Souvenirs from Japan
Some interesting games and components brought back from Japan
boardgaming in photos: REXKL, Ticket to Ride, Star Realms
Revisiting a classic and two Ticket To ride maps.
BGC in Essen Spiel 2013 – Day One (24/10) PM
The afternoon of Day One saw us visiting the usual suspects of Days of Wonder, AbacusSpiele, Amigo Spiele, and Pearl Games. We also covered some of the high-buzz games of this Essen namely YUNNAN, MADEIRA, KEYFLOWER, RUSSIAN RAILROADS and BRUXELLES 1893. And there’s one physical football simulation game called KICKET!
OTK Meetup 6/6/2014 – TRAINS NIGHT
Been awhile since we got some trains & railroad games to the table so TRAINS Nite it is for tonite. Thereβll be no shortage of games for this theme.. except what do you want to see on the table? Read on to see whether we think AGE OF STEAM or STEAM is the more brutal version of the game.
OTK Meetup 27/12/2013 – First play of Madeira in Malaysia
Read all about MADEIRA in the first play of this Essen 2013 release in Malaysia at OTK last December. Three other Essen 2013 games β BANG THE DICE GAME, ORIGIN and CAPPUCCINO β and some old faves like PUERTO RICO, TICKET TO RIDE. Adios to a great 2013 of gaming!
OTK Meetup 4/10/2013 – Hansa Teutonica, Ticket to Ride, Kemet, Le Petit Prince, Robinson Crusoe
We took the downtime (stock arrivals) to test out a few newer games but also some older faves like HANSA TEUTONICA and TICKET TO RIDE. KEMET, LE PETIT PRINCE and ROBINSON CRUSOE also saw some actions. Find out what’s the buzz about Robinson Crusoe.
OTK Meetup 2/11/2012 – Essen Play Week 2
While CO2 remained the highlight of the evening, lest we forgot there were nine other games (mostly card games) in-play at OTK also. We also did a 2nd visit to The Great Zimbabwe and are continued to be awed by the depth of its gameplay.
OTK Meetup 23/9/2011
First Friday meetup at the new OTK saw train games hitting the tables here and there with TICKET TO RIDE, RAILROAD TYCOON and 1889 SHIKOKU in play all in R1. Sid Sackson also had a good day with both his CAN’T STOP and ACQUIRE being brought to the tables. Other games seen were REPUBLIC OF ROME, HEY THAT’S MY FISH, TOK TOK WOODMAN, 20TH CENTURY, IN THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON, GLORY TO ROME, SPEICHERSTADT, NUNS ON THE RUN.
OTK Meetup 17/6/2011 – Navegador, Ticket to Ride, Carson City, Leaping Lemmings, Havoc, Antike
An evening where the BGC Retreat participants gathered for a post-retreat meetup with NAVEGADOR seeing play as our FIRST PLAY promo game, and it’s forefather ANTIKE also introduced to another group. Return of some old favorite gateway games like TICKET TO RIDE and HAVOC plus CARSON CITY and LEAPING LEMMINGS rounded up the evening.
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