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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Board Games'
Weekend Meetup Details
August 2nd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Blogs, Board Games, Me, Three Moves Ahead
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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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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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Talking Components
January 11th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Board Games, Me, Media
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, […]
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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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