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Replacing the dryer with one that was two inches wider led to having to move a shelf unit. Which meant unloading all the old games from the shelves. Which meant going through all the old games and deciding which to keep and which to dispose of. Which meant rediscovering games that perhaps deserved a second look. Which led to trying a 20-year-old game that I'd picked up at a PrezCon auction thinking my wife would like it but never actually played - 221B Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes and the Time Machine (designer Jay Moriarity, publisher John N. Hansen Co).Friday, July 22, 2016
Can one house rule make an old game new again?
Replacing the dryer with one that was two inches wider led to having to move a shelf unit. Which meant unloading all the old games from the shelves. Which meant going through all the old games and deciding which to keep and which to dispose of. Which meant rediscovering games that perhaps deserved a second look. Which led to trying a 20-year-old game that I'd picked up at a PrezCon auction thinking my wife would like it but never actually played - 221B Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes and the Time Machine (designer Jay Moriarity, publisher John N. Hansen Co).
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Kramer and Kiesling recommendations
A couple of weeks ago I tweeted my realization that I have no games in my collection that are designed by Wolfgang Kramer nor Michael Kiesling, arguably two of the biggest designer names of our time. They collaborated to design such high-flyers as Tikal, Torres, and Maharaja. Kramer also designed El Grande, Princes of Florence, and Colosseum. So I solicited recommendations from Twitter followers, and here are the titles that came up:
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