They Call Him…Manowarplayer
May 31, 2006Why? Because of things like this, one of the more evocative session reports to come down the pike in a while. MOW is a game I’ve wanted to play for a while–never gotten a chance, though.
Spiel des Jahres 2006 Virtual Market (Matthew Gray’s Weblog)
What’s the best way to combine the two interests of stock markets and board games? Participating in the Spiel des Jahres 2006 Virtual Market, of course!
Games Based on Newspaper Comic Strips
May 30, 2006As a comic strip junkie, I loved Clinton Smith’s Geeklist of games based on them. Five Card Nancy is probably my favorite…not that I’ve played it, but I love the idea.
Meeple Monologues: Games, Games, Everywhere…
May 25, 2006Mary has photos of a plague of games slowly spreading through her home, nesting in corners in every room. It’s a familiar picture…..
Gamer’s Mind: Ties
May 24, 2006Mr. Ekted writes about ties. I agree: what’s so awful about ties? Tiebreakers that make sense are great, but I don’t see why the winner should be selected randomly if there’s a tie.
Gone Gaming: Is that a humungous telescope in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?
May 22, 2006Every time DW Tripp writes anything, I want to post it here, but this time he excelled himself.
Blogger in the Hot Seat
Yehuda’s stint as Geek of the Week has gotten off to a good start. Another excellent choice…
How Many is Too Many?
May 21, 2006Matthew Gray has yet another invaluable applet for us: a doohickey to determine, based on our gameplaying habits, how many games is a reasonably-sized collection for us. It’s great, but I have yet to figure out a way for it to spit out my game collection size…
Seven Reasons to Hate Eurogames
May 20, 2006Are you trying to decide whether or not you despise Eurogames? This Geeklist is presented for the prosecution. It’s certainly gathering a lot of commentary–especially since, as the title implies, there are a mere seven entries. Fairly high snark content, naturally, but basically civil. (It’s worth noting, as MattDP underlines later on, that this isn’t a Wargames vs. Euros debate, really.)
Risk Revisited
May 19, 2006Dave Shapiro has written an article at The Games Journal revisiting Risk.
Maybe I should pick up a set of Risk 2210 A.D.?
