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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Aug 6
- 9 min
July 2020 Game Play Journal
This month I started it out right on the Fourth of July with a game I’ve never played, Ishatar: Gardens of Babylon.
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Jul 6
- 7 min
June 2020 Game Play Journal
Another game journal written during the CoronaVirus. But this time I got to play games with my brother and the Board Game Kaptain!
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Jun 2
- 5 min
May 2020 Game Play Journal
Let's see what tabletop games I've played in May 2020!
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- May 4
- 9 min
April 2020 Game Play Journal
April has been a month of revisiting old games while in quarantine as well as a few new digital board games.
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Apr 2
- 7 min
March 2020 Game Play Journal
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed a lot in the Month of March but here are 10 games I managed to get to the table this month.
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Mar 3
- 8 min
February 2020 Game Play Journal
My February started a little late as far as playing published games go. I have been focusing mostly on my prototype games, but I still go...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Jan 30
- 11 min
January 2020 Game Play Journal
Hello everyone! My resolution for this year is to keep track of the games I play and the impressions I had. Each month I will post the ga...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2 min
Deadly Doodles
Many gamers have been obsessed with roll and write games this past year. It seems like every game now has a roll and write or flip and wr...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Aug 9, 2019
- 4 min
Wakanda Forever
Spin Master Games has released two more Marvel themed tabletop games for GenCon 2019! Following up last year’s 5 Minute Marvel and Hail H...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Jul 31, 2019
- 2 min
Slide Quest
Imagine that old wooden maze game with the small silver balls that you were tilting to get into the holes. Now, change the little balls i...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Jul 24, 2019
- 3 min
Targi
Targi is a great 2-player game that people just getting into gaming can enjoy. It takes around an hour but feels a lot shorter. The game ...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Jul 23, 2019
- 1 min
Throw Throw Burrito
Exploding Kittens has made one of my new favorite party games: Throw Throw Burrito. It’s a mix of high-speed set collection and dodge ball!
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Jul 8, 2019
- 2 min
Subatomic: An Atom Building Game
Subatomic: An Atom Building Game is officially my new favorite deck building game! If you don’t know what a deck builder is it is a game w...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- May 14, 2019
- 3 min
Cry Havoc
This weekend I had the chance to play Cry Havoc. A winner of multiple awards such as the 2017 Goblin Magnifico Winner and 2016 Cardboard ...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Mar 27, 2019
- 3 min
Gaïa - A Game Where You Are God!
Gaïa has recently become one of my favorite games. It feels like a resource game, but the resources are different land tiles. As a player...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Mar 25, 2019
- 2 min
Ticket to Ride: New York
Unlike most gamers I started with the Ticket to Ride: New York before ever playing the original game. Last year I traveled to New York Ci...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Mar 13, 2019
- 5 min
Catan – Brotherhood of the Watch
Last night I finally had the chance to play Game of Thrones: Catan – Brotherhood of the Watch. A game made up of two of my favorite thing...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Feb 27, 2019
- 4 min
The Creation of Nut Stash
The idea for Nut Stash came while driving home from GenCon in 2017. My Fiancé and I had a long running joke that I was like a chipmunk be...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
Don't Buy Family Feud: Anniversary Edition
I’ll keep this short, don’t buy this game. Family Feud is one of those games that shouldn’t have been made into a table top game. This ve...
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