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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Soloing Creature Caravan this afternoon. #boardgames

Creature Caravan board game on a table during a solo game. 8 cards, the player game board, the main game board, wooden player pieces in light yellow and dark red, and more are visible.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Learning how to play Dragonarium this afternoon. #boardgames

Dragonarium board game set up on the table during a solo game. In the photo are gray marbled pillar pieces, shiny resources in red, green, and blue, game tiles, wooden dragon pieces in gold, red, blue, and green, a pile of wooden dragon pieces, and the box lid.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exploring the Lost Ruins of Arnak this evening. #boardgames

The Lost Ruins of Arnak board game with piles of metal gold coins and green compass tokens on the left and wooden explorer pieces in yellow, blue, red, and green on the game board on the right.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A fun month of board game adventures in September ❤️ #boardgames

BG Stats 7 x 6.
Splendor Duel;
River Valley Glassworks;
Space Base;
Tenby;
CATAN;
Scythe;
Machi Koro;
Faraway;
Can't Stop;
Deep Dive;
Citadels;
Survive The Island;
The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth;
Sequence Queens;
Shifting Stones;
Tacta;
Nusfjord: Big Box;
Wyrmspan;
Agricola (Revised Edition);
Cosmoctopus;
Drillers;
Pirates of Maracaibo;
Raiders of the North Sea;
Everdell: Collector's Edition;
Wingspan;
The Castles of Tuscany;
Rebirth;
Rivals for Catan: Deluxe;
Skara Brae;
Finca;
Ticket to Ride;
Trekking the World: Second Edition;
Sea Salt & Paper;
Carcassonne: 20th Anniversary Edition;
Life in Reterra;
Bosa;
Wingspan Pocket;
Castle Combo;
Star Wars: Outer Rim;
Lost Cities.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Starting off the last day of my four-day weekend with some solo Scythe. #boardgames

Scythe board game on the table during a solo game. On the game board are the white and red faction pieces.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Playing Star Wars Outer Rim this morning. #boardgames

Star Wars Outer Rim board game set up on a table. In the background is the game board and multiple stacks of cards. In the foreground is the IG–88 character and ship with more cards and three damage markers on the ship.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Learned how to play Tacta this afternoon. Struggled to keep track of all the dots so we placed markers on the cards as we counted them. #boardgames

Tacta card game with the pink and blue cards on the table. The pink cards have yellow wooden circle pieces on them and the blue cards have purple that we used when counting the dots.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a four-day weekend and, in between checking items off my to-do list, I plan to squeeze in a lot of board gaming. First up is learning how to solo Drillers. #boardgames

Drillers board game set up for a solo game. On the table are bowls of money pieces in 1s, 5s, and 20s, and square gem resources in red, blue, yellow, green, and grey, the solo game board in blue, the player game board in green, the mine board, rows of cards, and the game box lid.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We attended the grand opening of a new local board game store near us and we added these to our collection ❤️: Drillers, the Seafarers expansion for Catan, Machi Koro, Pixies, the expansion for River Valley Glassworks, and Tacta. #boardgames

The game boxes for Drillers, the Seafarers expansion for Catan, Machi Koro, Pixies, the expansion for River Valley Glassworks, and Tacta laying on a table

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Playing The Castles of Tuscany this afternoon. #boardgames

The Castles of Tuscany board game on the table during a two player game. Hex tiles in multiple bright colors, the game box lid, the score tracker with red and green player pieces, hex-shaped containers in white, blue, and orange with game pieces inside each, and other game pieces are in the photo.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Playing River Valley Glassworks this afternoon. #boardgames

River Valley Glassworks board game on the table during a two player game. The player boards are visible with shiny “glass” tokens in dark blue, teal, emerald green, purple, yellow, orange, and mint green on them with the river boards and lake boards with more tokens on them and the game box lid is at the top of the photo.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hubby’s game choice to play this morning is Nusfjord ❤️ #boardgames

Nusfjord board game on the table during a two player game. Game boards, cards, wooden coin pieces in gold, wooden fish pieces in blue, wood pieces in brown, the game box lid, and more are visible.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Playing Lord of the Rings Duel this evening. #boardgames

Lord of the Rings Duel board game set up on a table during the first round

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Playing Life in Reterra this afternoon. #boardgames

Life in Reterra board game on the table with a player’s game area with tiles in a 4x4 grid and other tiles and game pieces on it

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Playing Can’t Stop this evening. #boardgames

Can’t Stop board game on the table. The box lid is at the top of the photo and underneath is the red stop sign shaped game board with the numbers 2 through 12 across the top and the words Can’t Stop across the bottom. On the board are five blue player pieces, five green player pieces, and three white runner pieces all shaped like cones. Along the bottom of the photo are four red dice with the numbers three, three, four, five, and more blue player pieces.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Playing Survive The Island this evening. #boardgames

Survive The Island board game with orange, purple, and yellow player meeples on the game hex tiles

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

All set up to learn how to play Splendor Duel this afternoon. #boardgames

Splendor Duel game set up in a table. Multiple rows of cards, the win condition card, the box lid, three player scroll pieces, the game box lid, and the game board with colorful circular tokens in black, blue, pink, red, gold, blue, and green.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Learning how to solo Tenby this morning. #boardgames

Tenby game on a table during a solo game. On the left are brightly colored stacks and rows of terrace, pier, and landmark cards. Along the bottom are two rows of player cards and a row of life ring tokens. Resident cards, the solo cards, round tracker, and the game box lid are also on the table.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Soloing Pirates of Maracaibo with the Commanders expansion this evening. #boardgames

Pirates of Maracaibo with the Commanders expansion on a table during a solo game

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Playing Tiny Epic Galaxies this evening. #boardgames

Tiny Epic Galaxies board game on the table during a two player game. In the forefront is the blue player board with two blue wooden spaceships and other blue wooden resource markers on it. In the center is the Activation Bay mat with five dice on it. On the right is the yellow player board with three wooden yellow spaceships and other yellow wooden resources on it. In the background is a stack of planet cards and a row of four planet cards. Next to that is the game box lid.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Soloing Wingspan Pocket this evening. #boardgames

Wingspan Pocket game on the table during a solo game. The game box lid is at the top of the photo with a pink bowl filled with pink eggs on the left next to the solo cards, deck, goals, and under are the player’s row of bird cards with a purple wooden feather on one and two pink eggs on cards.

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jlovessw @jlovessw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Visited our local game store this morning and decided to expand our collection of two-player games. Welcome home, Splendor Duel (with The Counterfeiters expansion) and Targi 😊 #boardgames