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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 18)

Posted on August 18, 2019

As at the end of July, I’ve rated (and commented on) 389 of the top 500 BGG games and 700 of the top 1000.  If we ignore all the puzzle games and the multiple editions that clog up the rankings … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 17)

Posted on August 17, 2019

I started keeping game stats back way back in 1999 and part of that stat-keeping is allocating an average time for each play of a game. When multiplied by the number of times played, it provides the total time I’ve … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 15)

Posted on August 5, 2019

We recently conducted our Sydney-wide no-shipping mass auction, resulting in lots of new games falling into local gamers’ hands and a wealth of new games to be played. Over a 1000 games were simultaneously auctioned off or traded away (we … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 12)

Posted on July 5, 2019

We recently had our 13th annual Contrail weekend, which consists of a dozen or so gaming buddies heading up to lodge at Wiseman’s Ferry. It’s called a resort, but that would be massively overstating the case. It’s simple but does … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 10)

Posted on June 30, 2019

[Ed Note – this was supposed to go out two weeks ago, but got lost in Draft-limbo somewhere along the way. So, now you get to read Part 10 after Part 11] One of the reasons I starting keeping stats … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 11)

Posted on June 28, 2019

It’s one of life’s great smacks: you’re either working to get the money to pay for new games so you don’t have enough time to play, or you’re not working and you’ve got all the time in the world to … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 9)

Posted on April 30, 2019

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 9) Games I’ve played 5 or more times already in 2019 include: Gloomhaven Duel In The Dark (as featured last time) Hanabi Magic: The Gathering (my padawan wanted to test his decks; he learned … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2019 (Part 8)

Posted on April 16, 2019

I may have mentioned previously that I contract out to help manage elections on behalf of the various local electoral commissions. I’ve just completed one (state election) and, whilst still in health recovery for that, the federal election is about … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2019 (Part 5)

Posted on February 23, 2019

I keep a log of all my game plays in an Access database, and have done since I re-caught the gaming bug in 1999. Being able to *know* things rather than guess them (like how many times have I played … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2019 (Part 2)

Posted on January 22, 2019

We’re well into our Essen Review weekend now, where there are no clocks in the room nor windows to the outside world, only windows into our souls. And our souls here are saying if you want to consistently play good … Continue reading →

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