Azul: Summer Pavilion is the third installment in Michael Keisling’s Azul series published by Plan B games under their Next Move imprint. The three games are themed around the work of Portuguese artisans working on projects for the royal family. This 2019 game has two to four players working to create the magnificent Summer Pavilion…
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The Five By – Episode 72
Episode 72 of The Five By released this morning featuring myself and four of my co-collaborators talking about games we’ve been enjoying. Of the games I didn’t review, two were games I’d played, one was a game I’d almost backed on Kickstarter before deciding against, and one was a game I’d never heard of. First…
Carpe Diem – My Upgrades
If you listened to Episode 56 of The Five By, you heard my thoughts on Carpe Diem. If you didn’t, then the basic gist is that I really like the game but certain production decisions are frustrating and can negatively affect gameplay. As a result, I’ve made a few upgrades to my copy, and I…
Five By Review – Targi (Episode 47)
Hello Five By listeners (and blog readers), it’s Ruth here, fresh from a day playing a lot of new releases and ready to talk about a game that well, isn’t. First published in 2012, Targi was one of the first specifically two-player games to capture my attention. Previously I preferred playing games with more versatility,…
Favelas – Links to Look Further
While writing my segment for the latest Five By episode, I ended up looking at a number of resources. This is not an exhaustive list, but below are links to some of the things I found most helpful and/or interesting: What is a Favela? a really interesting video explaining the Favelas in both a historical…
The Games of The Five By: Episode 22
I’ve been oscillating between slacking off and cursing my writer’s block, and so haven’t published my thoughts on the games featured in episodes 20 and 21. But I’m hoping to get a bunch of drafts and notes cleaned up and organized over the next few weekends so I should be able to get my thoughts…
The Five By: The Games of Episode 19
This episode of The Five By featured a number of games with which I was passingly familiar, having either played once a while back, or just games I’d heard of. This meant I was, of course, left itching to play everything after the episode ended, and in fact have been repeatedly finding myself checking out…
The Five By: The Games of Episodes 17 and 18
Episode 17 of the show dropped on the first day of TBGT, a five day gaming event held locally that pretty much meant I was offline for a week or so. So I’m combining my thoughts on that episode’s games with my thoughts on the game covered in episode 18 which was released this week….
Weekly Round-Up – September 2nd
Continuing this small series of news recaps, here’s some more stuff you might have missed over the last week: Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and Louisiana hard, and many have been affected by the resultant flooding, power outages, and shortages. BGG has a Hurricane Harvey Relief geeklist to keep track of their efforts, or you can…
The Five By: The Games of Episode 15
This episode covers some games I’ve played once or twice, one I’ve played a good amount of recently (funnily enough, that’s the one I review), and two games I haven’t yet managed to play. It’s a good mix of older and newer releases and, as always, my co-hosts have really interesting things to say. So…
The Five By: The Games of Episode 14
Recording for this episode was rough – last Sunday morning I had no idea what game to even talk about despite the audio being due to Mike that night and was starting to panic. Luckily my co-collaborators are patient and helpful in Slack and so helped me figure out a topic. And you know, once…
The Five By: The Games of Episode 13
Sorry this update’s a little late but between RUTHCon and chaos at work as we transition to a new system, things have been crazy. In fact, I’m writing this from the pharmacy where I’m stuck overnight as a technician rips apart my set-up and installs that brand new system. Here’s hoping i get out of…
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