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Category Archives: Session Report

Microscope: First Play Session Report and Initial Impressions

March 19, 2017by aaronlime 1 Comment

I recently played a 3-player game of Microscope with my friends Jonathan and Steve. Microscope is a storytelling game where you explore the timeline of a nation, group or civilization […]

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Session Report: Incubator Meetup – October 2015

November 9, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

This last Incubator event was our second ever daytime one, and though we has slightly less people attending than the first one, we still saw a whole bunch of different […]

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Board Games!, Game Design, Session Report

Aaron’s Games Played Digest – September 2015

October 5, 2015by aaronlime Leave a comment

Here we go for September. I was in Sydney for the month, so I didn’t get to go to my regular groups but it was really nice to visit other […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

Session Report: Incubator Meetup – September 2015

September 27, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

Initially, I wasn’t going to make it to September’s meetup as I would be/am still away in Sydney. Justin had other commitments as well, but Stefan was going to be […]

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Board Games!, Game Design, Session Report

Aaron’s Games Played Digest – August 2015

September 14, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

I’m hoping to do these digests monthly, although this took me way longer to write than July’s since I had a break of 2 weekends without board games in July […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

Session Report: Incubator Meetup – August 2015

September 8, 2015by aaronlime 2 Comments

I missed out on the bulk of July’s Incubator session as I flew off to Japan on that night, but I was very excited to be back in the swing […]

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Board Games!, Game Design, Session Report

Aaron’s Games Played Digest – July 2015

August 10, 2015by aaronlime 2 Comments

How was July for board games? Pretty great. I played a bunch of great new games, especially at Mark’s New House Con and managed to play some old favourites as […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

Session Report: Incubator Playtest Day – June 2015

August 5, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

What’s an Incubator Day? Apologies for this horrendously late session report for June’s Incubator event. The June event was actually a bigger affair than usual, as it was held in […]

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Board Games!, Game Design, Session Report

Session Report: Incubator Meetup – May 2015

May 23, 2015by aaronlime 1 Comment

Getting Started A few things have changed since the last time I wrote about the first Incubator meetup back in October 2014. I’ve since stepped up my involvement and I’m […]

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Board Games!, Game Design, Session Report

Session Report: Games Laboratory Incubator Meetup 0.1

October 9, 2014by aaronlime 3 Comments

I’ve been interested in board game design from a young age, starting with statistic sheets for robots I drew in my notebooks and on to trying to design my own […]

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Board Games!, Game Design, Session Report

Boardgaming in Perth Redux – A Return to Cafe Myriade

March 4, 2014by aaronlime 2 Comments

I previously wrote briefly about my experience with Cafe Myriade back in 2012. Well, since last November I’ve been back in Perth again for work and I’ve been attending more […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Opinions, Session Report

Let’s Kill Trees: Airlines Europe

February 20, 2014by aaronlime 1 Comment

Airlines Europe Designed by Alan R. Moon Published by Rio Grande Games At the most recent WABA Mount Claremont meetup, I had the pleasure of joining in on a game […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Session Report

Shuffling Up: Born of the Gods Prerelease

February 6, 2014by aaronlime Leave a comment

I enjoy shuffling up some Magical Cards from time to time. It’s part of my yearly quota for my Geek Card renewal. (It’s like a Green Card, but it only […]

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First Impression, Magic: the Gathering, Session Report

Session Report: WABA Decembacon 2013 – 14 December 2013

December 18, 2013by aaronlime 5 Comments

I’m back in Perth for work, for what is starting to become a trend of yearly work relocation. I was in Canberra for 3 months in 2011 and Perth for […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 29 September 2012

October 5, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

I’m finally back in Melbourne! This means the triumphant return of Satruday Game Nights at Wells Street. However, the winds that brought my plane home also brought a heaping load […]

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Returning to Ravnica

October 2, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

Back in Melbourne! And just in time to attend the midnight prerelease event for the latest Magic: the Gathering expansion set: Return to Ravnica! The prerelease event this time was […]

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First Impression, Magic: the Gathering, Mini-Review, Session Report

Boardgaming in Perth

September 6, 2012by aaronlime 5 Comments

Soo.. I’ve been in Perth for work for the last month, and will probably continue to be here until October. Without my heap of games and network of willing accomplices, […]

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Board Games!, Full Review, Opinions, Session Report

The 2012 OR-lympic Games

September 3, 2012by aaronlime 1 Comment

So the Olympics happened. That was a thing, right? Since neither myself or my friends qualified for any of the events this time, we decided to have our own alternate […]

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Board Games!, Lame, Session Report

Board Games on Wells – June/July 2012

September 2, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

Two months since last post? No excuses accepted, best to just dive back in. Let’s talk about games! Suffice to say, we have been playing a lot of games at […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Session Report

Catching up on Games

June 19, 2012by aaronlime 1 Comment

Back in the saddle! Apologies for neglecting my tiny corner of the web. I had a very good holiday in April, while Jeannie was here visiting, and I managed to […]

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Board Games!, First Impression, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 31 March 2012

April 4, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

The last Games Night of the month of March heralded even more new games to be played, since I was weak and procured even more new games. To be fair, […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 24 March 2012

March 31, 2012by aaronlime 1 Comment

I’ve been making pretty good progress with playing all my unplayed games so far, and unlocking the No Games Unplayed achievement. The only 2 games left on the list were […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Gaming Long Weekend on Wells Part 2: 11-12 March 2012

March 27, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

Sorry for the lack of updates. It’s been a pretty busy week at work, working a couple of nights and I have neglected the updates in that time. That’s not […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Gaming Long Weekend on Wells Part 1: 9-10 March 2012

March 16, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

This past weekend was a long one due to the Labor Day public holiday. We took great advantage of the extra time to get a whole heap of gaming on, […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 3 March 2012

March 5, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

We kicked off March with a bang. A bang made up of board games. Nine people were present this week, which is a pretty good number to have as we […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 25 February 2012

February 26, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

We managed to get a streak of gaming on every weekend in February, which was nice. Although, this week’s gaming session was shorter than usual as we made time to […]

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Board Games!, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 18 February 2012

February 21, 2012by aaronlime 2 Comments

As always, Saturday is the traditional day of gaming for the household at Wells Street. Planned for Saturday was the start of a new chapter of our Dungeons and Dragons […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 11 February 2012

February 14, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

This past Saturday was filled with the traditional gamery at Wells Street. I was really excited for this game session as it would be the first time we play our […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 4 Febuary 2012

February 10, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

This week’s board game Saturday saw a drop in attendance, but was still enjoyable. The main event on Saturday was actually the first Dungeons and Dragons session of 2012, although […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 28 January 2012

January 30, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

The board gaming bonanza continued on the weekend, which also coincided with the prerelease events for the latest Magic: the Gathering set: Dark Ascension. I went for one flight of […]

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Games at Wells 26 January 2012 (Australia Day Edition)

January 29, 2012by aaronlime Leave a comment

I’ve been overloaded with gaming this past week. The new TV arrived just in time to add some Xbox action to the gaming apartment and the Australia Day public holiday […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 21 January 2012

January 22, 2012by aaronlime 2 Comments

I am finally back in Melbourne, and I’ve finally found a fix for WordPress sites not loading the stylesheets correctly so I guess this blog is back in business. To […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

Board Game Saturday on Wells 10 December 2011

December 13, 2011by aaronlime Leave a comment

This past Saturday Evan and Kat made their vows to each other, witnessed and supported by family and friends and it was beautiful. Thanks for letting us be a part […]

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Board Game Saturday on Wells 03 December 2011

December 12, 2011by aaronlime Leave a comment

A week late, but hopefully that’s better than nothing. Dungeons and/or Dragons The afternoon started of with some good old fashioned Dungeons and Dragons. The session was slow to start […]

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EuroGameFest Canberra 20 Nov 2011

November 23, 2011by aaronlime Leave a comment

Turnout this month was very good, with almost 30 people in attendance. From when I arrived I saw Innovation, Agricola, Rattus, Trans Europa, The Sceptre of Zavandor, Glory to Rome, […]

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Board Games!, Mini-Review, Session Report

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