Each summer I'm in charge of deciding which boardgames to take on family summer vacation. The last time I looked at this question
was August last year. This year we are going on our first cruise, so packing space is a premium (and perhaps table space as well). My first thought for games that are easy to pack are card games, and then I brainstormed a few other ideas. I shopped the list around my family and dropped the ones they weren't interested in. We settled on the following:
Ridere, ludere, hoc est vivere.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
WBC 2015
Keith Ferguson and I drove up to Lancaster, Pennsylvania last Thursday for our annual pilgrimage to the World Boardgaming Championships.
Friday, July 24, 2015
UnPub 5 Saturday - playtesting other prototypes
[Apparently I'd written this entry last February after UnPub 5 but never posted it. Then this evening I accidentally published it. For better or for worse, here it is.]
After two playtest sessions of "East India Company," it was time for me to make the rounds at UnPub 5. The great thing about a convention like UnPub is the people you meet. I spent a good part of the weekend chatting with Bruce and Mike of The Party Gamecast and playing a few games with them, including Red 7 and Marcus Ross's Discount Salmon (which was fun though not my style of card game). I had the opportunity to talk with Chris Kirkman of Dice Hate Me Games, Andy Looney of Looney Labs, Luke Peterschmidt of Fun to 11 Games, Mike Lee of Panda Game Manufacturing, and Diamonds designer Mike Fitzgerald. That is what a convention experience is all about. But I also played some games:
After two playtest sessions of "East India Company," it was time for me to make the rounds at UnPub 5. The great thing about a convention like UnPub is the people you meet. I spent a good part of the weekend chatting with Bruce and Mike of The Party Gamecast and playing a few games with them, including Red 7 and Marcus Ross's Discount Salmon (which was fun though not my style of card game). I had the opportunity to talk with Chris Kirkman of Dice Hate Me Games, Andy Looney of Looney Labs, Luke Peterschmidt of Fun to 11 Games, Mike Lee of Panda Game Manufacturing, and Diamonds designer Mike Fitzgerald. That is what a convention experience is all about. But I also played some games:
Friday, June 5, 2015
Importance of theme in a cooperative game
In a way it’s like a cooperative version of Blackjack, with much better art and a few special powers thrown in the mix. But that’s what it really boils down to in a sense: trying to hit a maximum total card value without going over.
Friday, May 22, 2015
Enchanted Grounds
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