We had time yesterday to play something a bit longer so picked #Finspan. Matthew won by a comfortable margin by having placed fish with higher point values and more schools. We both managed to fill all our reef spots and A used a shark to scatter a school gaining an extra fish. #boardgames

Tonight we chose a game that’s been with us for over a decade - #Patchwork. A won in a rare victory, managing to get the 7x7 square. We have also played this a few times recently on BGA, it was nice to actually handle the pieces! #boardgames

Super excited to try #Aeon’sEnd #Beyondthebreach. #boardgames

We’ve not had much time to play games again this week. Yesterday we managed to fit in #inthefootstepsofDarwin. In a rare event A won by a comfortable margin. A had completed more columns and a row which gave lots of book points. A was also pleased to have taken the wombat tile! #boardgames

Our first play of #Paladinsofthewestkingdom with our friend N. It was a long game taking over 2 hours with lots of things to think about and do. N won with a score of 72, M coming a fairly close 2nd. We enjoyed it and would happily play again. #boardgames

Another hot day, so we chose to stay indoors and play #Yedo. We decided to play a shorter game of 6 rounds which took just over an hour. A close match M winning by 3 points. #boardgames

Another day full of DIY related things. We found time to play one of our all time favourites #Habitats. A was super pleased to have made most of the animals happy but M managed to win by a few points with end game scoring tiles. #boardgames

We started the evening with two player #AceofSpades. We managed to get to level 7. Later we played the excellent card game #archealogy, which was unusually close and low scoring. And finally we played #caracas in which A managed to get a large group of monkeys, M wining by 1 point. #boardgames

A is pretty bad at #That’sprettyclever! Today two solo plays to try and improve. The score from the second attempt was much better but still only ranked as ‘Not bad..you could do better’. #boardgames

We are both tired after a few long hot days. We chose the cosy #creaturecomforts this evening. In an unusual move A made lots of food and M made furniture. A very close game only 2 points in it. #boardgames

#Earth #AnimalKingdom just arrived. The wooden animal meeples are amazing! Looking forward to giving it a try soon. #boardgames

At last! After 4 attempts we managed to defeat Vainglory in their Grotto! #KinfireDelve #boardgames

First 3 solo plays of #Aceofspades also the first for A to play a poker style game. The first few enemies were easy to defeat but then it got a lot harder. More practice required! #boardgames

#Earth. A very close game - M winning by 6 points. A went all for goals on the shared board managing to gain 4 mushrooms in the first few turns. M had a large number of trees and a good score on their personal end game card. The new expansion should be with us soon. #boardgames

Solo games this pm as M is working. First #Onirim - this ended in failure but the allure of succeeding keeps me coming back for more! Then #Coffeeroaster. Finally a success - the coffee was perfect! The other two cups were a little disappointing! #boardgames

A day too hot to be outside so we played 4 player #terraformingmars. S put down a huge number of cards and had an impressive engine. M came who was a close second a large income each round. We managed to mostly fill Mars with cities and forests. #boardgames

First play of #Sharksandreefs expansion to #Finspan. We enjoyed making the reefs which look pretty on the board. The shark powers of scattering schools of fish is interesting - and of course we enjoyed the new fish and reading facts about them. Overall an excellent addition. #boardgames

#Harmonies. A’s spirit card wanted a large number of small trees whilst M’s wanted lots of fields. We both did well from our spirits, A won by 5 points by having completed more cards. Such a pretty game! #boardgames

We managed the get through the long dark of Moria and passed Balin’s tomb in #Lotrfellowshiptricktakinggame. The next step is the bridge of Khazad-dûm to meet the Balrog! #boardgames

We played our first game of #rivervalleyglassworks with the expansion. There are some interesting new ways to score, one use player powers and lucky/unlucky shapes and colours. It added a new twist without complicating the elegance of the base game. #boardgames

Super exited to get #Finspan Sharks and reefs played! #boardgames

This weekend has been far too much DIY and not enough board games! We managed a quick play of #Sagrada. M won by a single point. #boardgames

Another attempt to rid #Friday of Robinson Crusoe. A managed to get to fight the pirates for the first time but failed on the first ship . Maybe the deck was thinned too far, or maybe Robinson is completely useless (well the person playing him is!). #boardgames

Two attempts at Galeao with a strong wind. Needing lots of low numbers, we got the pictured dice - the laughter in the cockpit signalled imminent failure. In the retry, needing a 1 on the last die we re-rolled and incredibly got the right number for a last gasp safe landing. #skyteam #boardgames

Tonight we played #MiningColony by Steve Finn. A fun and quite thinky polyomino style game. It was down to who had the most points on left over cards, the victory was M’s. #boardgames

We’ve been enjoying the new Starry Skies expansion to #Faraway. Having some cards left right side up during scoring adds another dimension to the game. We’d definitely recommend it. #boardgames

Today we dusted off #FantasticFactories. A great game with nice art. It plays well at two especially with added churn in the card market at the end of each round. The solo game is also worth looking at. #boardgames

Today we played co op #FinalGirl. It was a hard effort against Hans who had taken out as many victims as we had saved. He became very powerful leaving us weak and unable to stop him. Great thematic experience, better luck next time in no doubt one of many sequels! #boardgames

#KnittingCircle. M made a lot of long johns, therefore gaining grabby paws. This meant victory as A made a lot of Mittens which are easier to complete but don’t score as many points. Who knew knitting could be so complex?! #boardgames

We played our first game of #Kinfiredelve. There were lots of interesting decisions to make, it initially felt like an impossible task to get to the bottom of the well. We managed to delve enough to meet Vainglory. #boardgames

Looking forward to getting all of these played, hopefully this week! #boardgames

We are finally reaching the end of a threat in #the7thCitadel. We recently received the expansion box which took a fair while to sort. #boardgames

A high scoring game of #CreatureCaravan. M made good use of the new cards, gaining most points from end game scoring, A went more for defeating Ember Zombies. #boardgames

One of the first two player only games we bought was #Jaipur. Other such games have come and gone but this remains in our collection. #boardgames

Yesterday we played our first game of #EternalPalace with our friend N. Overall we enjoyed it and would be happy to play again adding some of the expansions. Watching our paintings develop was interesting as was getting to admire our landscapes at the end. #boardgames

#MapleValley. A very thinky family weight game! We took different approaches, M got 5 friends which helped with zooming around the map. A only had 3 friends but made a couple more comforts and got the majority on 2 of the event cards. A won by 10 points. Delightful and colourful. #boardgames

We love a good flip and write, #cartographers is a great interactive example. After scoring very little in the first three rounds M managed to sneak victory in the winter season. Boo to the well played Frost giant on A’s board!! #boardgames

After the third attempt we won the first round of chapter 13 #LOTRfellowshiptricktakinggame. It took a long time to play the first two attempts - the last only took 5 minutes! #boardgames

We bought some cool wooden birds from Esty for #Wingspan. We needed to test them, playing a very close game. M had a set of birds in the forest that was producing large numbers of berries. A had a few birds that gave tucked cards and had 14 by game end. M won by 5 points. #boardgames

#Stellar a two player only game about star gazing that is quite complex for such simple rules. #boardgames

Next up today was #Llamaland. A finds shapes difficult so we only have a couple of polyomnino games. Always nice to see the landscape develop and of course admire all the lovely wooden llamas! #boardgames

We started our afternoon game session with Cosmic Run Regeneration. A great push your luck dice chucking game by Dr Finn. The end of the game can be quite tense and exciting as the planets explode and we run out of time to score points. #boardgames #cosmicrunregeneration

We chose a longer game for the afternoon #Caverna. The scores were 87 to 95. We took different paths, M had a lot of powerful weapons, A chose to do lots of farming. We might try adding the Forgotten Folk expansion next game. #boardgames

A single point gave victory to M in #lostruinsofarnak. We both got our magnifying glass to the top of the track, both books not far behind. Most of M’s points came from exploring whilst A had bought a lot of cards (mostly the animals!) and got an 11 point temple tile. Great fun! #boardgames

So glad this is becoming available.

We wanted a roll and write today so chose #thatsprettyclever. M won as usual, A managed to get a pretty decent score too! #boardgames

A was super pleased as it was the first time they had got a rainbow button in #Calico. Sadly it wasn’t quite enough to win, M managed to attract more cats to their patchwork quilt. Maybe next time! #boardgames

An Epic game of LOTR #fateofthefellowship. Taking almost as long as watching a film, we struggled with getting Frodo and Sam to Mordor. The party had lost and gained hope along the way, losing a haven to the enemy. Sadly the final roll was against our heroes and we lost. #boardgames

A couple of plays of #inthefootstepsofDarwin. We can play this in about 15 minutes so usually have 2 games back to back. M won both games by a couple of points. A great light game with easy rules and delightful artwork and components. #boardgames

We continue to enjoy #lotrtricktakinggame. Today we finished chapter 12 getting to open the next compartment in the box. It’s quite addictive and works very well for two. #boardgames