top games of 2010, 2011
Okay, so I got curious — what are the most popular games (on BGG, of course) from 2010 and 2011? Mainly I was interested in seeing if I missed anything that looked promising. I don’t tend to be an...
View ArticleI’m on a roll: Urban Conquest, Hex Herders, and Puppet Masters
In the last few weeks I’ve made significant progress on three of my games: Urban Conquest, Hex Herders, and Puppet Masters. Urban Conquest, née Metropolis, is a game about building a chain of hotels....
View Articlecult of the new?
So I got to thinking the other day about the “cult of the new,” and I began to wonder if there was any way to see if there really was an effect along those lines at BGG. How did I decide to go about...
View Articlerecent activity, Goblins Inc.
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” Okay, so I haven’t been blogging much recently. What I have been doing, however, is playing a lot, designing a lot, and trying to get things published....
View Articlea bit of news
First, a bit of good news: I just signed a contract with Mayfair Games to publish Lemuria in early 2015. I don’t know what they’ll call it, or what the theme will be, but I’m very excited that they...
View Articlegaming gift guide 2014
Okay, so I thought I would post another gaming gift guide — hopefully this’ll get me back into blogging a bit, but I’m not making any promises. I’ve learned a lot about games in the last few years, and...
View Articletop 5 gateway games revisted
A while back I wrote a post called Top Five Gateway Games. In it, I argued that the top five gateway games should likely be Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, and Blokus. Turns...
View ArticleCore Games 2014
So I was looking through some of my BGG bookmarks recently, and I came across the link to this, the core games of 2008. And of course it got me to wondering what this list would look like in 2014. I...
View ArticleEuronimoes 2.0 Released
I’ve been tinkering with Euronimoes for the last 4 years, and now I’ve finally gotten around to uploading the changes. I’m biased, of course, but I think the changes have improved the game...
View ArticleSo you want to build a game collection….
You’re just getting interested in modern board games and you want to buy some games but don’t know where to start? This guide will give you some pointers. You can also check out boardgamegeek, and...
View ArticleProtospiel, Euronimoes, Water Balloon Wars
So, Protospiel Chelsea was last week, and I enjoyed myself immensely. I saw some old friends, made some new ones, and played a crap ton of games. It was awesome. I took Euronimoes this year, since I...
View ArticleEuronimoes is updated
So I finally got around to my third (and possibly final?) update to Euronimoes. Compared to version 2.0, the game is considerably more refined, though on the surface the changes are subtle. Mainly,...
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