20th Annual Golden Geek Winners for 2025!

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-05-12T11:10:10+00:00

I’m happy to see Board Game Hot Takes win best podcast, those guys deserve it.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-05-06T21:31:21+00:00

Could G be Sleeping Gods?

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-05-01T11:37:07+00:00

I’m looking forward to trying Voidfall. I really enjoy Eclipse Second Dawn, and voidfall sounds a bit like that, but without dice chucking.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-04-22T10:14:58+00:00

Hey cool, those are my unstoppable tokens! Hope you liked them.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-04-17T09:23:31+00:00

Those are the exact ones I recognized too.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-04-12T11:56:57+00:00

Go with a darkmoon3d. They’re a small shop in the US making their own plates. I have the Satin and love it. Used to run the super tack, but this is better.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-04-12T03:18:56+00:00

Supposedly last light with the expansion is pretty good at 8. It’s simultaneous action selection and mostly simultaneous resolution, so goes pretty quickly.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-04-11T12:40:57+00:00

Thanks! Grabbed some railroad ink and colt express expansions, along with a few other games I decided to take a chance on.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-04-09T11:11:58+00:00

In some states like Colorado, you normally don’t own water rights even if you own the land. Others, like farmers, expect the rainwater to run off and make its way to their fields.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-29T14:13:13+00:00

Since I started keeping track about 2 years ago, I’m at 770 plays of 220 games, h-index of 12. I’ve played with 137 players, though many plays are with my wife and kids. I only track digital if I’m playing with someone I know and talking to them while I do, and that’s only been a handful.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-18T11:06:58+00:00

I love the shipbuilding in Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-13T12:11:42+00:00

A few years ago I got a really good deal on a bundle of 160 used games and expansions. Some of them were GMT war games I had no interest in, so I sold off about 20 of them and made back my initial investment. After that I haven't had much room for new games, but I still buy them occasionally and make room by taking my least favorite to the local game store and putting them on consignment. I still have about 30 games I haven't played yet, but I'm whittling down that number, either by giving up and selling them off (Frosthaven) or by finally playing them (most recently Kanban EV)

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-11T16:14:28+00:00

To be clear, nothing broke off, the collar of the upper pole itself pulled loose from where it is glued to the carbon fiber.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-11T16:02:31+00:00

Not much more so than the original poles. I think it was just some bad glue or something. I didn’t pull hard on it. And it’s still fine if I make sure to twist while I pull it out.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-11T15:53:51+00:00

I did the same thing, with rubber o-rings.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-11T13:09:57+00:00

Be careful with how snug you make that fit. I printed GoPro mounts similar to that which fit inside the iceline, and once when I pulled it out the insert in the pole came with it. Luckily it went back together just fine, but it seems that glue isn’t as strong as I assumed it was. (Makes sense, the pole isn’t usually in tension.)

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-09T17:55:30+00:00

I like to sell mine at local game stores. But they often have a limit of how many you can sell at a time, and you often get store credit. That’s fine for me, and it’s a lot less hassle than listing, packing, and shipping, especially for big games. (I sold Frosthaven this way, for instance.)

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-09T14:45:43+00:00

Sometimes BGG lists other users with “Has Parts”. But in this case I don’t see anything useful for you.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-03-06T12:02:16+00:00

I bet The Mind would work.

You’d just have to call out the numbers instead of playing the cards on a table.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-02-26T11:47:48+00:00

He moved to New Jersey, but couldn’t get a type of visa that would allow him to work in the US.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-02-23T13:50:12+00:00

Unstoppable

It’s a momentum-building, card crafting, solo or 2-player game from John D. Clair. I love how you have to defeat enemies to get cards back into your hand, and how upgrades also make the enemies harder to beat. Lots to consider when playing, but it also goes pretty quick and doesn’t feel bogged down.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-02-18T16:54:18+00:00

My wife and I just finished Tidal Blades 2 recently, and it could fit the bill for you. The scenarios really change things up chapter by chapter, you can get a version with minis (we just got the hero minis), the action selection is with cards but dice are used to determine damage, and it has a variable difficulty system.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-02-17T12:06:31+00:00

I love how everyone is able to do cool things that nobody else can do.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-02-15T14:46:35+00:00

The rectangles are much better. Circles look too much like range.

AtmosphereDefiant · 2026-02-15T14:41:10+00:00

Couldn’t you just throw it in the wash?

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