We’re a week away from Origins Game Fair and starting to feel like we’re getting back to normal convention scheduling. But “normal” isn’t quite here yet. Everyone is still trying to balance a mix of adjusted co ...
I know I’ve mentioned it before, usually this time of the year. We just returned from the annual Geekway to the West convention in St. Louis. Not only does this convention feature one of the largest play-to-win rooms in the nation, bu ...
We try our best not to purchase games at thrift which we already own. Every once in a while we’ll make the decision to do so on purpose. When we find a valuable hobby game and we already own it, if the price is right, we’ll lay ...
Exactly a month ago we found the game of Skippity at our local Goodwill. Then ran into another copy a few days later in Iowa City when we were visiting our oldest daughter at college. It wasn’t the first time we’d encountered a ...
When we moved to California, we realized we had to make substitutions for things only available in the Midwest. One of the products we purchased was Best Foods Mayonnaise because it reminded us of the Hellmann’s we would enjoy back ho ...
It seems like lately we’ve only been finding small games at thrift. It’s understandable since they don’t command a lot of shelf space and tend to get looked over. That’s great for us as we search high and low for mis ...
You might recall in April 2020 we introduced everyone to Qwixx – The Card Game. In that overview, it was mentioned how one of our favorite games to play at Geekway to the West is the original Qwixx. Not to be confused with the previou ...
We share a lot of different types of games both on the site and offline. When we go to game meetups, we try make new people feel welcome by inviting them to join us for games. Of the multitude of times we’ve done this, I have noticed ...
As with many industries, there is constant flux in the board game community. Companies enter the market on a regular basis while others fade from existence. We will occasionally see mergers happen. A few examples are Stronghold Games with I ...
I’ve lost count of how many people have said that retirement isn’t what they expected. Without a regular schedule, boredom quickly sets in. Couple that with a pandemic and you have a combination that is far less than the thought ...