A bit about me...

As far back as I can remember, I've always loved board games from playing 'The House that Jack Built' when I was about 4, but until recently I've only recently started getting into more serious games, or 'Eurogames' as they tend to be called. My first such game was Carcassonne, a classic entry into modern board gaming, despite actually being a tile laying game and not actually having a board!

In the last few months I've joined a board game club, and as a consequence have played quite a few new games. Compared to many experienced board gamers however, who have hundreds of games in their collection and have played many more they don't own, I'm definitely something of a newbie. I think that's a good thing though, for me because I've got so many great games to discover, and for any readers of this blog because it will allow you to share in that discovery. One thing I am absolutely try to do in every post is to make it accessible to anyone, whether experienced gamer or total newcomer. I'll try not to mention a game or game concept without first explaining what it is about, or offering a link to another post which does just that.

Although most of my posts will be about modern 'Eurogames' (so called because the board game revival of the 1990s came out of Europe, notably countries like Germany and France), I do intend to mention other types of board games from time to time. I do enjoy playing party type games sometimes when getting together with friends (such as Cranium, Scattegories and the like), and often end up playing a quiz game or two with my wife's family. So that should lend a bit of variety to the blog, without diluting the content I hope.

Anyway that's it for now, next post I'll try and write a game review.

Links to games mentioned in this post on Amazon:

The House That Jack Built (they still sell it believe it or not, a true classic obviously!)

Carcassonne