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Buying games is easy…

building a collection that you are proud of is a science…

having the right game, at the right moment, for the right people that brings joy to the whole table…

Now, that is an art!

Hi, I’m Ken. I’m passionate about board games and helping others find games that they love. I’ve been collecting and playing board games for 10 years and have learned a lot along the way. I believe that everyone deserves to play great games with the ones they love and have a collection wherein each title brings them joy.

So, I’m here to teach you the art of building a board game collection!
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All Tracks Lead to 18xx

Train Tuesday I talked to one of my friends on the phone today and we had a really interesting conversation about the trajectory of strategy board gamers. The argument is that no matter where you start in the hobby, if you enjoy deep strategy and critical thinking, you will ultimately end up playing 18xx. SomeContinue reading “All Tracks Lead to 18xx”

My Most Played Games | #5 | Celestia | 47 Plays My Most Played Games | #6 | Red7 | 45 Plays My Most Played Games | #7 | Onirim | 44 Plays My Most Played Games | #8 | Scythe | 43 Plays My 100 Most Played Games | #9 | For Sale | 42 Plays Back at the end of August, I joined a Twitter challenge to tweet for 100 days. Unsure of what to talk about, I decided to write mini-reviews on my 100 *most played* games. Well, we’re in the top 10 now, so I figured I’d cross post the last 10 here. Oh man, yesterday was a great day. Before yesterday, I had no exposure to Dune aside from a casual cognitive association between the name and the book series I’ve always been meaning to read. Going forward Nov. 18th shall be remembered as the day that Ken met Dune and it was wonderful 😍 It all started with an invitation to an afternoon private showing of the movie with 5 others friends from game night! I was captured by the beautiful filmography, the stunning cast, and a fascinating universe! Then, with all of this swirling around in our imaginations, we went back to my friends house and played Dune, which surprisingly I’d also not played before. The game was awesome! As many of us were new, many mistakes were made but it’s definitely on my list for must play again soon. 10/10 would recommend the paring! #dune #dunemovie ##bgg #boardgames #tabletopgames — #cardgame #gaming #epic #boardgamegeek #gamer #games #boardgamejp #analoggame #juegosdemesa #Brettspiele #ボードゲーム #brädspel #jeuxdesociété #j2s #game #geek #instagame #boardgamesofinstagram 🎲Kahuna🎲 we played this quick, simple and well loved copy of Kahuna at the beautiful @moxboardinghouse Portland location. Kahuna is an interesting take on area of majority in a two player only game. On your turn you play cards to add or remove bridges that span the distance between the island. If you have the majority of bridges on an Island, you claim it and discard any of your opponents bridges touching that Island. Both in adding and removing bridges there can be large chain reactions that can make the game swing pretty quickly in or out of your favor. Great game of 1861 tonight! First time getting the @grandtrunkgames games version to the table and it is beautiful indeed. It’s an amazing bar to set and I can’t wait for the team to reprint 1889! #1861 #18xx #ccmf #traingames #bgg #boardgame #tabletopgames — #cardgame #gaming #epic #boardgamegeek #gamer #games #boardgamejp #analoggame #juegosdemesa #Brettspiele #ボードゲーム #brädspel #jeuxdesociété #j2s #game #geek #instagame #boardgamesofinstagram

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