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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Boardgame news of the week: Exploding Kittens

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Okay, stop the presses.  This is the news item that we'll be talking about all year.  Out of nowhere, a card game has taken Kickstarte...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Thinking ahead

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Our first game of Legacy: Gears of Time My beautiful wife Kathy gave me a copy of Legacy: Gears of Time  (designer Ben Harkins , publish...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Statistical review of seasonal effects on Kickstarter funding

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Lately, as I've been compiling notes each week for the Kickstarter report on the Dice Tower News podcast , I've come to notice an ev...
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Friday, December 12, 2014

The game time conundrum revisited

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A couple of years ago, I looked over my game collection and sighed at the number of games that hadn't seen the attention they deserved. ...
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Friday, November 28, 2014

Holiday gift meta-guide

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The reader looking for boardgame gift ideas for the upcoming holidays may find recommendations from an overwhelming variety of sources.  R...
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Friday, November 7, 2014

A look back at hip-pocket wargames

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I just saw the documentary Game On: The World Boardgaming Championships , by Alex Dunbar of Wind-up Films, which featured (among other t...
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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Most highly-rated out-of-print games

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I was listening to The Geek All-stars Episode 87 , in which Dan Patriss and his band of merry geeks list their Top 11 Stefan Feld designs,...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Top ten games that I play with my wife

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Quite some time ago, Chris Norwood posted a list of his top ten games that he plays with his wife .  That list in turn was inspired by The D...
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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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