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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Worker placement gold standard - another Agricola session

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It seems that I can never talk about worker-placement games without comparing them to Agricola  (designer  Uwe Rosenberg , artist Klemens Fr...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Worker placement - comparison and contrast

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My wife Kathy and I have played two worker-placement games in the past three days, and we've come to form very different opinions about ...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

American battleships at Midway

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Wednesday afternoon, my friend and colleague Frank H. and I got together after work for our re-match in Midway (designers Larry Pinsky and...
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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Lemming luncheon

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My wife Kathy, my eleven-year-old son, and I inaugurated one of my WBC acquisitions this evening -- the light-hearted Leaping Lemmings (des...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

The game time conundrum

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This isn't a new problem, but it's a problem that has recently really come sharply into focus.  I've been playing plenty of two-...
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Friday, August 17, 2012

WBC: Acquire and acquisitions

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Early in our game of Acquire. I had a majority holding in Worldwide (the purple hotel to the right), but that wasn't enough to prev...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

WBC: Designers' forum

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One of the great things about a convention like the World Boardgaming Championships is having the opportunity to interact with fellow desig...
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

WBC: Wooden Ships semifinal and final

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I was pleased to qualify for the semifinal in the World Boardgaming Championships Wooden Ships and Iron Men  tournament.  The previous year,...
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Follow me on Bluesky @PaulOwenGames.bsky.social. A long-time boardgamer and designer, fond of the fun and companionship of playing, with an appreciation for the mental challenge and elegance of a clever, well-designed game
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