Mike Doyle’s take on T&E
June 29, 2006Not all of Mike Doyle’s artistic redevelopments grab me–I’m not “sold” on his Samurai project, for example–but his remix of Tigris and Euphrates is, as they say, made out of awesome.
I Guess I was Expecting a Skyscraper
June 26, 2006Naturelich stumbled upon the Hans im Glück building in Munich, and it’s underwhelming, to say the least.
Boardgame News: The Curse of the Learning Curve, or Why Johnny Won’t Play Cleopatra
June 24, 2006Larry Levy’s The Curse of the Learning Curve, or Why Johnny Won’t Play Cleopatra is a good article on the learning curve and the damage it can cause to a game’s reputation.
Gone Gaming: Fantasy Flight’s Adventure Games & That Old Time Roleplaying
June 23, 2006Shannon Appecline is one of the authors most often mentioned here. Fantasy Flight’s Adventure Games & That Old Time Roleplaying is a good example of the thing Shannon does well.
Yehuda: My history with electronic games, part 1: 1970s
June 21, 2006Yehuda is writing a lot these days (of variable quality I have to say), but this is a heroic effort, even by his standards!.
Geek of the Week: Chris Farrell
June 20, 2006Chris Farrell - I love this man - is Geek of the Week.
GAME STORE CONFIDENTIAL
D W Tripp says grow some balls, and play a wargame! A point of view I have some sympathy with from time to time - especially the bit about stop whining….
Mikko Saari: TradeResolver
June 17, 2006It feels a little incestuous linking to the guy who put this linkblog together, but Mikko has done a great job in developing TradeResolver, a tool for working out math trades. He has opened the code to the public domain and has even put a page up on Sourceforge so others can contribute.
A Pair Of Dice Which Never Roll 7
We’ve blogged the non-transitive dice before. Here’s a special for people who don’t like the robber in Catan: A pair of dice which never roll 7.
(From this Geek thread.)
Bruno Faidutti: Made in China
June 16, 2006I went to China in 1996 and saw a lot of poverty, and I have paid full UK retail price for some GMT Games, so I fully agree with Bruno Faidutti’s opinion of games made in China.
