This month’s EXP share is to write about an interesting or weird gaming related thing you are good at or proud of. Initially I wasn’t sure where to start with this. There are plenty of gaming related scenarios that I am most definitely not good at. For example any action game I am guaranteed to … More Gaming strengths and weaknesses… (EXP Share)
Over on Tales from the Backlog there is a monthly task – this month to share some trivia about a favourite game. I’m a day late with the April task as I wasn’t sure what to write. How do I define a favourite game? What extra tidbit of information could I share about it? I’ve … More A look back on an old favourite… (EXP Share)
Time for a very silly post. I saw a challenge on another blog where you post each day in April (except Sundays) with a post based on the next letter of the alphabet. I considered joining in and choosing my favourite Wingspan birds but didn’t actually want an entire 26 posts on individual cards. I … More Wingspan: from A to Z
I’ve been playing games on Xbox gamepass for a couple of months now and selecting games based solely on if they matched my preferred style of gameplay (puzzles, narrative, turn-based). It’s occurred to me that 6 of the first games I chose to play (the ones I’ve posted reviews for) have a woman for the … More Representation of Women in Gaming
My main playing partner and regular opponent is my husband. We love cooperative games, especially if one of us is feeling less up for playing a game at that moment in time – I think this is due to when we play together against the game we can compensate more for being tired and this … More Gaming for two
For those of you who aren’t resident in the UK let me introduce you to The Works, a UK based discount bookstore. However, although The Works does stock a wide variety of cheap books, books are not all it has. With stock ranging from stationery and craft supplies to jigsaws and puzzles, there are plenty of … More The wonders and pitfalls of ‘The Works’
Over Christmas we received several games 🙂 I got for my husband: Thunderbirds Catan Scenarios: Oil Springs Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men boosters He got for me: 7 Wonders: Duel Takenoko Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm And between us from our families we received: Jaipur Exploding Kittens Five Tribes: The Artisans of Naqala … More Our Christmas Haul
Over the last two years I’ve got more and more into board and card games, and now I feel the urge to write about them and take pictures of them. If anyone is interested I have a dedicated photo blog: https://everyphototellsastory.wordpress.com/
Board Musings 