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A Great Day for Gaming

Posted by Mark on Jul 20, 2010 in Board Game, Game Stores, Warhammer Fantasy RP

Number of View: 191Yesterday was a great day for gaming. I’m in Minneapolis on business, and only had one appointment, an hour long meeting at 4:30. My brother works in Minneapolis for Fantasy Flight Games, as does his wife, so it was only natural in my visit, I’d be subjected to a plethora of games. [...]

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The Dice Monkey GenCon Schedule

Number of View: 229Yes, that’s right! We’re going to tell you exactly where we’ll be! (Note there are a lot of board games here. We actually play a lot of board games here at home, so we’re happy to get out there and play some we’ve never tried before.) Let’s start with Friday, our first [...]

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Small World as Worldbuilder

Posted by Mark on Jul 9, 2010 in Board Game, Fluff/Inspiration

Number of View: 226Last night, I went over to Unique Gifts and Games for their weekly board game night. I played Small World for the first time, with a couple of cool guys. For those who don’t know, Small World is a board game in which you play a series of fantasy races trying to [...]

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Roleplaying without Roleplaying: Runebound

Posted by Mark on Jun 13, 2010 in Actual Play, Board Game

Number of View: 291We’ve had a couple of bites from people interested in joining a new group, but haven’t actually met face-to-face, so in the meantime, Bridget and I have begun trying roleplaying without roleplaying. What do I mean? I mean that I pulled out Runebound the other night and we marched around the lands [...]

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Combining RPGs and War Games

Number of View: 304A while back I spoke about injecting RP to your war games, and now the idea comes full circle. What about combining RPGs with war games? How would that work out? Considering RPGs sprung from war games, so it’s a natural progression. Imagine a campaign where war had begun to spread across the [...]

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5 Random Games: War of the Ring, The Dark Side Sourcebook, Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit, Sidewinder: Recoiled, Ultimate Adversaries

Posted by Mark on Feb 8, 2010 in Board Game, D20 Modern, Reviews & Culture, Star Wars RPG

Number of View: 248Akin to last time, I’ll be talking about 5 random games (or supplements) I own, based on my random collection widget to the right of the blog here, generated by Geekdo.com. 1. War of the Ring I picked this one up when I was working at Uncle’s Games, back in the day. [...]

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Descent: Journeys in the Dark and Baldur's Gate

Posted by Mark on Jul 13, 2009 in Baldur's Gate, Board Game, Descent, Video Game

Number of View: 87This is a single blog about two subjects, so bear with me. I really wanted to talk about both, and I haven’t written in a few days, so I figured I’d get them all out on the table at once. Descent: Journeys in the Dark A couple of nights ago, Bridget and [...]

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Taking a Hiatus

Posted by Mark on Feb 19, 2009 in Board Game, Life

Number of View: 69With me and Bridget heading off for 10 days in Florida for a family reunion and some time in Disney World, it led me to think about how my group has recently taken a little break as well (and will continue to do so until I get back). It’s been kind of [...]

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Behold! The invasion begins!!

Posted by Andrew on Jan 10, 2009 in Board Game, Reviews & Culture

Number of View: 50No, this is not a Monsterpocalypse review. I can’t make a good review because I have not played it, I probably won’t play it. I don’t subscribe to any collectible games. This is a about the return that ancient, and very awesome classic, Cosmic Encounters.  Cosmic Encounters holds a special place for [...]

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