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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Jul 9, 20194 min read
Day Trip to Dice Tower
Last week on the 4th of July I decided to take a day trip to Orlando, FL to go to the Dice Tower Convention for the first time. This...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Jul 8, 20192 min read
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...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Jul 2, 20193 min read
What Do You Do When Your Kickstarter Hasn’t Funded?
It has been one week since I decided to cancel my Kickstarter campaign for Nut Stash. That decision has been one of the hardest I’ve had...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Jun 17, 20194 min read
Origins 2019
This was my first time going to Origins in Columbus, OH. The drive wasn’t terrible, without traffic you’re looking at 6 hours from the...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Jun 6, 20192 min read
First Day on Kickstarter
The first day of my campaign was great! It started with a few minor issues, but I had a steady stream of backers and hit my own personal...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
May 22, 20193 min read
Indy Protospiel
This past weekend I made the impromptu decision to travel with my fiancé from the Chicagoland area to Indianapolis for my first...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
May 14, 20193 min read
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
May 1, 20193 min read
Connections Becoming Mentors and Friends
Growing up you’re taught not to talk to strangers but then you’re told to make friends. These two things always seemed to clash in my...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Apr 23, 20192 min read
Sound Effects and Laughter
This past weekend I journeyed home to Flagstaff, Arizona for Easter weekend. In my family anytime a kid comes home we have a party and/or...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Mar 27, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Mar 20, 20194 min read
Working with an Artist
In the beginning of designing Nut Stash I knew I was going to need an artist. I grew up taking every art class I could and dreaming of...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Mar 13, 20195 min read
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...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Feb 27, 20194 min read
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...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Gaming for a Cause
On Sunday, February 17, I was invited to Lagunitas in Chicago for a gaming event for charity. This was their second event for the Jack...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Feb 20, 20191 min read
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...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Feb 11, 20193 min read
Orphans & Ashes
Orphans & Ashes is based on the fantasy web comic Looking for Group by Blind Ferret Entertainment. In the base game play as one of the...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Feb 8, 20193 min read
Flamme Rouge – A Cycling Board Game
Let me start by saying I didn’t expect to love this game. I hardly ride bikes and I don’t know anything about competitive cycling, but I...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Feb 7, 20192 min read
Dive Under the Sea with Reef
Reef is a colorful under the sea abstract strategy game. I picked up my copy from GenCon last year at Next Move Games’ booth. In the game...
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Danielle Reynolds - @TokenGaymer
Feb 7, 20195 min read
Working Conventions
Table Top Gaming Conventions are very different then other kinds of conventions. Everyone there is passionate about what they do unlike...
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