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Marco Doria

@thegentlemeeple.bsky.social

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Father, Avid Board Gamer, Blogger, Metalhead, Human Being. Read my personal blog via Substack if you like: https://marcodoria.substack.com/

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 5d

Came back from groceries and my daughter surprised me with a table set with Stone Age. Unexpected #boardgame night! ❤️

A table set with the board game Stone Age, some game boards, cards, wooden tokens and cardboard chips

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 6d

I need to bring Eclipse back to the table

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

Unlimited time, unlimited friends, unlimited board games.

This is all I need right now. 🥺

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

But not too much lighter 😄

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

I only played solo but I think it is very close to what it feels in multiplayer.

That said, I found it a crunchy optimization puzzle, very tight economy. It may feel unforgiving to some extent but very rewarding when you get your head around it.

Someone defined it a ‘lighter Lacerda-style’ game…

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! 😍

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

*sept 25…

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

Sept 15, an excellent month for #boardgames

BG Stats set 2025

Partite: 95
H-index: 4
Giochi: 13
Nuovi: 2
Giocatori: 15
Luoghi: 5
Ore: 53
Giorni: 25

Regicide: 71
Anachrony: 5
Grand Austria Hotel: 4
Carcassonne: 20° Anniversario: 4
Salton Sea: 2
Fari del Nord: 2
Nemesis: 1
Terraforming Mars: 1
Concordia: Gallia / Corsica: 1

21 autori:
Adam Kwapiński: 7%
Andy Richdale: 7%
Aske Christiansen: 7%
David Bernal: 7%
Dávid Turczi: 7%.

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

It might be just a matter of instinct/muscle memory, whenever I get my hand of card, I automatically start arranging them, like in autopilot mode :D

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

Makes perfectly sense! I'd rather buy a second copy than sleeve this one :D

Perhaps I'll do the same thing!

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 8d

Can’t wait to try this.

#boardgames

My hand holding the tiny box of the Scout card game by Oink Games. The cover is a circus tent with the word Scout beneath

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 13d

Board Game Hot Takes @boardgamehottakes.bsky.social ) and It’s story time by @wilwheaton.net

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! <3

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 14d

One of the reasons I love board games so much is that they are more than a past time. There are moments when #boardgames can be a much needed comfort, a safe place. This is what happened to us a couple of days ago.

Of grief, friendship, and silent support

Dealing with a loss is tough. Especially for the little ones...

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 18d

Played my first game of Salton Sea against the bot. Won by 10 points. I love this crunchy optimization puzzle!

A lovely and relaxing game of Beacon Patrol too :)

#boardgames

Salton Sea: a lot of cardboard, wooden tokens and cards!

Beacon Patrol: some sea-themed cardboard tiles and a wooden boat

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 22d

Been to Romania for a weekend with some friends. I could get one souvenir. This is what I chose 😂😂😂 #boardgames

Romanian edition of Hive Pocket, a box containing some plastic hexagons depicting different bugs, that are used similarly to the Chess Pieces

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 22d

Played Living Forest + Kodama expansion with my daughter. She won. Again! 🤣🤣🤣 #boardgames

Living Forest + Kodama expansion, a round board, some player boards, cards, and carboard tokens

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 29d

Beautiful game and description 😂❤️❤️❤️

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 29d

In my group we have played Blood Rage in 5 most of the times and we had a blast. The final battles in Yggdrasil tend to be a delightful mayhem every time 🤣

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 29d

Great episode! Personally I enjoy the expansions consisting of smaller modules you can mix and match, like the various things you can add to Anachrony (I love the neutronide buildings and the variable anomalies for example) or the modules in the Let’s Waltz expansion to Grand Austria Hotel.

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 29d

*Waltz

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 29d

Played Grand Austria Hotel again with my kid. This time we added the Walt module (she didn’t like it too much) and the Famous Guests (she loved it as she found her heroes like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein). My daughter won again, this time 117 to 116. I don’t even… 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #boardgames

Grand Austria Hotel + Let’s Waltz expansion

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · Sep 9

I also enjoyed the small dungeon crawler :)

Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great anthology of game mechanics indeed! Our favorites are the boat race, the one where you need to find the 'intruder' and the one where you have to name objects (smaller, bigger, etc...), I don't know the English names of these games because we have the original Italian edition

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · Sep 8

Not too much. It’s quite straightforward