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Eric (What's Eric Playing?)

@whatsericplaying.bsky.social

I'm Eric! Board game reviewer, photographer, and American Tabletop Awards Committee Member. New board game reviews every Monday! Patreon: http://bit.ly/wep-p (he / him)

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[Take Time review]

hey friends what's a clock's favorite social media app

it's tick tock

i'll be here all week

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/01/take-time/

01.12.2025 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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[Dustbiters: Pocket Edition review]

you're allowed to yell your favorite fury road quotes while you play

probably thunder road too but don't tell restoration

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/01/dustbiters-pocket-edition/

01.12.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Fifty Fruity review]

rejected names:
Fruit by the Feint
Gaslight Bananas
I Lied; It's Coconuts

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/24/fifty-fruity/

24.11.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
It's Eric!

It's Eric!

Time for my annual Get Back On Social Media for the Duration Of PAX Unplugged

If you're looking for me** I'll be wearing cool* sweaters

*subjective but I'm right
*don't make weird comments about my hair

21.11.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Championland: Track & Field review]

putting the hurt-le on your opponent is some of the best text I've ever written and it's only available in a blurb that nobody sees

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/17/championland-track-and-field/

17.11.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Mega Jackpot review]

big money AND whammies? sign me up

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/17/mega-jackpot/

17.11.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can agree wholeheartedly; this one is beyond me.

12.11.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Be safe this season with your pressure washer Rodney! We can't lose a real one.

12.11.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also on behalf of What's Eric Playing? this holiday season please don't use a pressure washer for uh, recreational purposes.

12.11.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh that's not how that emoji is colloquially used

12.11.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

noooooooo

10.11.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sprawlopolis is an all timer for me! And yes I always look for your name in the rules these days haha. PAXU?

10.11.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Chomp Review]

If you lose badly enough you have to be a chomp chump

I'll be here all week, folks

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/10/chomp/

10.11.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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[PiΓ±a Coladice review]

Honestly this entire game made me wonder why I don't keep a few piΓ±a coladas somewhere in the house. There are so few thematically-appropriate drinks for games.

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/10/pina-coladice/

10.11.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dice Words Cool off with Dice Words, a quick and chill word game for the entire family that's a great entry point into the genre (and uses that ice font from ice storage from my childhood, which I like). 7.25 / 10

Dice Words

Cool off with Dice Words, a quick and chill word game for the entire family that's a great entry point into the genre (and uses that ice font from ice storage from my childhood, which I like). 7.25 / 10

03.11.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Championland: Volleyball review]

only way you're gonna catch me playing sports

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/03/championland-volleyball/

03.11.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Oddland review]

honestly they had me at pigehorse or whatever

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/27/oddland/

27.10.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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[Cascadia: Landmarks review]

i just really enjoy talking about Cascadia, y'all

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/27/cascadia-landmarks/

27.10.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tag Team Pair up for a beatdown in Tag Team, a fantastic deck-building auto-battling hybrid game. 8.75 / 10

Tag Team

Pair up for a beatdown in Tag Team, a fantastic deck-building auto-battling hybrid game. 8.75 / 10

20.10.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tranquility: The DescentΒ [Preview] You've searched for peace on the sea and in the mountains; maybe you can find it in the caves below in Tranquility: The Depths, another great entry in a fun series. 8.25 / 10

Tranquility: The DescentΒ [Preview]

You've searched for peace on the sea and in the mountains; maybe you can find it in the caves below in Tranquility: The Depths, another great entry in a fun series. 8.25 / 10

20.10.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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i'm just saying if they can make a cyberpunk looney tunes they can make a cyberpunk this

for other sequel ideas, hit me up

(fliptoons review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/13/fliptoons/

13.10.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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we're going up, up, up, to the lakes

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes preview, specifically

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/13/cascadia-alpine-lakes/

13.10.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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there are two types of people

people who think terrariums are cool

and liars

(glass garden review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/06/glass-garden/

06.10.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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it's another cool art week at What's Eric Playing?, but it's almost always cool art week

heeeere's beasts

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/06/beasts/

06.10.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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are you looking for both information on an EXIT game and a good example of what a "fine." review looks like from me?

well EXIT: The Venice Conspiracy has both

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/29/exit-the-venice-conspiracy/

29.09.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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look if you can trust What's Eric Playing for one thing it's that I'm not gonna let y'all go without seeing games that are really pretty to look at

so here's my review of Mercurial: Alchemia, hitting KS soon

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/29/mercurial-alchemia/

29.09.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fuck off with that large language model horseshit

27.09.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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i sincerely hope that they keep making sports dice games until I'm dead and buried

(sports dice: basketball review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/22/sports-dice-basketball/

22.09.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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pushy pushy penguins would have been a fun name too, though it would have brought to mind hungry hungry hippos

(this is a review)

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/22/push-push-penguin/

22.09.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have no idea why I kept typing twonkle twonkle when I was writing this review, but if you catch any instances of it please let me know thanks

maybe I'm just sleepy

http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/15/twinkle-twinkle/

15.09.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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