While doing my weekly conference call with Dirk Knemeyer regarding the board game we are working on, we got onto the topic of components. Well, not exactly. We got onto the topic of math and measurements and geometry, but basically it came down to what we expect from components. When people praise a board game, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Board Games'
Holiday Guest Blog 4: Rob Daviau “Elements of Risk”
December 30th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Board Games, Guest Blog
Rob Daviau has been a friend of the podcast for a while, and a friend of Julian Murdoch even longer. He works for Hasbro and his appearance on Episode 144 to talk about his design of Risk: Legacy was one of the more popular shows of 2011. Risk gets a lot of flak on the [...]
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House Rules
November 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Board Games, Design, Modding
I think most of us encountered our first house rule without even knowing it was one. We’d be playing Monopoly with friends or families, because we were too young to have good taste in games or friends, and we all used the Free Parking rule – taxes and Chance/Community chest money went into the center [...]
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November Toronto Board Gaming Meet – The 19th
October 24th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Board Games, Me
OK. Let’s do this. I want to meet people for board gaming – fans and readers and friends. I have settled on November 19th because it gives me about a month to think about some important things like location, choice of games and arrangements for anyone who wants to come but needs to travel. I [...]
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Road to Enlightenment, Gateway to Learning
October 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Board Games, Design, History
I am playing quite a few betas right now, but I don’t want to talk about them. Mostly because I can’t, they are connected to work and clients and there are real serious beta testers doing their jobs and anything I say would muck up the whole thing. I will say that I am privileged [...]
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Picking Up the Gauntlet
September 4th, 2011 · 4 Comments · AAR, Board Games
I’ve been reading J.E. Lendon’s Song of Wrath, which talks about how Greek ideas of pride, hubris and manliness fueled the opening of the Peloponnesian War. Sometimes when you get called out, you have to answer. Once I figure out where all these stickers go, it’s on.
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