Friday, April 25, 2014

Luck, skill, and research

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Last week I opened a discussion on my effort to quantify game characteristics.  I had in mind that I would explore this question on my own, ...
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Sunday, April 20, 2014

Thoughts on quantifying game characteristics

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Gamers tend to characterize games in terms of luck vs . skill, replayability, lightness vs . depth, and so forth. These qualitative assessme...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Reactor Scram: early playtesting

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I have finally started working in earnest on a co-op idea I've had percolating in my mind for the last few weeks.  The theme is that the...
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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Winter photos

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A quick gallery of games played over the last three months: Agent for one of the Lords of Waterdeep  in the Jester's Court to recruit...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

PrezCon 2014 Part 5: Finals

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(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...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

PrezCon 2014 Part 4: Social gaming

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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...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

PrezCon 2014 Part 3: Pillars of the Earth final

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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...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

PrezCon 2014 Part 2: Friday

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(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 ...