is so pretty, may need another copy.
This is just ridiculous. That’s clearly Nirvana.
Darn. I’d just nominated him for the Nobel Piece (of Shit) Prize.
September was busy. So few boardgame plays.
To be fair, he doesn’t really care about the cronies either.
Saw someone post some gameplay of Toy Battle (I don’t remember who, sorry). Looked neat, so I tried it on BGA. Definitely a fun little game. Of course it’s sold out everywhere.
Fun game. Would love a little expansion with a few more room mechanics.
August boardgame stats.
Been noodling on a trick taking game design on and off for like 2 years. I think I just figured out how to make it work. Bought some reusable blank cards to begin testing. Woo, progress.
You’ll have one more in a bit. :)
I think the needing to consider timing piece just didn’t gel with them. And the pretty much playing a bunch of mini games. Which is funny because they like Tzolk’in. It’s been a few months since we played it, though. Maybe I’ll try to coax another try.
I liked this one quite a bit. Unfortunately, my gaming group bounced off it. Thankfully it’s also on BGA to play with other people.
I’m thinking Suit.
Clank! and Dune are favorites. Can’t wait for what’s next.