There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
1. Le Havre (Rosenberg is probably my favorite game designer) 2. Through the Ages (Haven't played the new one yet, but I can't wait to do so) 3. Castles of Burgundy 4. Agricola 5. Race for the Galaxy 6. Biblios (My favorite "filler" game, with great probability-based decisions, auctions, etc) 7. Food Chain Magnate (Haven't gotten nearly enough plays of this yet) 8. Power Grid 9. Blood Rage (Bit of an outlier-ameritrash game, but it's so well-designed!) 10. Voyages of Marco Polo