Thinking Out Loud: Games for Kids >> Praise for Playroom & Reinhard Staupe
July 31, 2006Jason Little has some good recommendations for Playroom’s Reinhard Staupe games for 3-7 year olds.
Yehuda: The Four Challenges That Games Provide
July 28, 2006Another great article from Yehuda: The Four Challenges That Games Provide analyses pattern recognition in terms of games and the different challenges that games provide.
Friedrich World Championship
July 27, 2006I’ve never been in a game tournament of any kind (well…not really), but I enjoy reading about them. The website for the recently-completed Friedrich Championship is pretty neat, despite the occasional upside-down or slightly out-of-focus picture. On the Final Game page, I have to admit I’m quite taken with the Friedrich lampshade.
The Making of Viktory II
The Making of Viktory II is a story of how a self-published board game came to be. This neat story is a must-read for home-grown game publishers!
Chris Farrell: Ra vs. Beowulf: Smackdown
Chris Farrell puts Ra and Beowulf against each other in Ra vs. Beowulf: Smackdown. Who will win? The readers, of course, who get great insights on both games.
Mike Doyle’s Art Play: Caylus Box Cover
July 26, 2006Ok, it’s settled: the best-looking Caylus box isn’t the first edition or the second edition. It’s the Mike Doyle edition.
Musings, Ramblings, and Things Left Unsaid: The Unknown Civ
July 25, 2006Alfred makes a discovery: he found The Unknown Civ. That is, a solitaire-friendly quick-ish light civ game Culture and Conquest from Warpspawn. It’s free, too!
Why Knizia still doesn’t have a SdJ
July 22, 2006Larry Levy offers great analysis on why Reiner Knizia still doesn’t have a Spiel des Jahres -winning game.
Westpark Gamers - The German Stammtisch
July 21, 2006Moritz Eggert describes the The German Stammtisch, which partly explains the greater acceptance of gaming in German culture.
Good entries from Yehuda
Yehuda is the blogger I want to be when I grow up. Both Ten Reasons You Should Be Playing Board Games and The Top Ten Important Aspects of a Game are excellent and insightful blog entries.
