Garrett's Games And Geekiness

Shelley and I create towers with our hands of card in  Sky Towers by Charles Ward from Ex1st Games and then build different colored subway lines to manipulate how people travel around London in On The Underground by Sebastian Bleasdale - originally published by JKLM and Rio Grande Game, but picked up in 2019 by Ludicreations

Shelley and I capture animals and attempt to gain a foothold on the mountain in  Nanga Parbat by Steve Finn from Dr. Finn's Games then we reflect on an older titles as we sail to gather spices and attempt to overcome some luck in 2004's  Goa by Rudiger Dorn from Rio Grande Games and Hans Im Gluck.

Shelley and I capture, then deliver butterflies to beautiful outdoor spaces in Butterfly Garden by Steve Finn from Dr. Finn's Games then head to ancient Rome to get our mancala mechanism in play as we build and conquer in  Trajan by Stefan Feld from Ammonit Spiele, as well as Huch and Renegade Game Studios. 

Shelley andI roll dice to collect books, travel as a novice, develop influence, and then spend it in Biblios - Quill and Parchment by Steve Finn from Dr. Finn's Games then we head back further in time to develop our lands and gain resources in Lions of Lydia by Jonny Pac from Bellwether Games

Shelley and I pick food mancala-style in  Fruit Picking by Jun-ichi Shinde from Korea Board Games and then race from our jobs and try to get as happy as possible in Finishing Time/Feierabend by Friedemann Friese from 2F Spiele and Boardgamegeek.

Shelley and I check out both Whale Riders (the board game) by Reiner Knizia from Grail Games and its smaller cousin withmore of a publishing history Whale Riders The Card Game by Reiner Knizia from Grail Games

Shelley and I try another variation of drawing polyominoes in Patchwork Doodle by Uwe Rosenberg from Lookout Games then spin a HUGE 4-story pagoda to obtain resources and build our tableaus of gardens in  Four Gardens by Martin Dolezal from Korea Boardgames Ltd. 

Shelley and I check out version #4 of a Knizia classic Medici: The Dice Game by Reiner Knizia from Grail Games and then head to Africa with a bit of problematic theming but a great game to re-review in Mombasa by Alexander Pfister from R&R Games

Shelley and I search for clues into the existence of cryptozoological creatures in  Evidence by Orestis Liontaritis from Pegasus Spiele and Edition Spielwiese then we head back in time to Emperor Hadrian's rule and work to build his famous wall in Britain to keep the Picts at bay in Hadrian's Wall by Bobby Hill from Garphill Games and Renegade Game Design

Shelley and I journey first to the City of Light for a re-review of the now more readily available  Paris - La Cité de la Lumière by Jose Antonio Abascal Acebo from Devir and Kosmos then we trek to the mountains to press our luck as we climb  7 Summits by Daryl Andrews and Adrian Adamescu from Deep Water Games

Shelley and I check out a couple of art-themed games, one which we enjoy, and another which might have benefitted from some more development. Starving Artists by Mike Wokasch from Deep Water Games, Fairway 3 Games and Zafty and Fresco (with many of its expansions) by Marco Ruskowski and Marcel Sußelback from Queen Games

Shelley and I work to entice good workers to our respective kingdoms in  Majesty - For The Realm by Marc André from Z-Man and Hans im Glück then wend our way through a post-apocalyptic world with our dirigibles and drones in CloudAge by Alexander Pfister and Arno Steinwender from dlp Games

Shelley and I gather gorgeous food and beverages in the quick Space Lunch by Simona Greco and Marco Rava with art by Natalie Dombois from ThunderGryph Games then we build train routes through the US and Europe and purchase shares in various train companies in Mini Express by Mark Gerrits from Moaideas Game Design

Shelley and I draft hats and manipulate their values in order to attend the Mad Hatter's party in  Hats by Gabriele Bubola from ThunderGryph Games then we drain swamps, work the fields and build roads and other structures in Faiyum by Friedemann Friese from BoardGameGeek and 2FSpiele

Shelley and I paint cool layered pictures in Canvas by Jeffrey Chin and Andrew Nerger (with art by Luan Huynh) from Road To Infamy Games Then we travel through the circular realm gathering goods, constructing buildings, obtaining manuscripts and venturing to the castle in Viscounts of the West Kingdom by Shem Phillips and SJ Macdonald from Garphill Games

Shelley and I build and improve our towns through resource collection and farming in Hallertau by Uwe Rosenberg from Lookout Games and then work hard at dice drafting and novice assigning in  Monasterium by Arve D. Fühler from dlp Games

Shelley and I journey along the Silk Road in  Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road by Fabio Lopiano from Osprey Games then we roll & write in a fantasy landscape in Pandoria Merchants by Jeffrey D. Allers and Bernd Eisenstein from Iron Games  

Shelley and I compete to build Prague in Praga Caput Regni by Vladimir Suchy from Rio Grande Games and then we check out two new USA maps - West & East - for the classic  Carcassonne by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede from Hans im Glück

Shelley and I work to build up the city of Glasgow in Glasgow by Mandela Fernandez-Grandon from Lookout Games and then send out domino-covered animals into fields to plant trees in Renature by Michael Kiesling and Wolfgang Kramer from Capstone Games

Shelley and I head all the way back to 2006 to enlist dragons and build fantasy buildings to gain crystals for offerings in  Blue Moon City by Reiner Knizia from Fantasy Flight Games  then work together to run from an erupting volcano and escape from  Red Peak by Carlo A. Rossi from Ravensburger