Geek Girls and Games Overboard

World's Largest Board Game

mercutiom — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:11:53 +0000

I got a bit curious this afternoon and thought I’d look up the largest board games ever. First I did what anyone looking for a record would do; I went to the Guinness World Records site and searched there. OK, I’m not going to get into basic design theory, search engine optimization, or site architecture, but [...] Related posts:

Build Your Own Board Game The Game Crafter actually came to my attention a little...

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Publishing Your Own Game

mercutiom — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:59:35 +0000

I recently got this email from one of our followers in the UK: Hey guys, I was just watching your review for “Dominion” and decided to come over to your website. I was wondering if you could help me out, I’m at University in Lancaster in the UK and I recently created a 2 player card game [...] Related posts:

The most expensive game I've ever bought I LOVE MY WIFE! There aren’t many women around who...

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The Future Of D&D And Other Gaming

mercutiom — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:47:31 +0000

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to play with the Microsoft Surface you’ll know that the system in unique in many ways. It’s multi-touch, can detect physical items placed on it and interpret what they are, and it’s beautiful. Having had an opportunity to play Chess and Checkers on one a few months ago, I immediately [...] Related posts:

Carcassonne Online: A Review As we mentioned in our review a few weeks...

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The New Clue? Mystery Express Announced

mercutiom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:13:59 +0000

I just got an email from the folks at “Days of Wonder” games and it looks like they have a new murder mystery game coming out soon. ”Mystery Express” is a game of suspense, deduction, and murder on the Orient Express. Mystery Express is a whodunit deduction game from Days of Wonder. The murder that takes [...] Related posts:

Monopoly's New Revolutionary Design I have to admit that I’m not a Monopoly player...

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Two New Games, One Designer, Two totally different reviews

Gordon1018 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:08:45 +0000

I have a few designers that are my favorites. Friedmann Friesse has always been innovative and interesting (Power Grid, Funny Friends, Fast Flowing Forest Fellers). Vlaada Chvatil is easily my favorite designer of late (Dungeon Lords, Space Alert, Galaxy Trucker). The great thing about gaming is that there are always new people to experience games [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.