So, if you’re considering investing in that startup website your little brother keeps talking about, you may want to reconsider.  The fact that we’ve hit a bubble in the web industry is just that, a fact.  And to prove it, there’s even a new board game.

Startup Fever is currently on Kickstarter and is about 60% to goal.  Now the game itself is fully developed, but Louis Perrochon, the designer, needs some extra money to make it pretty.  This is something we can all appreciate, as ugly games are, well, ugly and thus more likely to stay in the back of the game closet.

Now Louis is throwing a little extra sugar into the mix if you’re willing to help him out.

1. Pledge $1+ and you get your normal Kickstarter updates on where the Startup Fever! project stands.
2. Pledge $10+ and your name will appear as a supporter in the official Startup Fever! rule book.
3. Pledge $50+ or more and you get your name in the rule book and a “free” copy of Startup Fever! when it comes out. (A theoretical $60 value.)
4. Pledge $60+, the “Nerd Level” and you get all the above as well at the Startup Fever! Venture Capital expansion, complete with lawyers.
5. Pledge $100+ and you get 2 copies of the expansion.
6. $150+ gets you the Beta version of Startup Fever!, a retail copy, the expansion, and your name in the rule book.
7. $250+ gets you all the above, and you can suggest new PG-13 style events to be added to the game.  (Not sure how this will work, but ok.)
8. $500+ gets you all that other stuff, and Louis Perrochon will personally attend your game night to explain the game to you and your friends (if you live ~50 miles from Palo Alto.) You’ll also get a 4.5kg Toblerone, that’s just short of 10lbs. of chocolate for you American folk.
9. Bonus: $500+ level option for those first 10 (and 2 are already taken) who pledge at this level, you’ll get a Beta version of the game, even if the funding falls through which is possible, but at 60% with 2 months to go looks unlikely to happen.

So yeah, using a startup to fund a startup game about startups. Nope, no bubble here.  Move along folks.

But seriously, watch the video about Startup Fever!  While the game looks somewhat interesting, it also looks a bit like Die Macher to me.  Or am I wrong?

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So I was bouncing around on Kickstarter today and I came across this project on funding a documentary about board gamers, their collections, and their lives.  The video, thus far, is embedded below.

It looks like they’re completely funded, and already into post-production with over 60 hours of HD video to be edited and posted together in the final project.

More on the project can be found at their site:  Going Cardboard.  We’d like to wish Lorien Green luck on the project, and please let us know when the film is complete and where our fans, and us of course, can see it in its entirety.

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Just a little note to let you all know that there are a ton of videos on our youtube channel from the convention.  Every game we play, we’re doing a 20 second review of.

Okay, the reviews tend to last closer to a minute, but who’s counting anyways.

www.youtube.com/gamesoverboard

Here’s the geeklist with all the videos nicely embedded and a small written blurb to go along with them.  When we get back we;ll make a nicer write up for the site, but I’ve been up all night just uploading so I don’t have the energy to really write a long article here also.

http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/61101/bgg-con-live-30-second-reviews-by-games-overboard

Thanks for watching and check that link every night for new entries

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In May 2010, Brian and I moved from Phoenix to Castle Rock, Colorado.  We love it here; the seasons, our beautiful house, spending more time out doors, biking, etc.  But the one thing we really miss is our gaming friends.  We had upwards of 30 friends that would come to our game nights, and now it is just Brian and I.  We have been spending a lot of time playing two player games and so I figured I would share our experiences with the games.

Dominion is just as good of a two player game as it is for five people.  Recently we made it our goal to play through all of the kingdom cards from the original Dominion, Seaside, Prosperity, Alchemy and Intrigue.  We pick 10 kingdom cards to start with and then after every game, we cycle out the most used card, the least used card and one other card and random and replace those with cards we haven’t used yet.  This keeps the game excited and allows us to try all the Kindgom cards.

Forbidden Island is a cooperative game where “adventurers are on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of a perilous paradise” before it gets flooded.  It is a great introductory game or a filler game.  It is really easy to teach and really easy to play since there is not a lot of thinking involved with each turn (Even the Legendary difficulty setting really isn’t that bad).  It is also a very quick playing game, its rated at about 30 minutes long.

Stronghold is one of my favorite two player games!  It centers around the storming of a castle (I have always played outside the castle, the invader, and Brian has always played inside, the defender).  The artwork on the board is really awesome. I also like the time convention; where the longer the invader takes to prepare his troops and attacks, then the longer the defender get to prepare his defenses  It looks more confusing than it actually is, the designers did a great job of creating cards outlining the six phase cards.  It is such a great two player game that I am scared to try it with three or four people!

Factory Fun is my least favorite two player game.  Okay, to be honest it’s horrible as a two player game but is great for four people.  With only the two of us, there wasn’t many options for machines nor the feeling of competition between us.  Many times we would both flip over a machine and we both decided not to use either of them.  The game ended up being pretty boring with only two people; its such a shame because with four people it is really fun.

New World: A Carcassone Game is an easy to learn, interesting to play game.  I love this version of Carcassone with two players because it has the surveyors which prevent any one player from sitting on road or in a town for too long without finishing it.  It is much like Carcassone except in this version you start on the East coast and explore westwards and it has surveyors that can give you bonuses if you complete something and the surveyors are in the same column as your last placed meeple.  I don’t think Brian likes this game as much because he can never draw the tiles he needs, and I always get what I need.

Hive is a cute two player game that Brian got for me at last year’s convention.  The object of the game is to surround your opponent’s queen bee before they can do the same to you.   This is a quick game to learn and play but it can involve some thinking about how to maneuver your bugs so that you win.

As we play more two player games I will share our experiences about them with you.  In the mean time, enjoy gaming!!

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Mark and I recorded this video for Tobago back in the spring in AZ.  It’s a great explanation of the rules and it’s a game I really like.  I hope you enjoy the video.

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Wow! We’ve been gone for a long time. I know that all of you have been crying yourselves to sleep wondering when we were going to post a new review, and we’re here.

We just moved to Colorado this year and bought our first house. we’re finally settled ina nd have been inspired to start making videos again.

Enjoy this newest review of a game we really like called Jet Set. It’s great to be back and we’ll keep em coming if you keep watching.

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Unless you’ve been too wrapped up in World Cup fever, you’ve probably noticed there were a few news stories about E3 and all the new gaming options that are coming out in the near future.  One of these stories is the release of the Xbox Kinect (formerly Project Natal) and the Kinect series of games.

Kinect (pronounced: connect) is an auxiliary device for your Xbox that allows you to use your body as the controller in order to play games.  To drive a car you just put your hands out like they’re on a steering wheel.  To ride a skateboard, you stand sideways and lean back, forth, forward and backward.  You are literally part of the game.

So what is this fancy new tech device doing on a board game site?  Well, my friends, the Kinect has one other capability that has not been discussed all that much.  Kinect allows you to connect with other Xbox users and play games, chat, and interact with them in an almost Skype or Apple Facetime way.

This is where I see the Kinect really taking off in the future.  Not with body contortioning video games, but with the ability to play simpler interactive games with others.

Xbox Live and the games available therein have already been one of the drivers behind the system (think of playing Halo or Modern Warfare alone… I shudder at the thought.)  Now we can actually see and interact physically with our online friends, now we can play those games in person (sort of) and actually see and talk to them while doing so.

I foresee a time coming soon where I’ll be able to boot up my Xbox (when I buy one) load up a game of Tichu, Tobago, or Small World, and connect with Olivia if Florida, Dad in St. Louis, and my brother Mike in Mangalore, and play a round or two.  That connection and interaction, that ability to keep in touch with family and friends regardless of distance, that’s where Kinect will really shine.

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The Ticket to Ride World Championship will take place on June 19 in the Musée de la Carte à Jouer (Card Game Museum) in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The national champions will play several games on the various maps of Ticket to Ride – the best of them will then be declared Ticket to Ride World Champion and win a trip for two on the legendary Orient-Express!

The Tric Trac Team and Days of Wonder offer you the opportunity to follow this event live! The championship will be broadcasted on www.trictrac.tv and on our website, on the Ticket to Ride World Championship page.

Of course, if you prefer, you can also attend the Championship in the Musée de la Carte à Jouer. The champions need you to support them!

If you want to encourage your favorite champion, feel free to post a support message in our forum!

Source:  Days of Wonder

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Who wants a free iPad.  I know I do, and if you’re like me you might be able to win one.  Not from us this time, but from our good friends over at Days of Wonder Games.

OK, here are the details in quick form.  They’re going to give the iPad (pre-loaded with their Small World App) away to the winner of the 2,000,000th game on their online gaming area.  They’re already above 19,800,000 so if you’re not signed up with them yet, I strongly recommend you get over there quick.

If you’re not the winner of the 2millionth game, fear not.  The other players in that game each get an iPod Touch.  Alright, good luck to everyone, and get gaming.

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