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Bested by the #Wingspan Automa tonight 🐦 🪶

Bested by the #Wingspan Automa tonight 🐦

🪶 Automa went hard boiled on eggies 🥚🐣🥚🐣

🪶 I went for 🐦 but didn't pay enough attention to my bonus card. My 🪶 points were just not enough to beat back the stack of cards automa had laid by end game.

🪶 I really enjoy the solo play in #Wingspan. The attention to detail in the reference cards for the automa deck is top notch, and it is obvious that big efforts have gone into achieving a balance between the action options.

🪶 Plus it works hard to maintain a tension to play against. It does feel a bit more of a race than the multiplayer - the rate at which the automa amasses eggies and cards accelerates quickly to the point it can be hard to mitigate against. And those end of round bonus baseline scores are a beast to try and beat.

🪶 But no matter what is happening on the automa side, I always enjoy building my flock, revving my engine, and watching the effects cascade down the habitats. I'm guaranteed a beautiful view, and I'm happy to indulge in the solo experience ❤💙💜

🪶 We two shall meet again 😉 🐦 🪶 🏆

#sologaming
#wingspan
#stonemaiergames #tabletopgame #tableaugames #cardgame #automafactory

🎲 Archaeology 🎲 #onewordmanypictures #rauc

🎲 Archaeology 🎲

#onewordmanypictures
#rauccius
#panatzugaming

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@haba.de

#boardgamegeek #bgg #boardgamer #boardgamephotos #boardgames #brettspieler #bordspellen #giochidatavolo #jeuxdesociete #juegosdemesa #analogaming #boardgamefamily #weloveboardgames #iloveboardgames #nerdlife

#macromonday and I'm hot on the "Trail" of this li

#macromonday and I'm hot on the "Trail" of this little creature 🌴 🌞 🏝

It's a good thing @shadowmeeplemedia was with me this evening as "Tucana" play this game 😉

What have you got in your sights this week @unfringedthings ?

#aportagames #trailsoftucana
#flipandwrite #flipandfiller #rollandwrite
#networkgames #boardgames

#mechanismsmonday and today @stidjenplayssolo has

#mechanismsmonday and today @stidjenplayssolo has chosen multi-use cards!

Last year I showcased Trambahn, but this time I am featuring the fabulous and feathered #Wingspan by @stonemaiergames
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If you have the eggies and food resources to spare, cards can be added to your three different habitats for their immediate and ongoing powers. And if you pick smart, you can trigger the benefits again and again and again Engine! Engine building, birdie style!
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However, birdie cards can also be "tucked" i.e. converted into victory points at end-game or used to gain more resources or even cards mid game. That is if you have a birdie in your habitat whose power enables you to do so.
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And this multi-use aspect of the birdie cards can be a really useful way to clear your hand and convert a card into a point, resource, or egg laying Puffin. All cards of course have their worth, but sometimes, simply by virtue of its timing or just the kind of strategy you're playing, a specific card may just be less useful to you this time around! And that is another brilliant aspect of this glorious game! 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦

Next week @boardgamehalv has chosen hand management! I'm excited already!!

What is your favourite multi use card game? We would love to find out! Pop a picture with with hashtag #mechanismsmonday if you'd like to share!
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#bgg #bggcommunity #boardgamegeek #weloveboardgames #iloveboardgames #nerdlife #boardgame #boardgamesofinstagram #boardgamer #wingspan #stonemaiergames #analogaming #tabletopgame #tableaugames #boardgamer #jeuxdesociete #juegosdemesa #enginebuilding #giochidatavolo #boardgameday #birdgames

Felt like some intergalactic fleet building tonigh

Felt like some intergalactic fleet building tonight so Space Base by @alderaceg was docked on our table! 🚀👩‍🚀🚀👩‍🚀🚀👩‍🚀🚀👩‍🚀

We ❤ being able to choose between singular dice and the sum of both. Plus getting those deliciously naughty passive bonuses when the other players are reaping the rewards of their primary engines is sweeeeeeet!

We were pretty well matched tonight until @shadowmeeplemedia bought his second colony. Then his 10 VP rocket shot him to victory in a single turn 🚀 🏆 🚀 🏆

Must say thst both space fleets stalled a little mid way through the game as we had a big bunch of v similar charge cube based cards. Unless there is a really good reason to get one, I generally prefer the immediacy of the income/money/VP rewards, as the sacrifice in terms of dice compared to payout can be high. And so, with neither player parting with space dollars this time round, the upgrades were slow in coming.

But, we changed tactics and it was an enjoyable race for straight VPs via a couple of choice fleet slots! 🏁 🏆 🏁 🏆 🏁 🏆 🏁 🏆

A super Sunday Space Base Race in around 35 mins! ⏰ 🚀 ⏰ 🚀 ⏰ 🚀 ⏰ 🚀 ⏰ 🚀 ⏰ 🚀 ⏰ 🚀

Still haven't tried Shy Pluto yet 🤦‍♀️ but I have heard great things and so it is on my wishlist! 🤩

#spacebase #alderacentertainmentgroup #enginebuilding #cardgame #tableaugames #passivegames #weekendgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #iloveboardgames #iloveboardgames #bordspel #brettspiel #giochidatavolo #jeuxdesociete #juegosdecartas #juegodemesa

Flying solo tonight as my gaming partner is having

Flying solo tonight as my gaming partner is having a snooze, so I'm indulging in a mix of 3 different games and styles

#1. I am walking amongst gorgeous waterfall vistas painting and selling pictures in Sunset Over Water by @pencilfirstgames. This game is like a cool breeze on a hot day; it leaves me calm and contended 🎨🖼🎨🖼🎨🖼🎨🖼

#2. I am protecting Zuuli-mals from the Zuuli prototype solo nemesis, "The Collector". I can't explain why, but I am desperate to stop all the fierce and friendlies from joining TC! 😃 I can't say too much yet, but it is super easy to run and makes a worthy opponent. 🦒🐘🐙🐟🐸🐊🦥🦁🦒🐘🐙🐟🐸🐊🦥🦁

#3. I am puzzling it out in card patching game, Ukiyo by Walnut Games. With a series of solo challenges that increase in difficuly, I'm now on level "Hard", and they are proving to be really enjoyable, portable little brain burners ⛩🃏⛩🃏⛩🃏⛩🃏⛩🃏⛩🃏⛩

#solo #sologaming #ukiyo #walnutgames #patchinggames #cardgames #zuuli #unfringedthings #zuulicardgame #sunsetoverwater #pencilfirstgames #eduardbaraf #bethsobel #bordspel #giochidatavolo #juegosdecartas #jeuxdesociete #puzzles #puzzlegames

Wooo! Machi Koro 2 has arrived!!! 😍🤩😍 I

Wooo! Machi Koro 2 has arrived!!! 😍🤩😍

I am suuuuper excited to have this wonderful @pandasaurus_games delivery arrive!! 🦖📫

Massive thanks to @pandasaurus_games for sending this review copy for my thoughts!

Mini-Meeple has been setting the scene ready for first play!! 😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍😍😍😍😍😍

#review #machikoro2 #pandasaurus
#pandasaurusgames
#boardgames #boardgamer #dicegame #cardgame #enginebuilding #citybuilding #bordspel #brettspieler #jeuxdesociete #giochidatavolo #analoguegames #tabletopgames #bgg #boardgamegeek

Can anybody guess what we are playing again over b

Can anybody guess what we are playing again over breakfast this morning??? 🤔😃😂🤠🛕🌄🌅🤠🛕🌄🌅🤠🛕🌅🌄🌅🤠🛕🌄🌅

Scroll down ⬇️ to find out

#haba #habagames #amaroni #tilegame #racegame #territorybuilding #networkgames #connectinggame #familygames #familygameday #weloveboardgames #iloveboardgames #bordspel #juegosdemesa #jeuxdesociete #analogaming #tabletopgame #boardgame #boardgamesofinstagram #boardgamephotos

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#karuba

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#firstimpressionsfriday🎲 and this week we also

#firstimpressionsfriday🎲 and this week we also played the super #Karuba designed by Rudiger Dorn and published by @haba.de @amaroni_toys

🎲 First impressions; this is a fun, colourful, tile laying family game which I definitely found trickier than expected! 🤪😝😃

🎲 Karuba is a spatial puzzle where you are in a race to connect your 4 explorers to their colour coordinated temples located around the map.

🎲The game starts by payers together choosing the starting positions for the 4 explorers and their matching temples.

🎲Then, the game kicks off properly with players laying tiles which have path sections printed on them. Some also include diamonds and gold nuggets worth additional points at end game. 💎💰

🎲 The core element in #Karuba is the bingo gameplay; one player picks a tile from their set at random, and then everybody else lays their matching tile somewhere on their own board. The earlier you can connect, the bigger the bonus you will collect ready for end game scoring. Once a player has connected all 4 explorers to their temples, or the tiles run out, the game ends, and biggest VP total wins! 🏆

🎲 The biggest challenge I found in #Karuba is the continuous trade off between laying a tile to extend a path, and discarding it in order to move an explorer closer to a temple. It seems that I never have enough of either! 😝

🎲 Now, I am terrible at spatial puzzles. But, despite this, I really 💙 them. So #Karuba is a hit even when my paths end up going in circles! We really like how easy it is to learn, and how accessible it is to players of different ages and experience.

More photos to follow!

Have you played #karuba?

#haba #amaroni #karuba #rudigerdorn #boardgamegeek #bgg #boardgame #tilegame #bordspellen #juegosdemesa #jeuxdesociete #familygames #weekendgames #iloveboardgames #boardgameaddict

#fridaycardbacks as started by @buryboardgames and

#fridaycardbacks as started by @buryboardgames and tonight I am admiring the absolutely gorgeous Enchanted Plumes by @calliope_games 🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚

I just cannot get enough of this crunchy, brain burny, hate drafty card game 💜💙💚🤍🤎

Every single card laid, drawn, and swapped is a combination of eyebrow raise, teeth gnash, cheek puff, sweat, and squeak! 😬😅🤪🤣😝😂🥵

Going to be publishing a full photo review, written review, and video on www.favouritefoe.com soon....but for now I'm having too much super TENSE fun playing it!!!

Happy weekend gaming everyone!
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#fridaycardbacks #enchantedplumes #calliope
#bgg #bordspel
#boardgamegeek #boardgame #giochidatavolo #juegodescartas #cardgame #iloveboardgames #weloveboardgames

#wingspan tonight and I discovered a very, very ha

#wingspan tonight and I discovered a very, very hard working birdie amongst the draw this game! 💪🐦💪🐦💪🐦💪🐦💪🐦💪🐦

Franklin's Gull is almost an engine in itself; allowing you to draw 2 cards with an egg each time its habitat is activated. Relative to its modest cost, this is potent player power!

This is definitely one birdie I am going to be looking to attract to my tableau.....thankfully we upgraded to some lovely wooden resources last month courtesy of @the_game_knight_uk so I'll be sure to collect plenty of tasty fishies and other food to attract this generous Gull!

Which birdies do you like to attract to your habitats? 🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦

Check out www.favouritefoe.com (link in bio) for my full review of this wonderful game
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#wingspan #stonemaiergames #thegameknight #bordspellen #brettspieler #giochidatavolo #jeuxdesociete #juegosdemesa #tableaugames #enginebuilding #setcollectiongame #iloveboardgames #weloveboardgames #elizabethhargrave

Oooh it's #thematicthursday as started by @preston

Oooh it's #thematicthursday as started by @prestonsgamersguild and this week we have dragons!🐉🐲

Looking at our collection, I spotted at least 3 great games with dragons playing an important part!

🐉 Dragons and Chickens by @kosmosgamesuk @devirgames - this is a card game where snap and spot the difference crash into each other and flip reverse the rules! Shouting out when you see matching treasure, diving for the wooden shield when you see the 🐉; it's all go in this game. And if all else fails, you can always chuck a chicken at it as a way to protect yourself and your treasure from its fierce, fiery grip!

🐉 Finding the Dragon by @hachetteboardgamesuk which is a brilliant introduction to choose your own adventure experiences for younger gamers. Read along with your little one or let them take charge as one of three little heroes for an almost unlimited mix of narrative options! With a unique wheel design and divided pages within the book itself, decision making, consequences, and choices are all tested as you seek to find the 🐉

🐉Queendomino by @coiledspringgames - this is a fun larger gaming experience following in the footsteps of the beautifully elegant and crunchy Kingdomino. Here, the same novel turn order and domino based gameplay are in force but the Queen's dragon can and will burn down buildings available to purchase with your hard earned tax revenues! Harsh but strategically helpful if you are the one taming the beast!

🐉Beware the Dragons!🐉

#queendomino #dragonsandchickens #kosmosgamesuk #devirgames #coiledspringgames #findingthedragon #hachetteboardgamesuk #bgg #iloveboardgames #weloveboardgames

Sweet or stinky??? 👃🦨👃🦨👃🦨👃🦨👃

I have heard that the durian is an acquired taste!! 🤢😍🤢😍🤢😍🤢😍🤢😍🤢😍🤢😍

Whatever happens, I'm looking forward to finding out what Singapore's most famous fruit has in store in Durian Dash by @origame.co !!!

I would like to say a HUGE thank you to @origame.co for sending me a review copy for my thoughts 🙏 I am not paid for my opinions, and any thoughts expressed are and will be my own 🤓😊

Stay tuned to find out what happens as we Dash about the durian plantations!

In the meantime, you can also find out more about Durian Dash, and the Origame collection by going to @origame.co and www.origame.co where the designer Daryl Chow has written a really interesting article about modern Asian board games 🤓

Please also check out my interview with Daryl on www.favouritefoe.com (link in bio)🤓

#origame #madeinsingapore #madeinsg #duriandash #cardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #modernasianboardgames

First batch of homework for Mini-meeple tonight, a

First batch of homework for Mini-meeple tonight, and mathematics was on the menu.

And although his school has decided to deliver the tasks via an online portal, Mini-meeple was craving a real world, tangible example of subtraction.🤓🤓🤓🤓

@haba.de and @amaroni_toys to the rescue with My Great Big Orchard Game Collection 🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎🍏🍎

After playing a few rounds of the original Orchard Game and others included in the big box, we used the gorgeous fruity wooden components to practice taking one number away from another. 🍐 🍎 🍒 🫐

I love how My Great Big Orchard Game Collection is not only a brilliant mix of introductory cooperative and competitive games, but also an explosion of creativity; encouraging and enabling little games to use their imagination in fun and exciting ways!🌳

#habagames #amaroni #gameschooling #favouritefoefunlearning #kidsgames #familygames #funlearning #learningthroughplay #childrensgames #homeschoolgaming #homeschooling

Double whammy review day for favouritefoe.com 🥳

Double whammy review day for favouritefoe.com 🥳🤓🥳🤓🥳🤓🥳🤓🥳🤓

🎲 Trek 12: Himalayas designed by @brunodesmontagnes and published by @the_lumberjacks_studio @hachetteboardgamesuk

A brilliant and developing roll and write with a legacy twist that is as fresh in the genre as newly fallen snow! 😀

Favouritefoe score 9/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🎲 Temple Rush designed by Jacob Berg and published by @jacobsbrickgames @hachetteboardgamesuk @blackrock_games

Competitive block building that will have you racing to be the top temple constructor in a fast, fun, and colourful way 😀

Favouritefoe score 8/10
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Check out www.favouritefoe.com for full reviews including how to play summaries! 🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩🤓🤩

A huge thank you to @hachetteboardgamesuk for kindly providing me with copies of these games for review. Just to clarify, I am not paid for my opinions, and any thoughts expressed are my own! Thank you 😊🤓

#jacobbrickgames #hachetteboardgamesuk #blackrockgames #boardgamegeek #boardgamereviews #bgg #iloveboardgames #weloveboardgames #rollandwrite #dexteritygames #familygameday

Not only am I in ❤ with the lovely puzzly game C

Not only am I in ❤ with the lovely puzzly game Cascadia from @flatoutgames @alderaceg it is also KS launch day for the CoLab team's latest project, Verdant! 😃

So, to quench my puzzly CoLab thirst, I racked up another solo win on the Achievements Scenarios in Cascadia by @randy_flynn, and I got to admire some gorgeous artwork from @bethsobel at the same time! Win win! 💚💚

Cascadia was the perfect mix of quick to the table and puzzliness tonight; deciding between scoring bears, hawks, foxes, salmon, and elk proving to be an enjoyable and thinky way to relax 😌 🥰 💚 ❤

#cascadia
#flatoutcolab
#flatoutgames #alderac #aeg #tilelayinggames #tilegame #puzzlegames #abstractgames #abstractstrategygames #randyflynn #bethsobel #boardgamegeek #bgg #verdant #kickstarter #bordspellen #giochidatavolo #jeuxdesociete #juegosdemesa

🎲 Brew 🎲 Brewing up a potion by connecting

🎲 Brew 🎲

Brewing up a potion by connecting up the ingredients following a very clever recipe spell!

#onewordmanypictures
#rauccius
#panatzugaming

Game featured: IMagician by @blam_edition @hachetteboardgamesuk

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#mechanismsmonday and this week @tableforoneboardg

#mechanismsmonday and this week @tableforoneboardgames has chosen dice placement.

Now, I might be pushing the boundaries of the meaning here but Problem Picnic; Attack of the Ants by Kids Table BG 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜

Mainly because I love the dice - I'm not going to pretend! 😄🤣😂

But rolling these crazy D6 does result in you acquiring yummy picnic cards which you then turn over to place in such a way so as to achieve different scoring conditions. As such, these soldier scout, and worker ants are working hard to get you points! 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜

Next week @stidjenplayssolo has chosen multi-use cards. Hope you'll join us as we embark on year two of the fabulous #mechanismsmonday ❤🧡💛💚

#bordspellen #bordspel #boardgame #brettspieler #brettspiel #juegosdemesa #familygaming #tilegame #dicegame #analogaming #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #kidstablebg

Feeling fruity today! 🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍

Feeling fruity today! 🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🥭🍒🍓🫐🥝🍅🫒🥥🥑🍆
⬅️SWIPE photos for a quick picture summary and how to play guide!

Tucano by @helvetiq and @coiledspringgames

A fun, colourful little set collection game where you're trying to pick and hold onto just the right amount of each fruit in order to win!🍇🍋🍉🍓🥥🍆🫒🫐🥑🥝🍑🍈🍏🍌🍍🍐🍉

With Toucans offering some light tactical play (they like to steal, hide but also give cards away!), and each fruit having its own scoring conditions, there is a little bit more to this cute styled carton of cards than meets the eye! 🍏🍑🍐🥥🍐🍒🍏🫐🍑🍍🥭🍐🍑🍏

Beware, however, as some sweet specimens are actually sour grapes, and will leave you with fewer fruity points than you want! 🍇🍋

A quick, bright filler that's fun for when you have a mix of big and little gamers round the table who need something easy and engaging for that golden 15 minutes of attention 🍎🫐

Head over to www.favouritefoe.com for lots of photos and my full review! 🍇🥔🫒🍑🍎🫐🍏

A big thank you to @coiledspringgames for kindly sending a copy of this game for my review. As always, I am not paid for my thoughts, and any opinions expressed are my own 🤓😊🍇🍈🍉🍋🍌🍍🥝🫒🥕🥥🥦🍒🍓

#coiledspring
#helvetiq #tucano #familygameday
#fillergames
#cardgame
#brettspieler
#bordspellen #giochidatavolo #jeuxdesociete #juegodescartas #gameschooling #iloveboardgames #boardgamegeek #bgg #boardgamereviews #boardgame #setcollectiongame

This weekend I experienced something incredible 😍

A group of instagrammers who share a love of board gamers made a leap of faith; from behind the screens to around the table.

And like the beautiful peacocks 🦚 in Enchanted Plumes, a kaleidoscope of colours were added to names and accounts that I have been interacting with for almost a year. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍🖤🤎💜💙💚💛🧡❤

Names became belly laughs, smiles, winks, and hugs. Faces became high fives, fist bumps, and collective cheers 🍻👍👌

Our collective ❤ for board gaming had us travelling miles to meet, many for the first time. But our cemented friendships will keep us at the tables, long after the games are packed away ❤

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to @boardgamereviewuk
@board.game.family.uk
@gameswithbeany @gftben @thoughtsofameeple @shadowmeeplemedia @superhewitt100 @shellbell629 @tinymeeple2019 @escapeplanltd @boardgamemeeple @trywingames @twomanyboardgames @bgr_jnr
@board_runner @brad.cousins
@ct2282 @burtons_boards
@koala_plays_games @floweringembers
@burtongirl_games

I am going to be talking a lot about the brilliant Enchanted Plumes 🦚 by @calliope_games a lot over the next few weeks (including ideas for a fan solo!) so stay tuned! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍🖤🤎💜💙💚💛🧡❤

#bgg #boardgamefriends #boardgames #boardgamecommunity #weloveboardgames #iloveboardgames #boardgamesforlife #boardgamers #boardgames

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