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(c) Mayfair Games Used by permission I ran the tournament for Pillars of the Earth (designers  Michael Rieneck and Stefan Stadler , a...

(c) Rio Grande Games Used by permission Saturday of PrezCon was a wonderfully full day of gaming.  It started at 9:00 AM with a game of...

Part of what I love about conventions is re-connecting with gaming friends as well as meeting new people.  This year at PrezCon, I got to me...

As I mentioned in my previous post, I ran the Pillars of the Earth  tournament at PrezCon again this year.  I had two heats totalling 14 dif...

(c) Rio Grande Games Used by permission Continuing my recap of PrezCon from a couple of weeks ago, Friday turned out to be a long and ...

A couple of weeks ago, I enjoyed four days at my favorite gaming convention, PrezCon.  There were several hitches this year, a few things th...

The final day of PrezCon saw me sleeping in just a little too late to make the final heat of Settlers of Catan .  So this year was the first...

Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery On Friday, during my walk-through of the vendor area, I'd seen   Spartacus  (designers Aaron D...

(c) Meridae Games Used by permission Garden Dice Glenn and I met Doug Bass of Meridae Games for a demo of  Garden Dice   (designer D...

It's good to be at PrezCon . It's always good to be here.  These posts are going to be quick and messy....

Okay, it's that time of year when my favorite convention, PrezCon , happens in Charlottesville, Virginia, the week of President's ...

Image courtesy of GMT Games Down in Flames While not strictly a wargame in the truest sense, I enjoy the dogfight card game Zero! (...

Small World Among my goals at PrezCon this year was to learn Small World , which my buddy Grant Greffey is running as the Game Master.  I p...

I arrived at PrezCon first thing Thursday morning to demonstrate Trains Planes and Automobiles   (artist Sean Cooke , publisher Blue Squa...

PrezCon open gaming and pre-cons started this evening (President's Day, hence the name), though I won't be arriving there in Charlo...

PrezCon !  I get excited just thinking about the name.  My favorite convention.  So convenient to northern Virginia, such a friendly and y...

I am elated to report that I will be demonstrating  Trains Planes and Automobiles at PrezCon at the DoubleTree Inn in Charlottesville...

Seth Brown posted a nice essay about trading strategies in Settlers of Catan on About.com .  His strategies are very much in line with ...

While at PrezCon, I had the opportunity to meet with my publisher and hammer out the final details of the rules to my game.  We nailed down ...

A couple of weeks ago at PrezCon, I played in two heats of Ticket to Ride (designer Alan R. Moon , publisher Days of Wonder ), and it was i...