A Gnome's Ponderings

Monday, July 27, 2026

Trains, dice snd contests

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  I’ve been meaning to try out Rolling Boxcars from the 13th Roll and Write Design Contest since, well, the contest from 2022. It’s honest...
Friday, July 24, 2026

A one die Yahtzee can work

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  After I wrote a less than glowing commentary about Boat, a three-dice Yahtzee variant, BGG user d x@UanarchyK asked me to check on their ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon remains relevant

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  Sometimes, books have completely different meanings depending on where you are when you read them. (Every time I read Invisible Cities by ...
Monday, July 20, 2026

For once, Shen bores me

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  After the first time I tried Alexander Shen’s Lunch Box Lair, I asked ‘Did I miss something?’ and then ‘Is that it?’ Sadly, I fear that th...
Friday, July 17, 2026

Is there any reward to simplifying Yahtzee?

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  It has become a definite part of my gaming hobby to hunt down odd little truffles. Short games that you can easily knock together yourself...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Asimov’s Black Widowers are cozier than Agatha Christie

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  I first stumbled across Isaac Asimov’s Black Widowers stories when I was in middle school or high school so it’s safe to say that I’ve bee...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Flip Freighters is exactly what it says it is, no less and no more

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  I’ve been looking at Flip Freighters really since it came out. More than anything else, having to put together a deck from two decks of tr...
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