Monday, July 30, 2012

East India Company: More playtesting, more adjusting

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My family and I did another run-through of "East India Company" this weekend with my wife, my 19-year-old son, and my mother-in-...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

HistoriCon 2012: A Submariner's Life and a Gathering Storm

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I must say that HistoriCon offered many more lecture opportunities than I've seen at my favorite boardgame conventions, WBC and PrezCon...
Monday, July 23, 2012

HistoriCon 2012: High Noon and the Battle of Manila Bay

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High Noon Image (c) Leo Walsh Used by permission Friday morning at HistoriCon opened with a demonstration of High Noon  (designer and ...
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Sunday, July 22, 2012

HistoriCon 2012: Borg Attack

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Thursday afternoon at HistoriCon 2012 saw me in command of Star Fleet's task force at Wolf 359, assigned to stop the approaching Borg c...
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HistoriCon 2012: A boardgamer's reflection

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HistoriCon came to Virginia this year, and though miniatures gaming takes a distant second to my boardgaming preference, I couldn't let...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Games for a family of three (or four)

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A co-worker recently asked me for recommendations for boardgames that she and her family might play together.  They have a 17-year-old son...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

East India Company playtest

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While on vacation, I arm-twisted my family into playtesting my work-in-progress "East India Company" again.  I'm not proud of ...
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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Ethics in gaming: Reflections on the WBC seminar

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[While on vacation in North Carolina, in anticipation of going to the World Boardgaming Championships in Pennsylvania in a few weeks, I sch...