Category Archives: Sessions

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2018 (Part 18)

Posted on November 12, 2018 by

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots –2018 (Part 18) Have I mentioned recently how much love Gloomhaven generates around here. It’s still going strong. Replay on Pulsar 2849 has confirmed my liking, and my Thursday night crew have declared it the best … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2018 (Part 16)

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2018 (Part 16) (Let’s move to a new naming convention for this ongoing series so we can move articles around the calendar without hassling about title changes. World-changing, I know.) We happened to pull out … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – September 2018 (Part 1)

Posted on August 28, 2018 by

This month has featured a bunch of play-testing on a trick-taking game I’ve designed. It feels close now and I’m really happy with it. It’s certainly feels publishable, and I’ll probably start bandying it around after blind-playtesting is done. It … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – August 2018 (Part 2)

Posted on August 18, 2018 by

  Gloomhaven continues to rule the roost (we’ve just hit prosperity level 4), but Spirit Island is giving it a run for its money, racking up 11 plays in just a few months with no sign of interest abating in … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – August 2018 (Part 1)

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – August 2018 (Part 1) Gloomhaven and Pandemic Legacy Season 2 continue apace, unfazed by any competition that new games might throw up. Spirit Island continues to hit the table – I’ve played all bar one … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – July 2017

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – July 2017 Our sojourn into the Pathfinders: Wrath of the Righteous campaign is facing imminent abandonment. In the same way that each turn feels the same as the previous turn (flip a card and roll … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – June 2017 (Part 2)

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

By Patrick Brennan… And here be the remaining games I played for the first time in June.   I’ve also been thinking of adding a spotlight game each article, something I’ve played a lot of over the years and have … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – June 2017 (Part 1)

Posted on July 10, 2017 by

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – June 2017 (Part 1) Similar to May, there are so many games I played for the first time in June that I’m going to split this month’s snapshots article into two parts so as to … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – May 2017 (Part 2)

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – May 2017 (Part 2) So this is part 2 of May’s new game adventures. By: Patrick Brennan   In other gaming, The Downfall of Pompeii proved a hit with my teenage boys. I knew it … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brennan: Game Snapshots – May 2017 (Part 1)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

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 →

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