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Reflections On The First Part Of 2023 / I’m Back

I knew The Thoughtful Gamer would look different in 2023, as I couldn’t sustain what I was doing last year, but I didn’t think I

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March 24, 2023 No Comments
Podcast

Podcast Episode 104: PAX Unplugged 2022

Apologies for the sound quality — Lindsay got a new mic and it… did not work well, to say the least. Anyways, we all went

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December 23, 2022 No Comments
Reviews

Oceans: Legends of the Deep Review

Oceans: Legends of the Deep will be on Kickstarter November 1 If there’s any doubt that Oceans is the wilder, freer, more combo-tastic game in

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October 26, 2022 No Comments
Reviews

Wind the Film (aka Photograph) Review

Wind the Film, blandly re-named “Photograph” in its English printing, is one of the best card games I’ve played in years. It’s the kind of

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September 23, 2022 No Comments
Reviews

Silent Ships Review (w/ bonus: Can’t Touch This)

Silent Ships, from independent designer Jorge Zhang, tries to capture the sneaky mind games of Stratego in a small-box card game. In doing so it,

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August 17, 2022 No Comments
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7 Games I’m Glad Exist (because they’re interesting and quirky, even if they may not fully succeed)

Let’s embrace creativity! These 7 games are all interesting and unique in their own way, and I hope they serve as inspiration to other game

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August 10, 2022 No Comments
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