Author: Always Play Blue

We're now a quarter of the way through the year, and much gaming has been had. A big chunk of March came from board game adjacent additions to the collection. From Folded Space I got the three West Kingdom Big Box inserts. The ones that came with the Big Boxes were not good for set… Continue reading And that was March 2023

Another fun month of gaming was had as we chiped away at our two challenges. We also met up with our good gaming buddies for the first time in months, and I also got back to gaming with work collagues. KICKSTARTER ARRIVALS With our increasing sub collection of Roll 'n' Write games, and our enjoyment… Continue reading And that was February 2023

It's a new year, and that can only mean one thing, folks: New challenges. Today we'll look back over the first month of gaming in 2023, talk about the two challenges we've commited to this year, and also tell the brief but exciting tale regarding FROSTHAVEN. KICKSTARTER ARRIVALS The first Kickstarter to land at our… Continue reading And that was January 2023

And that's goodbye to the year that was 2022. For December we challenged ourselves to play at least one game every day, and despite a few busy days (and a fair bit of illness on my part), we managed it. We also had a weekend away for my girlfriends birthday which saw us playing a… Continue reading And that was December 2022

Well, this month saw a little more of us playing games more than once. My top 11 played games of November all had at least two plays, some quite close together. This especially helps with new games, and we're trying to do it more often when learning so that we don't find ourselves relearning games… Continue reading And that was November 2022

Well, after a busy month full of new games, I was hoping that we'd let off the gas a little going into October. But that didn't seem to be the case. In fact, I think we might have played more new games this month instead. So despite not playing as many games overall that we… Continue reading And that was October 2022

Well, after the quiter than normal August, we have swung back the other way and had a massive gameplaying month for September. Part of this is because of my birthday, a time where we typically up our play count and usually visit a games cafe. This time we were having a weekend away in Oxford… Continue reading And that was September 2022

Well, that was another hot month, but thank god for some rain. We've had more than usual going on this month, so less games have been played than normal. That'll make this monthly round up shorter than previous ones. NEW GAMES OF THE MONTH Being a quiet gaming month meant that we got less new… Continue reading And that was August 2022

We're now heading in the second half of 2022, and with our 10x10 behind us, it's opened us up to playing a whole mix of games, old and new. Our main focus will be completing the 52x1 challenge. We use this one to make sure we average at least one new game a week from… Continue reading And that was July 2022

Wow. I can't believe half the year has passed by already. We've had a busy month, board gaming wise. UKGE right at the start of June (see here). We've made a major effort in our 10x10. And We also got through some new games too. 10x10 Still determined not to fail our 10x10 challenge like… Continue reading And that was June 2022