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a games roundup, part I
Playtesting and developing Lemuria has been taking all my game-designing (and unfortunately most of my game-blogging) energies lately, but my game-playing and game-discovering energies have remained...
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a games roundup, part II
This is a continuation of a games roundup, part I. Next up: Chicago Express. Chicago Express is a short and very tight game of railroad-building. Again, players aren’t tied to a specific company, but...
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board game links
It occurred to me the other day that I ought to share my ever-growing collection of board-game related links. I’ll try to keep them fairly well organized, and I’ll try to stick to ones that are...
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top ranked games, sorted by weight
Well, in retrospect, I’m not sure this was really such a good idea. But when I got done with my gaming gift guide, and I sorted it by weight and all, I began to wonder. Sure, these are the games I...
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top 5 gateway games
What is a gateway game? A gateway game is a game that can be taught to newbies to bring them into the hobby. As such, it should be simple enough that it doesn’t scare them away, yet meaty enough to...
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Power Grid mods
After a grueling 4-hour Power Grid last night in which (a) the power plant market stagnated and (b) the order in which power plant cards came out had a considerable effect on the end game, I’m thinking...
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Trebuchets
When I send out an invitation to game night, I typically include an easter egg somewhere in the list of things to bring: “Please bring a snack, easter egg, and/or a beverage to share, and bring any...
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recent activity, Goblins Inc.
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Okay, so I haven’t been blogging much recently. What I have been doing, however, is playing a lot, designing a lot, and trying to get things published....
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gaming gift guide 2014
Okay, so I thought I would post another gaming gift guide — hopefully this’ll get me back into blogging a bit, but I’m not making any promises. I’ve learned a lot about games in the last few years, and...
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Core Games 2014
So I was looking through some of my BGG bookmarks recently, and I came across the link to this, the core games of 2008. And of course it got me to wondering what this list would look like in 2014. I...
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