Bill Abner has noticed a lot of AI blunders in Cyanide’s Blood Bowl which shows just how much more he knows about the game than I do. My solo campaign Elf team is getting hammered, mostly because I’m still getting used to how differently all of the teams play. Though it looks like a sports […]
Entries Tagged as 'Board Games'
Settlers of Catan
March 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Board Games
Just because my fellow podcasters hate it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy reading about it. Teuber created elaborate logic chains and probability matrices in a complex Excel spreadsheet so the videogame developers could see how every possible move and roll of the dice—from the impact of the Robber to the odds of getting wheat in […]
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Bill Abner’s Top Ten Boardgames of 2008
December 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Blogs, Board Games
Read it. You might come up with a nice gift idea for me.
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“A Lost Ludology”
October 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Board Games, Wargames
I just returned from a seminar discussion at the University of Maryland led by Dr. Matt Kirschenbaum of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. The topic was advertised as “A conversation about the long history and seemingly unlikely combination of warfare and gaming” but ended up being a discussion that had the usual […]
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Soren Johnson’s Board Game Buying Guide
August 26th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Board Games
Prepare for some heresy. On Puerto Rico: “To paraphrase Groucho Marx, I don’t want to play Puerto Rico with anyone else who wants to play Puerto Rico.” On Caylus: “To me, it feels like slow-motion arm wrestling.” Other games come off much better.
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1960: The Making of a President TURN FIVE
May 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on 1960: The Making of a President TURN FIVE · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games
Turn One Turn Two Turn Three Turn Four Phase 1 -2 Kennedy, initiative, Nixon goes first (16 vs 21) NIXON 1: Nelson Rockefeller 3CP (+1 rest): +1 NJ (zero), +1 PA, +1 NY +77 260-277 Bruce: With so many Endorsements breaking ties for me, I can play the game very close to the “flip point†[…]
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