Fate of the Fellowship I couldn't resist this in the shop. It's thematically brilliant. Better than War of the Ring because the characters are so important. Punishingly hard. I have played 3 times and only come close once and that was because I got a lift from the giant eagles to Mt Doom. Playing with 4 gamers shares the cognitive load. Surprised I've enjoyed it so much, but disappointed it's too much for my son. Upgraded from Nazgul minis to black cubes. #boardgames

Elevenses Sweet little half hour tableau builder from 2014 about serving tea to the ladies. The white cubes used for scoring are sugar cubes. #boardgames

Glad The Six of VIII is getting reprinted. I played it on the tricksters table app and it's very solid. It's traditional without being boring.

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Fist of Dragonstones This one divides opinion. It's in that uncomfortable spot of being more complicated than a pub game, but not really meaty enough for a regular games night. It's also got blind bidding which you either love or hate. I love it. Classic Bruno Faidutti. #boardgames

Luthier Not my kind of game at all. Took us 4 hours. It's a classic crowd funded modern worker placement game. Tons of incredible components and art. 30 pages of rules. Tons of tracks and counters and ways to score. Minimal player interaction. Good for what it is, but I'd rather not. #boardgames

This podcast about a woman retracing the fate of her family who were murdered by the Nazis in Poland is touching. https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2025/08/22/the-last-boat?utm_campaign=shared_article

Marvel Remix Receive 7 cards. Every turn draw 1 from deck or table and discard 1 to make a higher scoring hand. Game ends once 10 cards discarded. That's it. This Fantasy Realms reboot has much nicer art but also slightly fiddlier scoring and doesn't have an scoring scanner app. #boardgames

Wonderland's War This is a good game for Sunday morning at a convention. It's not too hard to learn and play but there's plenty going on and you don't mind about it taking 2.5 hours. Sometimes the production values of modern board games are jaw-dropping. #boardgames

Odin Climbing games aren't as variable or as deep as tricktakers, but this is surprisingly different. Instead of the usual 2-3-4 or 4-4-4 combos, the cards make number place values so a combo of 6-3-1 is the number six hundred and thirty one. You also have to pick up one of the cards of the hand you beat. Lots of decisions in a small, cheap, attractive pack. #boardgames

Cave Troll My 2002 copy looks battered and it's weird to play a dungeon game without a foot-deep box and 40 minis, but the game itself has held up well. 45 minutes of knockabout fun. Adding this to the short list of area control games I actually like. #boardgames

Seriously *fuck you* coinbase. I support crypto but that ad is naked propaganda against the UK.

Breaking Away Plays best with 6. Easy to teach and constantly engaging. The strategy is more subtle than first appears. It feels like a race game. Everyone enjoyed it very much. My only complaint is that it is 30 minutes too long. It is an unusual game. I prefer it to Flamme Rouge. #boardgames

I was at the Wye Valley Sculpture Garden today and came across the most unbelievable guitarist - Simon Cottle.

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Great news that the UK has backed down on encryption backdoors

Ars Technica

UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US

UK officials fear their insistence on backdoor endangers tech deals with US.

Bottle Imp plays astonishingly well as a 6 player game. It is fast and has an easy rhythm. Lots of laughs when someone gets stuck with the bottle. Sadly I súck at it. #boardgames

Rival Cities Andreas Steding makes old-school euros like Hansa Teutonica and this is no exception. This is a quick, 2-player game that's easy to learn, but it's pretty involved. The board edge is a large rondel with interspersed preset and random actions. I haven't seen this before. There are four instant win conditions.You must keep your opponent in the mid-zone for the win conditions or they spiral out of control. I want to play again. Clever and original. #boardgames