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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Here are some pictures of the map and the combat at the end of the session. Using risk pieces made for a nice touch.

Map created during RPG play at origins game fair

Map showing unite locations and terrain during combat during RPG play at origins game fair

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Big month with Origins. Not a LOT of games played but a fun variety. Highlights: Re;MATCH - 2-player game inspired by puzzle fighter video games, uses a marble grid. Panda Royale - dice drafting roll and write Quiet House - partial information, no communication, cooperative puzzle. #bgstats

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
23: Pandemic;
7: Spots;
2: Q-less;
2: Panda Royale;
2: Bag of Chips;
1: Kutná Hora: The City of Silver;
1: Riftblade;
1: Cities;
1: Can't Stop Express;
1: Re;MATCH: Marble Puzzle Fighter;
1: Quiet House;
1: Bugs in the Kitchen;
1: Popcorn Dice;
1: Connect Four.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I attended Origins Game Fair and got in a respectable number of games played. Highlights: Re;MATCH - the vibe of Bullet and Potion Explosion with an arcade fighter theme. Quiet House - deductive co-op - rearrange 5 items in a room to meet the 8 random rules, of which each player only knows 4 of.

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
2: Pandemic;
2: Panda Royale;
2: Bag of Chips;
1: Kutná Hora: The City of Silver;
1: Riftblade;
1: Cities;
1: Re;MATCH: Marble Puzzle Fighter;
1: Quiet House;
1: Bugs in the Kitchen;
1: Popcorn Dice;
1: Connect Four.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Remember the raffle? Yea, the kid won the lightsaber she put 12 or so tickets on. She then won a $20 gift card to a FLGS and a set of polyhedral dice with mushrooms in them and someone run up and just gave her a free game Also got a miniature and a mood ring and a pirate gave her a gold coin.

The free game my daughter received. Where is Mausi? from Amigo

polyhedral dice set my kid won. clear with purple ink. pink and white mushrooms and faux green moss suspended inside.

The kid moments before whacking her mom in the face with a red lightsaber twice as long as she is tall.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Sonic Roll Nacht der Magier Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade Bugs in the Kitchen Deathmatch Island (RPG) Disney: The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits Game Power Vacuum Typeset Solforge Fusion KS Starter set, 5 KS boosters, and 2 neoprene mats

Solforge Fusion KS starter, five kickstarter booster boxes and two neoprene mats purchased at Origins Game Fair from another attendee

A picture of my Origins 2025 purchases from Thursday as well as my board game geek virtual flea market purchases

Skulk Hollow
Signal
Panda Royale
Rebel Princess (Deluxe Edition) and expansion with promos
Wordsy
New York Slice
Let's Go! To Japan
Café
CATsle Builders
Auf Falscher Farhte
The Rail on the Hill
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Diced Veggies
Sonic Roll
Nacht der Magier
Super-Skill Pinball: 4-Cade
Bugs in the Kitchen
Deathmatch Island (RPG)
Disney: The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits Game
Power Vacuum
Typeset

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Then I set up to play some games with a guy I regularly meetup with at Origins. We played Quiet House and Bag of Chips before we played a three player game of Cities. Quiet House was amazing. I want to play more of it. Cities didn't blow me away, but it certainly isn't bad. It is... approachable.

a three player game of Cities in progress

a two player game of Quiet House in progress.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Kutna Hora is great. The action selection mechanism with the two use cards add enough restrictions that deciding which 5 action combination is just slightly, enjoyably agonizing. Also, its snappy, but will take some time at the table none the less.

Approximately one third of the way through our four player game of Kutna Hora at Origins Game Fair.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I fell off the wagon painting. Honestly, the kid became a lot more erratic with her nighttime routine which ate into my "everyone is resting, time to paint" time. Plus, I got more tired. Also I was playing a lot of solo Marvel United in there as well. Anyways, nothing fancy just 3 more barricades.

Three barricades from the Star Wars Legion line.

All three with a two tone silver metallic finish, black paint flecks for damage, and yellow paint block accents.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

(2/3) The Guild of Merchant Explorers checks a lot of boxes for me with its growth and contraction flow to the game and solo capability. Daybreak I wasn't rushing to play (theme, while hopeful, feels far removed from reality right now) but the engine building in it is a fantastic puzzle.

BG Stats 5 x 5.
Play count:
69: Pandemic;
42: Next Station: Paris;
27: Splitter;
21: Terraforming Mars;
10: Can't Stop Express;
9: Daybreak;
7: The Guild of Merchant Explorers;
6: Let's Go! To Japan;
6: Friday;
6: Knister;
5: Next Station: Tokyo;
5: Super Mega Lucky Box;
5: Road to 300;
3: Can't Stop;
3: Striking Flint;
2: Fischen;
2: Triple Yahtzee;
2: Horrible Therapist;
2: Yahtzee;
2: Next Station: London;
2: Akropolis;
2: Sprawlopolis;
2: Dodo;
1: Shogun;
1: Arcs.

BG Stats 5 x 5.
Play count:
1: Planet Unknown;
1: Earth;
1: Art Society;
1: Bazaar;
1: Challengers!;
1: Hit Z Road;
1: It's a Wonderful World;
1: Reapers;
1: Cascadia;
1: Harmonies;
1: Power Vacuum;
1: The Vale of Eternity;
1: Candy Land;
1: My Favourite Things;
1: Q-less;
1: Spots;
1: Lepidoptery;
1: Tangram City;
1: Welcome To...;
1: The Draugr;
1: Flip 7;
1: Greasy Spoon;
1: Jump Drive;
1: King of Tokyo: Duel;
1: Number Drop.

BG Stats 5 x 5.
Play count:
1: RNSM;
1: Sequence for Kids;
1: ハーベスト;
1: Tranquility;
1: Dickory;
1: Magic Maze;
1: A Nice Cuppa;
1: FLOWERS;
1: Monza;
1: Super Slopes;
1: Balloon Pop!;

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Three in person game days, some solo games at the home and a lot of games played on board game arena (solo and 2-player). Standouts: Pandemic - my most played game this month and I still love this game after 15 years. It was the game that hooked me on the hobby in the first place. (1/3) #bgstats

BG Stats Jan 2025

Plays: 278
H-index: 7
Games: 61
New: 28
Players: 12
Locations: 4
Hours: 188
Days: 30

Pandemic: 69
Next Station: Paris: 42
Splitter: 27
Terraforming Mars: 21
Can't Stop Express: 10
Daybreak: 9
The Guild of Merchant Explorers: 7
Let's Go! To Japan: 6
Friday: 6

65 designers:
Matthew Dunstan: 6%
Sid Sackson: 4%
Benoit Turpin: 3%
Friedemann Friese: 3%
Matt Leacock: 3%.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Almost got to 200 unique games played this year. No surprise that the top games are my idle/background solo game staples from BGA. A great year of games. I'll probably do a top 10 new to me games list here soon to put a button on last year's game tracking.

BG Stats 2024

Plays: 2209
H-index: 17
Games: 196
New: 134
Players: 34
Locations: 11
Hours: 1155
Days: 315

Q-less: 374
Super Mega Lucky Box: 294
It's a Wonderful World: 224
Terraforming Mars: 196
Challengers!: 161
Jump Drive: 130
Turing Machine: 106
Can't Stop Express: 71
Spots: 54

215 designers:
Bruno Cathala: 2%
Phil Walker-Harding: 2%
(Uncredited): 2%
Matthew Dunstan: 2%
Reiner Knizia: 2%.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A few more. Two more barricades, this time in a brown and yellow scheme, and a knight with a slight tweak on the scheme I painted previously.

Two Star Wars Legion barricade - miniatures - brown and yellow color scheme - front

Two Star Wars Legion barricade - miniatures - brown and yellow color scheme - back

A knight with sword over head and holding a shield. Blue tunic

A knight with sword over head and holding a shield, red with a blue emblem. Blue tunic

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Two more minis! A kobold with a big sword and a sci-fi barricade for Star Wars Legion, but I'm going to use it for SW Shatterpoint. A different scale but not so much that I'm going to sweat it too much.

Sci-fi barricade, front. Grey with tow vertical red stripes

Red skin Kobold with green scales, yellow eyes and wearing a knights helm and carrying/dragging a large sword for his size

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My most recent two. The archer I feel works but I'm not really happy with it. The swordsman on the other hand, I am very happy with. I got a lot of depth in the fabric. Using a toothpick I was about to really touch on some details that I can't paint with a brush (studs, cross, lower lip).

A lot of brown clothing on this archer mini with a dark green cloak.

A bearded soldier with red and tan clothing, a blue sword and shield and black hat. Silver and blue/green highlights.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

More Minis!! I'm nearing the end of my "get minis for Frostgrave". I have just about everything I need to cover my current preferred warband, and then some.

Miniature of a town guardsman, with dark skin, green cloths with light leather boots and accents.

Pirate/treasure hunter, yellow pants with a red sash belt and dark leather vest

Ranger with a light blue cloak and yellowy orange cloths underneath. Blond hair, holding a bow and sword on hip

Redhaired barbarian with dark red armor and large broadsword. Green and leather accents and two spears appearing from behind.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

As another aside on painting minis. I have been using a brush on black primer then dry brushing some white to give some subtle highlights under my colors. And I kind of love the way the minis look at that stage. I may do just this for monster/NPC types.

Minis primed in two tone but otherwise unpainted

Mini primed in two tone but otherwise unpainted

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

I almost forgot this trio. I got these for Frostgrave, where your warband is mostly generic hirelings I have dups of each of sculpt, so I decided to paint one set with one color scheme and I will use a different scheme for the second set to easily distinguish between crossbowman 1 and 2.

Spearman with a leather collar, blue coat and red pants.

Man-at-arms with sword and shield. Blue robe over chainmail. This picture shows off the shield.

Man-at-arms with sword and shield. Blue robe over chainmail. This angle shows off the leather pack on his back

Crossbowman with a leather collar, blue coat and red pants.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

And here are my three latest paint jobs. The robed fella (Mr. bones, the mascot of the first reaper Kickstarter) and the zombie are both from my pile of Bones minis while the swordsman is another offering from Next Level Minis.

Robed skeletal figure holding a shovel and and pointing forward.

swordsman wearing dark blue/black armor and a billowing forest green cloak

A zombie with vacant eyes and blood dribbling down it's chest

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Here are some more that I have painted recently. After the minis in the first post of this thread, I decided to go big and paint people minis. The halfling and the wizard are Reaper Bones minis. The toad and cloaked cleric are from next level minis.

Halfling thief miniature holding dagger and gold treasure. Green cloak, red hair and studded leather armor

Large toad on a 25mm base. Blue frosty skin (ice toad) with green eyes and a human arm hanging out of its mouth

Cleric wearing a two tone cloak (cream cowl and red cape) with a spiked mace, metal armor elements and skull knee guards

A robes wizard, wrapped with chains and holding up a scroll handing from a bone and wielding a scythe in the in their other hand. Greying beard and orange eyes

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

So I have gotten back into table top miniatures games over the past year (Shatterpoint and Frostgrave) and I've started to actually paint a pile of Bones minis I got from Reaper's first Kickstarter. Here are the first minis I have painted in 15+ years.

Miniatures of 4 treasure chests and one polar bear

A scenery miniature of a bear barrel with boxes and a bag of grain beside it

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Wish I could have stayed longer! Got in some killer no filler kitschy goodness.

Taco Bell Party Pack Card Game, crew row and my stack of cards.

List of games I played at kitschcon 2024

Taco Bell Party Pack Card Game
The Magnificent Race
Beat the 8 Ball
Shark Attack! x2
Harvest (Japanese tile layer)

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

Busy month in July! Highlights: I finally completed my second run though the Jump Drive solo campaign. Things in Rings is a big hit everytime I pull it out. Arcs is fantastic. GI Joe DBG is great. Huang is a top 5 Knizia for me. Sky Team holds up playing face to face. Imperium 👍👍 #bgstats

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
34: Jump Drive;
26: Turing Machine;
24: Q-less;
17: Things in Rings;
14: Super Mega Lucky Box;
9: Welcome To...;
8: Harmonies;
7: For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game;
6: Planet Unknown;
5: The Crew: Mission Deep Sea;
3: Sail;
3: nana;
3: Strike;
2: G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game;
2: Animal Upon Animal;
2: Dandelions.

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
2: Judge Domino;
1: Arcs;
1: HUANG;
1: Imperium: Classics;
1: Cosmoctopus;
1: Five Tribes;
1: Space Base;
1: Harvest;
1: Herbaceous Sprouts;
1: Little Factory;
1: Schadenfreude;
1: Sky Team;

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Lots of games in June this year thanks to BGA, TTS, and Origins Game Fair. Highlights: Seaside, Things in Rings, Knight Fall and Tangram City were fun enough for me to buy them after playing them at Origins. Imperium Horizons is a chonky civ builder masquerading as a deck builder. ❤️ it. #bgstats

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
61: Super Mega Lucky Box;
15: Q-less;
14: Bullet︎;
5: Next Station: London;
4: Triple Yahtzee;
4: Turing Machine;
2: Tangram City;
2: Tsuro;
2: Strike;
1: Scythe;
1: Imperium: Horizons;
1: Kutná Hora: The City of Silver;
1: Seasons;
1: Space Base;
1: Sniper Elite: The Board Game;
1: Knight Fall.

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
1: G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game;
1: Abyss;
1: The Bloody Inn;
1: Creature Comforts: Kickstarter Edition;
1: Res Arcana;
1: Azul: Summer Pavilion;
1: Cascadia;
1: Leaf;
1: Pioneer Rails;
1: Mind Space;
1: Welcome To...;
1: Jump Drive;
1: Seaside;
1: Quibbles;
1: Things in Rings;
1: Sky Team.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

32 uniques games played in May, the majority of which were not solo! I'm pleased with the spread of games. Francis Drake, Enemy Anemone, Super Fantasy Brawl and Castles of Burgundy are my highlights for the month. #bgstats

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
97: Super Mega Lucky Box;
12: Jump Drive;
7: Q-less;
3: Cascadia;
3: Super Fantasy Brawl;
2: Space Base;
2: Can't Stop;
2: Enemy Anemone;
2: Factory Funner;
2: Next Station: London;
2: Timeline Twist;
1: Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization;
1: Francis Drake;
1: Amerigo;
1: Distilled;
1: Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar.

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
1: Agricola (Revised Edition);
1: The Castles of Burgundy;
1: Applejack;
1: Gizmos;
1: Manhattan;
1: Spring Cleaning;
1: Ticket to Ride;
1: Triple Yahtzee;
1: Watergate;
1: Mini Rogue;
1: Maatatahay;
1: Splendor;
1: Vaalbara;
1: Stomp the Plank;
1: Mr. Jack Pocket;
1: nana.

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JBMoby @jbmoby.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

A good number of games played this month considering I have been hip deep in moving mode. A lot of solo games this month, but multiplayer standouts are The Shipwreck Arcana, The Vale of Eternity, MLEM, and Romi Rami. Not pictured: Hens and Sushi Go! #bgstats

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
132: Q-less;
57: It's a Wonderful World;
18: Can't Stop Express;
15: Challengers!;
11: Turing Machine;
8: Number Drop;
5: Splendor;
3: Ticket to Ride;
3: The Shipwreck Arcana;
3: Bag of Chips;
2: Can't Stop;
2: Romi Rami;
1: The Great Split;
1: MLEM: Space Agency;
1: The Vale of Eternity;
1: Splendor Duel.

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