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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November Toronto Board Gaming Meet – The 19th
October 24th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Board Games, Me
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UPDATE: Fall Meetup in Toronto
September 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Me
EDIT: Lack of interest and my own schedule means we’ll have to postpone this to later in the year. If someone has some space, we can do a proper board game afternoon. While Rob and Julian scramble to have a Boston meeting that doesn’t involve the two of them joining with Chris Remo and Ken [...]
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Why We Don’t Do Transcripts
September 20th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Me, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
Whenever we do a very popular podcast, it’s inevitable that there will be email or forum comments asking for transcripts of the podcast. This is especially true if the game we are talking about is one with a global audience. And it’s understandable to an extent. If English is not your first language, then reading [...]
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The Emotions of Strategy
September 6th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Me
Over the weekend, I mentioned that I was reading J.E. Lendon’s Song of Wrath, and it’s really an interesting book. His major argument is that we can’t understand the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War when it happened by just looking at it as a classic bipolar system breaking down because of colliding spheres of influence [...]
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1+1=1 : Collaborative Criticism
September 2nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · Me, Media
Jenn: people should not be able to finish another’s sentences before they start them! Troy: nope. but here we are As I tried to unravel what was left to do this week from the things I should have done last week, I was pointed to the PAX panel on freelance games journalism hosted by many [...]
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Racing Update
August 23rd, 2011 · 10 Comments · Me
Before I jump firmly back into the loving embrace of Pride of Nations, Supreme Ruler: Cold War, Toy Soldiers: Cold War, Six Gun Saga, Sengoku, Sword of the Stars II and every other amazing strategy game to come out this fall, I should update you on how the racing is going. This is how a [...]
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