Thursday, July 3, 2014

Second annual List of Shame: The Unplayed Games of 2014

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Last year about this time, inspired by Chris "GamerChris" Norwood, I posted my " secret shame " - a list of unplayed gam...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

UnPub Mini Chantilly Recap

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Last Saturday, Keith Ferguson ran an UnPub Mini event at Game Parlor Chantilly .  (I helped a little.)  We had about twelve designers and a...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

More designers for 21 June UnPub Mini in Chantilly, Virginia

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As I mentioned in a post on May 8, there will be an  UnPub Mini  event this  Saturday 21 June  at Game Parlor 13936 Metrotech Drive Ch...
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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...