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Holiday Hiatus

December 22nd, 2008 by Troy Goodfellow · Me

The Christmas season is here and full of the usual running about and family stuff. So not much time for gaming or heavy thinking. Maybe some light reading.

I’ll return shortly with the annual year end summary of the state of strategy gaming in 2008 and maybe some hopes for the new year.

Have a nice Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or Saturnalia or Winter Solistice or Secular Humanist Turkey Day.

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History of Ensemble Part 3

December 18th, 2008 by Troy Goodfellow · Crispy Gamer, Ensemble, RTS

The final part of my Ensemble history is now up.

By the way, if you enjoy this sort of story, please let CG know by commenting in the comment box there. Yeah, it means another registration for another site, but I’ve become a real zealot for what the site is trying to do, especially since it went through a lot of growing pains this year. Still, these types of in depth interviews and stories are hard to get published, but, as an historian and game genealogy nut, I think they are important in understanding the evolution of our hobby.

I’ll have more about the Ensemble story in a bit, once people have absorbed what I did and did not write.

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Parkin’s Picks

December 18th, 2008 by Troy Goodfellow · Blogs, Media

Simon Parkin has rounded out his list of the top games writing for 2008.

I demand a recount.

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Review Symposium at Level Up

December 18th, 2008 by Troy Goodfellow · Media

The first stop in Shawn Elliott’s Game Review symposium is up at N’Gai Croal’s Level Up blog.

EDIT: Full transcript at Shawn Elliott’s blog.

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History of Ensemble Continued

December 17th, 2008 by Troy Goodfellow · Crispy Gamer, Ensemble, RTS

Part 2 is now up.

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Bill Abner’s Top Ten Boardgames of 2008

December 17th, 2008 by Troy Goodfellow · Blogs, Board Games

Read it. You might come up with a nice gift idea for me.

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