New England

I had got this game on a Funagain offer for just 10$. The first play happened in December last year and it was a complete disaster. Aarthi was sleepy though the rule reading and therewas some confusion on the the interpretation as well. The game just did not flow then.
Shreyasi had been bugging me [...]

Ticket to Ride – Unofficial expansions

I was just browsing this blog and came upon this page. We all love Ticket to Ride  and like all the new editions. Am waiting for Marklin that is likely to reach here next week. I read somewhere on BGG about a Switzerland map available online. I remember the game’s designer Alan Moon posting on [...]

Its a Knizia game! No wonder!

Renier Knizia is regarded as a superstar boardgame designer. The first Knizia we got was Samurai. As soon as I opened it, set the game up, the first thing that struck me and my wife was the fiddly nature of the components. In India we normally have a fan to provide air as centralised air [...]

Settlers of Catan – 5 to 6 players expansion

I had got the 5-6 players expansion of Settlers because we had enjoyed the basic game so much and thought it would be fun to have more people playing the game. yesterday Shreyasi's friends Guha and Sai joined, Aarthi, Shreyasi and me for a 5 player game of Settlers with the new expansion. The game [...]

Elasund – The First City

Klaus Teuber is a favorite at home. The first game I got of his was Lowenherz and the next his all time hit Settlers of Catan. So when I saw some favorable reviews of Elasund I wanted to get it.
The game is very well produced with good quality components. The player aid cards are really [...]

Stranded boardgamer

Living in India and trying find 'our' type of boardgamers is now very similar to what has been written below
A stranded boardgamer in Alaska!

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Downgrading some of my 10 rated games on BGG

I was just going through my game collection on BGG and found that I have given a rating of 10 to 15 games. Now normally I would rate a game a 10 if I thought I would be ready to play it whenever I am asked. That I should want to play it anytime is [...]

Last couple of days

Had some good gaming the last couple of days. Kids still have holidays and the afternoons generallyare filled with gaming. Shreyasi brings her friends over and I try and spend some time gaming with them.
Got back from kochi a couple of days back and so the last two afternoons were good. Elasund – The First [...]

Alhambra

Alhambra was the new game we tried today. A tile laying game withsome good strategy. It is simple to set up and learn even for newbies. For those familiar with Carcassone there is a certain likeness in the way the Alhambra or palace is built. But we are talking about an individual Alhambra as opposed [...]

Vampire – Game review

I was looking at this game store and found a 75% sale going on. I looked at Vampire, saw the Wolfgang Kramer on the cover and I saw it was marked down to about 9$. So I just bought it. Today I was looking at the rules on BGG to see if it was simple [...]