Man OverBoard
Paul Owen's boardgaming web log
Friday, May 30, 2014
Leaner, meaner "Company"
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I've been giving some thought as to how to streamline "East India Company." There are a few approaches I can take. The scien...
Monday, May 26, 2014
East India Company returns to the shipyard
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Last February I mentioned that I'd submitted a prototype of "East India Company" to a publisher at UnPub 4 to evaluate for pu...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
UnPub Mini Chantilly on Sat 21 Jun
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Designers and boardgamers in the northern Virginia area, mark your calendars: Saturday 21 June will be an UnPub Mini event at Game Par...
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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