Just Coasting

Ha. At 5 players it takes a while to get through everyone else's turns before it gets back to you, but the puzzle is so compelling I would still be willing to play it at that count, just not ideal.

Our first game with 5 players took four hours 🙄.

Covenant (GotY for me)
Shackleton Base
Calimala
Faux Diamonds
Troyes
Emberleaf
Huang
Bridge City Poker
Courtisans

All of these were new to me this year and enjoyed them thoroughly.

Great card "dancing" mechanism. Will wreck your brain. Don't play it at 5p.

Oh my gosh.

Does it? I was aiming in the dark here, lol.

Vancouver won't because the World Cup will showcase their young players and teams abroad will make offers they can't refuse, and can't reload.

Miami won't because you can't replace Busquets and Alba, as old as they are, with equal talent and synchronicity.

But I also don't bet against Messi.

Seattle won't spend for high end talent, and the talent they do have is often physically broken.

SD won't because if they get Salah, can they handle his ego in a team that works for each other as a unit?

LAFC won't because MDS is just Dolo 2.0.

Vancouver had rights to the Cup, but sometimes it's a game of inches that does you in. That double post was the reason Miami is Champion, otherwise it's game over since everything about the game suggested Vancouver was the better team.

Point?

The Six of VIII is live!

#boardgames

Can't wait for Everdell Duel: The Solo Game: The Video Game.

Opinion in Deckers?

What’s some good YouTube or podcasts about board game news? #boardgames

So Very Wrong About Games

Shut Up and Sit Down

Game Brain/Table Scraps

Those are my recommended podcasts.

Interesting that Altered has been a persistent game all year. How do you feel about it being a TCG?

Absolutely nothing bad happens when Vancouver has a 2-0 lead.

#MLSCupPlayoffs
#Whitecaps

Hope they go out as champions!

It's my game of the year for sure.

How is Makoto?

Mandala Create and destroy mandalas in this beautifully tense abstract game for two.

Played Mandala today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26...

Twice in one night. Excellent.

Clean and streamlined.

Aquatica Recruit heroes and conquer locations in a race to expand your kingdom under the sea.

Played Aquatica today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28...

The Guild of Merchant Explorers Explore strange lands, establish trade routes, and search for treasure.

Played The Guild of Merchant Explorers today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35...

Mandala Create and destroy mandalas in this beautifully tense abstract game for two.

Played Mandala today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26...

I'm running on 50% brain capacity today.

I want to be a bear and just hibernate for a few months.

Philly chocked!

#MLSCupPlayoffs

He looked suspect.

All of Cincinnati looked suspect tonight.

19': Silvetti assist Messi
57': Messi assists Silvetti

The 38-year-old Argentinean and the 19-year-old Argentinean have Inter Miami on their way to the MLS Conference Finals 🇦🇷🔥

Absolute demolition in Cincinnati. Shocking how flat Cincy came out tonight.

Miami is looking excellent. Allende, Silvetti and Rodriguez look rejuvenated without Suarez in the starting lineup.

#InterMiamiCF
#MLSCupPlayoffs

If they manage to get to penalties, I give NYC a chance.