On Saturday, I met with readers and listeners and friends to play board games and drink beer. There was Pandemic, Seven Wonders, Resistance and Risk Legacy (thanks to Ron for picking that up and entrusting it to my care.) It was a good group, as always, a couple of newcomers (always welcome) and we reached [...]
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General Points of Interest
March 19th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Blogs, FoSTV, Me, PAX
I don’t have quite enough for a sustained post, yet, and I’m still editing a music review (yeah, seriously) and my Master of Orion science post. But I should write something since people keep visiting. Also, healthy to keep at it. * I have not been following the news on the upcoming Shogun 2 expansion [...]
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Spring Board Game Meetup
March 5th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Blogs, Board Games, Me, Podcast
Since the last meetup in November was such a success, I think we should do it again. It was a small but fun group of readers and listeners late last year, and the location was great. People should have gotten new games for Christmas, lots of new war stories and hopefully some new guests can [...]
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2011 at Flash of Steel and Three Moves Ahead By the Numbers
January 1st, 2012 · 14 Comments · Blogs
Though I write for myself and would podcast for a few dozen, I am a statistics freak. So here’s how it looked for the blog and podcast in 2011. 2011 was the best year ever for visits and for downloads – in spite of me not writing much and me ceding first chair on the [...]
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2011 on the Blog
December 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Blogs, Me
It has seemed liked every year for the last three has been a transitional year for some reason, and the blog always suffers a little. This year, with a change in city and profession, was more transitional than anticipated, so I played fewer games freshly, and was constrained in what I could really say about [...]
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2011 Can Bite Me: End of Year Reflections
December 10th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Awards, Blogs, Me
Friends and acquaintances and colleagues know that the last couple of years have been pretty rough for me. Two Christmases ago, my father died. Last winter, my personal life underwent a great upheaval that is still not settled. And this year, a new job took me away from strategy gaming as intently as I once [...]
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