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Top Five Non-Game Things of Essen Spiel 2025

Posted on November 21, 2025 by fakedtales

I love a convention and 2025’s been a surprisingly big year for me with them (with two left to go between Thought Bubble and Dragonmeet). The thing is, a gaming convention is more than just games. Here’s my list of … Continue reading →

Posted in board games | Tagged Board Game Mascots, Deluxe Gaming Tables, Essen Spiel, Essen Spiel 2025, in-fighters, Pretzels, StreetPass | Leave a comment

Games I Saw But Didn’t Play at Essen Spiel 2025

Posted on November 17, 2025 by fakedtales

Essen Spiel is big. Really big. It’s difficult to play everything, especially when you’re really awkward about hovering awkwardly by a table for ages. Not that it stopped us by the end, but early on, the three of us were … Continue reading →

Posted in board games | Tagged avery alder, board games, Catan, Catan Dobble, Don Quixote: The Ingenious Hidalgo, Essen Spiel, galaxy trucker, Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon, Junk Art Revolution, Kingdomino, Magnetic Board Game Holders, mothership, Squirrel Away, The Presence, Winnie the Pooh: Serious Detective | Leave a comment

The new games I played at Essen Spiel 2025

Posted on November 8, 2025 by fakedtales

This year I went to Essen Spiel for the first time in 23 years. My first experience was a whirlwind 22 hour road trip there and back with my friend Graham. It was fantastic but overwhelming. This time my friends … Continue reading →

Posted in board games | Tagged 6 Nimmt, 6 Nimmt: Baron Oxx, 7 Wonders Dice, AEG, Bohemians, Bohnanza: Dahlias, Carcassonne, Cascadia, chaosium, Charming Games Collective, CMoN, Collect!, Elemystic, Essen Spiel, Essen Spiel 2025, Final Score Games, Flatout Games, Flip 7, Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Hobbit: There and Back Again, Ink, Lego: Monkey Palace, Lookout Games, Lovecraft Letter, Miskatonic Tales: Journey into Innsmouth, Office Dog, Peanuts Talent Show, Portal Games, Propolis, Red 7, Repos Production, Restoration Games, Saashi & Saashi, Shall we Dance?, Sniper Elite, Star Realms, Star Trek: Chrono Trek, Things in Rings, Unmatched, Use Up All Your Sick Days, Vantage, Wise Wizard Games | Leave a comment

A Fool’s Errand: Board Game Quest 2021 Ends

Posted on January 21, 2022 by fakedtales

Here we are, the end of Board Game Quest 2021. I’m writing most of this before the end of Board Game Quest, so I don’t know whether I’ll have made it at this point. Where I’m at, there are three … Continue reading →

Posted in board games, General | Tagged a game about quickly grabbing creatures that are totally different and watching out for turnips, a game about wee whimsical creatures and trying to identify them after someone makes noises, archipelago, Avalon, backgammon, Barenpark, Battlestar Galactica, billionaire banshee, board games, CabinCon, chess, Cluedo, Codenames, codenames pictures, dead of winter, deadwood studios USA, descrypto, detective society, dominoes, don’t get got, empires of the void ii, exit the game advent calendar, final girl, fog of love, fury of Dracula, galaxy trucker, game of thrones board game, game of thrones iron throne, Hanabi, Hanafuda, happy little dinosaurs, Kingdomino, ladies & gentlemen, legend of the five rings, Love Letter, Mysterium, once upon a time, paranoia, resistance, room 25, sentinel tactics, skull, slash 2, Spillikins, super skill pinball 4-Cade, superfight, tapestry, tic Tac toe, tournament at avalon, two rooms and a boom, ultimate werewolf, witch trial, x-men mutant revolution | Leave a comment

A Fool’s Errand: Over the Hill (Part Three)

Posted on November 10, 2021 by fakedtales

We’re in the final quarter of the year now, and my quest to play every board game in my collection has had some highs and lows. Some games have needed to be ditched due to quality or the realisation that … Continue reading →

Posted in board games | Tagged 7 wonders, a fake artist goes to New York, arctic scavengers, bang!, board games, bunny bunny moose moose, captain park’s imaginary polar expedition, coin age, colt express, deception murder in Hong Kong, elder sign, escape the dark sector, forbidden desert, fort, fresco, game of blame, Gretchinz!, happy families, high society, Jane Austen’s matchmaker, kill doctor lucky, king of Tokyo, knights of the dinner table, munchkin, nanofictionary, near and far, night of the grand octopus, oath, obscurio, parks, quest, Railroad Ink, red7, save doctor lucky, secret Tijuana death match, secrets, sheriff of Nottingham, shifty-eyed spies, small world, smash up, space hulk death angel, Spartacus a game of blood & treachery, Star Realms, tales of the Arabian nights, tell me, terror in meeple city, the fox in the forest, when darkness comes | Leave a comment

A Fool’s Errand: First Quarter Report

Posted on April 25, 2021 by fakedtales

I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, but I do love a good challenge. Just as 2020 was ending, my partner, Emma, asked whether it would be possible to play every game in my collection in a year. I … Continue reading →

Posted in board games, General | Tagged 6 Nimmt, 7 Wonders Duel, Arkham Horror LCG, Azul, Bargain Quest, Before I Kill You Mr Bond, board games, Catch the Moon, Devil Bunny Needs a Ham, Eldritch Horror, Film Frenzy, Fluxx, Forbidden Island, Ganz Schon Clever, Ground Force, Hive Pocket, hostage negotiator, hue, Islebound, Last Will, Lost Legacy, Love Letter, Marvel Champions, Paperback, Railroad Ink, Raxxon, Rhino Hero, Root, Safari Jack, Scythe, Skulls of Sedlec, Star Realms, String Railway, tabletop games, Treehouse, Tyrants of the Underdark, Undo, Villagers, Viticulture, Zombie Dice | Leave a comment

Hostage Negotiator – Abductor Pack One: Connor E Ogden

Posted on February 23, 2019 by fakedtales

Hostage Negotiator: Abductor Pack Case One: Connor Ogden “This CEO’s a nasty piece of work, even among CEOs. His decision to invest heavily in goat-powered cars has led to a meeting we’re guessing wasn’t for a raise. He’s gone for … Continue reading →

Posted in board games, General | Tagged board games, hostage negotiator, hostage negotiator crime wave, life saving net, stupid CEOs | Leave a comment

Category Archives: board games

Top Five Non-Game Things of Essen Spiel 2025

Games I Saw But Didn’t Play at Essen Spiel 2025

The new games I played at Essen Spiel 2025

A Fool’s Errand: Board Game Quest 2021 Ends

A Fool’s Errand: Over the Hill (Part Three)

A Fool’s Errand: First Quarter Report

Hostage Negotiator – Abductor Pack One: Connor E Ogden

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