Boardgame News: Predatory vs. Non-Predatory Games
January 16, 2007Predatory vs. Non-Predatory Games is an interesting articly by Ben Baldanza on dividing games into predatory and non-predatory games, particularly in the context of two-player games.
Predatory vs. Non-Predatory Games is an interesting articly by Ben Baldanza on dividing games into predatory and non-predatory games, particularly in the context of two-player games.
Even if I do not always agree with Frank Branham, I always find his opinions entertaining.
The Love of Minds is a nice Yehudesque article on why we play games. Good thoughts.
She said Yes.
Yehuda’s Analysis of The Menorah Game (he’s the designer) makes for interesting reading.
The Gone Gaming 2006 Board Game Internet Awards have been announced. Nominations close at 30.12.2006, and the awards are announced on 13.1.2007.
Mike Doyle’s Brazilian Modern Art is released. It’s the most beautiful board game I’ve ever seen, I believe. So many clever ideas!
In Die Macher … revisited, Brian Bankler offers some interesting variants to the classic political game.
Mitchell Thomashow’s review of Gipf (actually a Yinsh review) might be old, but it is a very inspired piece of board game writing that is still worth reading, even though the release of Pünct has slightly outdated it.
Are Game Designers Auteurs? That’s a good question, and Jonathan Degann answers it in detail.