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Monday, July 29, 2013

A promising new business contact

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I've been struggling to assemble additional prototypes for "East India Company," and I had been stymied by an unfortunate fail...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

HistoriCon 2013 Saturday - USMC in the ACW

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Last Saturday at HistoriCon, my friend Frank Hodge and I spent the morning in seminars and then joined our friend Grant Greffey for his late...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

HistoriCon 2013 Friday - DBA and GHQ

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De Bellis Antiquitatis 3.0 Today at HistoriCon, I was reminded of what I like about the elegant miniatures game De Bellis Pike refusing t...
Friday, July 19, 2013

HistoriCon 2013 Thursday - New Orleans and Warrenton Junction

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Although my primary interest is boardgames, I've been known to push lead around the table from time to time.  With last year's move ...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

East India Company: Two-player playtest holds up well

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  "East India Company" two-player session.  The prototype board might be too "busy" and need some toning down for cla...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Midway: The brown shoe is on the other foot

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My father was a naval aviator, and for whatever reason, whereas the rest of the Navy wore black shoes with their khaki uniforms, aviators al...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

Reflecting on the symmetry of abstracts

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(c) Queen Games Used by permission My good friend Grant Greffey recently gave me a copy of Sparta (designer Yannick Holtkamp , artist ...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Farmers and hoplites

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Two quick game accounts:  (c) Z-man Games. Used by permission Farmers of the Moor Last evening, Kathy and I played Agricola: Farmers of th...
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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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