Uncategorized - The Thoughtful Gamer https://thethoughtfulgamer.com Board Game Reviews, Analysis, and Strategy Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:03:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-TTGlogoWHITELETTERS-5-32x32.png Uncategorized - The Thoughtful Gamer https://thethoughtfulgamer.com 32 32 124167274 Reflections On The First Part Of 2023 / I’m Back https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2023/03/24/reflections-on-the-first-part-of-2023-im-back/ https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2023/03/24/reflections-on-the-first-part-of-2023-im-back/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:03:30 +0000 https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/?p=3884 I knew The Thoughtful Gamer would look different in 2023, as I couldn’t sustain what I was doing last year, but I didn’t think I would go the first couple months of the year hardly posting anything. The reality is that my attention has been diverted and doubts about what I want to do with …

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The post 12 Great Affordable Board Games appeared first on The Thoughtful Gamer.]]> https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/07/07/12-great-affordable-board-games/feed/ 0 3798 I Need Your Help For The Thoughtful Gamer to Continue https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/08/i-need-your-help-for-the-thoughtful-gamer-to-continue/ https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2022/06/08/i-need-your-help-for-the-thoughtful-gamer-to-continue/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:22:56 +0000 https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/?p=3706 Straight to the point: 2022 is the make or break year for The Thoughtful Gamer and I need help if this site is going to continue. The reality is that all of this site’s numbers, both monetarily and in page views, have plateaued for the last two years. Perhaps the pandemic is to blame, but …

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The post Sorry For The Pause appeared first on The Thoughtful Gamer.]]> https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2020/06/13/sorry-for-the-pause/feed/ 2 2759 I Was On The Meeple Overboard Podcast https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2020/05/26/i-was-on-the-meeple-overboard-podcast/ https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2020/05/26/i-was-on-the-meeple-overboard-podcast/#comments Wed, 27 May 2020 02:56:54 +0000 http://thethoughtfulgamer.com/?p=2752 Chris and Wendy from Meeple Overboard are super nice people who love board games. This past week I joined Chris to talk about Vital Lacerda’s games and I had a blast! I think it was particularly interesting because Chris and I have almost the exact opposite tastes in Lacerda’s games, so we each had different …

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The post Best Games Of 5, 10, 20 Years Ago appeared first on The Thoughtful Gamer.]]> https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2020/04/16/best-games-of-5-10-20-years-ago/feed/ 3 2673 6 Ways You Can Support The Thoughtful Gamer https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2020/02/11/6-ways-you-can-support-the-thoughtful-gamer/ https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2020/02/11/6-ways-you-can-support-the-thoughtful-gamer/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2020 02:19:29 +0000 http://thethoughtfulgamer.com/?p=2603 It’s fundraiser week here at The Thoughtful Gamer, and I know that’ll cause a lot of eye rolling and clicking away, but hear me out. I know it’s awkward whenever the media folks you watch, listen to, or read ask you for money, and trust me, I feel awkward too. But here’s the deal: I …

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