The Political GAmer

T.J. A student of politics and lover of games: scheming plays, playing with thoughts and thinking about games. Mostly board games.

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I chocked with laughter

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The game works for 2 players as well! Though much tighter. This game really captures my imagination

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Well now they’re both aligned with the Afghans. I guess we’re starting to figure out who’s the one making the big mistake. I’ll open another beer.

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It’s been a slow start but we’re finally off to the races with #PaxPamir 2nd edition. It’s hot tonight in Afghanistan (of the 19th century)

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I think it’s because we have no clue what we’re doing but neither of us have shared loyalty yet. So we just fight and race for control. One, of all, of us is/are making a big strategic mistake

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The Punic wars never felt so... civil. #MareNostrum ⁦@Academy_Games⁩

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Arboretum is a great little game, but it’s worth playing just to see ⁦@Beth_sobel⁩’s fabulous art

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I don’t know much about baseball but I do know I love #baseballhighlights2045 and the travel stadium cards are awesome

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Age of Renaissance is... not a game I would play if it wasn’t for ⁦@hopfka⁩’s project on colonialist themed board games

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Keyforge time! It’s great how easy it is to get back into the game after not playing a while. Stays pretty fresh. Forgot how easily the board builds and gets wiped in this game

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To remove the asterisks from the previous game, having another game of Pax Porfiriana with ⁦@hopfka⁩

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@hopfka Name a time and place. Mostly a time.

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Playing games with ⁦@hopfka⁩ always focused your attention on depictions of natives. #paxporfiriana

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@hopfka There were more than 8. But thankfully, I now know the rules. A rematch?

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I’m pretty impressed with how much game is packed into this convoluted little box of cards. So much love, so much history, so many tiny rules.

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@Of_Dice_and_Men For a game that focuses so much on the fiction - and that’s its strength to a great degree - that part of it is tired and shallow. Personally, I didn’t like as much the ‘lonely genius’ trope (spent too much time in academia) but at least there it’s woven into a rich story

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The thing about #comanauts is that it’s cool to enter a persons mind and fight their inner demons but why did they have to pour over it the heroic layer or saving the world like a special force? It’s kind of sad they felt like they needed it

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@Of_Dice_and_Men Is the fact he is in a coma and needed help not enough? I just found it transposed a bunch of Armageddon (the movie) like tropes. We are faceless strangers outside Dr Sobel, there are no characters there and it’s always ‘someone’ who mutters things without personalities

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Manifest density... is a game I don’t want to play again.

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Taking an old favorite for a spin. #keyflower