2022-03-06: New podcast - Imperial Steam. Appologies for the weeks delay. Life got in the way. …
2022-02-06: Playing multiplayer games two player. Is player count on the box a reliable source? Recently I watched the video below on YouTube, and as usual for Actualol it is both informative and …
2022-01-08: Good ✅ Neutral ➡️ Bad ❎ views on Beyond the Sun. After six plays here’s my Good ✅ Neutral ➡️ Bad ❎ views on Beyond the Sun. Good: ✅ The use of the …
2021-12-24: Thoughts on Ark Nova after three plays... Some somewhat subjective thoughts on #ArkNova after three plays. Overall I quite enjoyed the game, …
2021-11-15: A new podcaste episode - The yearly game sale.
2021-11-12: If you ain’t mining pulsars, you ain’t gaming?
2021-10-18: Praga Caput Regni - Good to be back to two player euro gaming after a weekend away playing …
2021-10-12: When my wife saw the breadth of her domain, she wept for there were no more worlds to conquer. …
2021-10-04: On the subject of accessibility. Tiny action spaces don’t help either. We’ve not all got perfect …
2021-10-04: I can’t tell these colours apart. Designers and publishers, please check your games for …
2021-10-03: The Deconstruction of Falling Stars “How does this end?” - Captain John Sheridan “In victory points!” - Kosh …
2021-09-28: The hobby is out of control.
2021-09-28: Sandbox: Part 2 - The Podcast.
2021-09-27: There's no sand in my sandbox... What is a sandbox? In computing terms, it’s a special place in memory and CPU that is isolated …
2021-09-23: On heavier games, player count, and purchasing... My second favourite game of all time, as of writing this post, is Arkwright. If you have listened to …
2021-08-10: Watergate by Capstone Games and Matthias Cramer Watergate - Finishing the trifecta. Ok, so I have done a podcast about Watergate I have done a …
2021-08-09: Episode 4: Watergate - The MacBoyce Board Game Podcast
2021-07-29: The MacBoyce Board Game Podcast - Episode 3: Nova Luna
2021-07-27: The Long, Twilight Struggle I don’t remember 1974. I also only really have a vague memory of the latter part of the Cold …
2021-07-13: MacBoyce Gaming Podcast - Episode 2: Top Five Uwe Rosenberg Games
2021-06-27: On The Frustration Of Not Being Able To Improve Not going to lie I love a big heavy game about farming, so you can imagine my delight upon hearing …
2021-06-22: Relaunch of The MacBoyce Gaming Podcast starts with a playthrough of a few rounds of La Granja No …
2021-06-21: Eventually, as with all things, there comes a time…
2021-01-28: Predictably, I lost. #IfYouAintFarmingYouAintGaming #MyFarmShop
2021-01-26: Well #IfYouAintFarmingYouAintGaming , right? #MyFarmShop
2021-01-25: It's 2021 and still colourblindness issues arise in board games. Sigh. Take a look at the picture, and tell me what colour the three circled question marks are? Easy? Good …
2021-01-24: A Viking cannot survive on peas alone. So off they go to the island of Islay for some fine peat …
2021-01-24: “Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy, Thou shalt have a haddock when the boat comes …
2021-01-04: Repeated plays? Teaching Games? At games night, back when games groups could meet up, you’d often see a game played once and …
2021-01-02: It's Always Darkest Just Before Dawn - How Board Games Saved Me In A Pandemic Not alone here, but I’d say that living through a global pandemic is hard on your mental …
2020-10-25: Playing games with only two players? Playing games with two players: How do you like it? Carefully worded lede there, because I said …
2020-10-08: How do you store your games? That feels like a simple question; *“I put them on a shelf, Marcus, what else do you think I …
2020-09-26: How many times do you play a game? I read today that the average board game gets played less than one half a time. Now, how’s …
2020-09-07: What's your go to 'pub game'? Last week I was in Snowdonia - there’s a game reference there, but that’s not the …
2020-08-31: Comfort games Ever want to play a game, but only to set it up and then not feel like it? Well, I’d set up …
2020-08-29: Why Farming? #IfYouAintFarmingYouAintGaming Ever since I got into the hobby of “modern board games” quite some time ago, I find …
2020-08-27: Game Shelf: Somewhere to store the games you’ll never play.
2020-08-26: In London, you attempt to build the best city and hope to get the least poverty. #mbaug
2020-08-25: Her face is somewhat frosty. The expansion box art for Rococo: The Jewellery Box …
2020-08-25: Resources: Small wooden things you line up in neat rows whilst the other players take too long on …
2020-08-25: Does the game stay or go? Even if it came from Belgium? Belgium? Belgium! When I made the video below, I had every single one of Uwe Rosenberg’s big …
2020-08-24: Worker Placement: The art of choosing the exact spot the next player needs, despite this spot not …