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2012: The Year of No Writing

December 4th, 2012 · 14 Comments · Blogs, Me

This has been one of the busiest years of my professional life. First, still learning a job that changes as fast as technology allows it to. Evolve had a good year with some great clients, and next year will be especially busy for me as I help with Paradox’s strategy stable. As I stare at […]

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Weekend Meetup Details

August 2nd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Blogs, Board Games, Me, Three Moves Ahead

So despite trying to find a spot that would guarantee some quiet and isolation but also food if necessary, it looks like the Saturday boardgame meetup will be at the usual place. Tequila Bookworm 512 Queen Street West, Toronto, Canada 11 AM to 7 PM Saturday, August 4 A few notes: First, they open at […]

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The Week I Play Everything

June 19th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Blogs, Me

Prep for E3, followed by E3, followed by recovering from post E3 trip left me a little drained. But hey, always time for the 500 games you said you would play, right? What is it about late spring/early summer that puts me in the mood to play every single game that crosses my desk? I […]

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Meetup Report and the Learning Game

April 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Blogs, Board Games

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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