Category Archives: Sessions

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – May 2017 (Part 1) There are so many games I played for the first time in May (we really should have a non-innuendo hobby-specific term which covers this) that I thought I’d better split this … Continue reading →

  Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – April 2017 A few years back I used to do a monthly column (on the old BoardgameNews.com site) that compiled my thoughts on each of the games I’d played for the first time that … Continue reading →

This is my report on a mediocre showing at a recent Netrunner Store Championship.  Usually you tend to see tournament reports from folks that won or did really well.  I thought it might be a nice change of pace for … Continue reading →

This time of year is what I jokingly refer to as the gaming doldrums.  From MW.com: Full Definition of DOLDRUMS 1:  a spell of listlessness or despondency 2 often capitalized :  a part of the ocean near the equator abounding … Continue reading →

In late July I convinced a third and final friend from New York to make the trek down to Virginia for a long weekend of board gaming, or for those of you without an aversion to newly minted portmanteaus, a … Continue reading →

When we left off yesterday, we had just concluded the story of a May gamecation (or long-weekend vacation for the express and sole purpose of playing board games) and were resting up for our June visitor.  Today we continue our … Continue reading →

This summer I managed to cajole, pressure, and persuade four friends from afar to travel to our nation’s capital, not for a weekend of sightseeing but for a weekend of game playing. One traveler dubbed this his “gamecation” and the … Continue reading →

Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve written an old-fashioned session report – my writing has been focused on reviews and stuff for the blog.  When I started writing about games, it was mostly session reports posted to BGG, … Continue reading →

Well, since the fall of 2010, I’ve been blessed to have a regular weekly game group again.  For a long time, most of my gaming occurred at the various conventions and invitationals on the gaming calendar.  However, our local group … Continue reading →