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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Starting From the Middle
December 6th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Design, Me
I think and write a lot about accessibility of strategy games. I do this for a couple of reasons. First, I love them and want more people to play them. I think strategy gaming scratches an intellectual itch (the desire to see a plan come together, the balancing of timing and resources, the original narrative [...]
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The Toronto Meetup: Armchair Design Session
November 22nd, 2011 · 7 Comments · Me
The meetup at the Tequila Bookworm last Saturday was a good crowd of eight, which was about perfect since we had a chance to play games with almost everyone, but not really talk, which is a shame. The space was good except for the mismatched tables and Goodwill chairs, but we had it to ourselves. [...]
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November 19 Local Meetup Location
November 10th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Me
I’ve been asking around about good locations for a boardgaming meetup in Toronto and settled on the Tequila Bookworm at Bathurst and Queen. They have an upstairs room that I have reserved for 2 PM. Benefits? All local microbrews, reputable food, they’ve held events before so they know how to handle a group without getting [...]
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NaNoWriMo and Why I Won’t Do It
November 1st, 2011 · 6 Comments · Me
I wasn’t really a fan of National Novel Writing Month (i.e., November Hackapalooza) until I came to terms with the basic fact that it’s not about quality, it’s about discipline and that’s a value I can get behind. Encourage people to commit to just putting the damn thing on paper and you are slowly building [...]
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