Author: Always Play Blue

The big day had arrived. Like a child on Christmas morning I was awake at 5:30 am and my mind was already racing. Though to be honest, this is me most days. I donned my logo t-shirt, had some breakfast, and then it was time to begin. What follows is a rambling account of the… Continue reading And that was the 24 Board Game Marathon 2023 – part 2

Well, that was epic! This weekend just saw a bunch of us crazy gamers descend on the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster to play board games. For charity. For 24 hours straight. The event is organised and hosted annually by Dan Apsey, who leads a dedicated team of volunteers hosting events, running an impressive raffle, and… Continue reading And that was the 24 Board Game Marathon 2023 – part 1

While it's super hot outdoors, we've spent the month inside with the windows open and the fan on to carry on enjoying games at the table. We've also been out and about visiting other gamers with some fun game days, and we've ended up playing A LOT of new games. So many new games. And… Continue reading And that was June 2023

Summers here and things are getting hot. Perhaps a little too hot, for someone like me who just does not enjoy this warmer weather. But there are still games to be played and that's what's important. Especially on this blog. KICKSTARTER ARRIVALS It was a very lean month this May. No actually crowd funded boardgames… Continue reading And that was May 2023

We go from being a quarter of the way through this year, to now being a third. Time, as always, moves fast. With a wedding to plan for, and board games being a big part of the event (obviously), we've looked at adding some Party Games to our collection ready for the big day. As… Continue reading And that was April 2023

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