Welcome to JohnHQLD.com! I’m JohnHQLD, and this is my little corner of the internet. Hopefully, you will come and join us as we share our love of gaming.
Mainly I will be talking about things that catch my interest, primarily in gaming. Board Games, Video Games, Puzzles – I don’t mind. As long as we are all having fun, that’s all I worry about.
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Chronicles of Crime Review
Chronicles of Crime is both a great game and the basis for many new adventures with the same components. There are features of the game that can be written off as gimmicks on a casual glance, but work together to make Chronicles of Crime the game I wish T.I.M.E. Stories first cycle was.
Site updates 2021 – First stage is done!
When I came back, I talked about changes I was looking to make with the site. The intention was to make searching and being notified on what you are interested easier to find. Well, I am happy to say that Stage 1 is now complete! What does this mean? Well, I go into the changes and future updates in detail today.
Asus ROG Flow X13 – A welcome new laptop design
CES 2021 has come and gone, and there are announcements and marketing hype already building up. For me, there is one laptop design that has firmly caught my eye. The Asus ROG Flow X13 is the laptop design I have been hoping for. But why would I be excited?
Last Week’s Gaming
Another week, another round up of last week’s gaming! Between working on a few things for the site and an… interesting work week, I had a strange gaming week. It was a lot of fun, but I played a lot of games I had previously reviewed! What were they? Only one way to find out!
Castles of Mad King Ludwig Review
So Wednesday I mentioned Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector’s Edition is on Kickstarter next week. Today I review the original game to give you an idea of if you may be interested! This Bezier Games staple is a lot of fun, but it’s not for everyone. It’s not as hard to get your head around as you may think though!
Gamers Chest – A component organiser dream on Kickstarter
Setting up board games is almost always a challenge. Emptying bags into piles that inevitably get mixed up and take up more room on the table than you need. But Be Wood has a great solution in mind, combining the most common organiser components into the Gamers Chest!
Castles of Mad King Ludwig Collector’s Edition is Coming!
Castles of Mad King Ludwig is a game that looks heavier than it is, but that doesn’t mean it’s for everyone. Released in 2014, it is still a highly regarded game and hard to find new. Well, Bezier Games is about to not only start a campaign for Castles of Mad King Ludwig, but there are 2 new expansions included to boot!
When to Update or Upgrade your Computer
CES 2021 is here, and that means that a lot of new tech will soon be hitting shelves. This means another wave of questions like “Do I need this computer?” coming my way. That is never an easy question to answer, but today I will try and show you when you should Update or Upgrade your Computer, and some tricks to get better performance from your system now!
Last Week’s Gaming
Last Week’s Gaming is back for 2021! Today I reveal an open secret in why I skip some games I play in there roundups, but also talk a lot about the video game that pulled me in after finishing Cyberpunk 2077 – Immortals: Fenyx Rising. The planned games day last Saturday got postponed, but that doesn’t mean I have no board games to talk about!
Cyberpunk 2077 Review
So now that the issues are out of the way, today I talk about the actual game Cyberpunk 2077. Just the gameplay, and no story spoilers. If you are curious to know what the game is like to play, this is the review for you!