Friday, September 30, 2016

Groo the Game: was it a hidden gem?

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I spent years looking for a copy of Groo the Game before I finally got a copy of it. Then, of course, I have barely gotten any play out of ...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Going back to Shangri-La

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When I was in high school, I probably read Lost Horizon by James Hilton at least once a year. Even at the time, I couldn't tell you why....
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Going to almost the start of Pokémon

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Over the last couple months, I have gone from a vague awareness of Pokémon to a definite interest in the franchise. It all started with ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

San Juan opened doors for me

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San Juan was my first real experience with a card game adaptation of a board game. It certainly wasn't the first one out there. I kn...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Yeah, I prefer these versions

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Going on 15 years ago, Hasbro about a bunch of card games that were based on their popular board games. I think the sort of thing comes in ...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

When boards and pawns get replaced by dice and cards

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ReAs I have grown older, card and dice adaptations of board games have become more of a focus for me. Part of this is because they've b...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Something Global: is it gaming via tweeting or just tweeting?

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In Something Global, you play an ape rising up against humanity in rebellion in pretend and tweet about it in real life. Your success as an ...