All of the above titles are being brought to the US by Rio Grande. I’ve played both Yspahan and Zooloreto, but neither particularly blew me away. Arkadia was described as “stock market tetris” to me, and Jenseits von Theben sounds a bit more “gamery.” And nobody seems to be gung-ho about Thief of Baghdad. There’s […]
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Spiel Des Jahres Nominees Announced
The Spiel Des Jahres, the German Game of the Year awards, nominees have been announced. They are: Seeräuber Aqua Romana Just 4 Fun Thurn und Taxis Blue Moon City
Design a Bad Game Exercise
(This is a guest article by Stephen Glenn, designer of You Must Be An Idiot! and the Spiel Des Jahres nominated Balloon Cup. Stephen was responding to Jacob’s article about game design exercises, and gave us his own.) I have had game design ideas wake me up in the middle of the night. I’m constantly […]
PowSpiel of Friends West
Last week, in my attempt to explain why games were art, I had to come up with a definition that I liked for art. Apparently nobody else liked it. However, I stick by it, but your mileage may vary. The only common ground josh0rfz and I could find about our definition of art involved guide’s […]
Hard Truths About Game Design
It sounds like a riddle: “What job pays less than minimum wage, but everyone wants?” Sadly, the answer I’m looking for is Game Designer. You might eventually be able to find a high paying job as a game designer for a video game company, but if you want to design for any other field, you […]
2013 Gen Con Preview: What to Watch For
Once again, Gen Con is upon us. You can check out my schedule if you’re so inclined. More importantly, there are games to check out and buy. This is not a comprehensive list: if you want a bigger look at what board games are available there, I recommend checking out the Board Game News list. […]
Criminals
A crime wave hits the city. The police round up the usual suspects: including you. In order to escape prison, you’ll have to accuse your fellow criminals of the crimes under investigation. Criminals is a psychological party card game for 3-9 players, in the style of such games as Mafia/Werewolf and The Resistance, from the […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2012-07-15
RT @BoardgameNews: BGG News: Kingdom Builder Wins the 2012 Spiel des Jahres; Village Takes Kennerspiel des Jahres http://t.co/JG8iKLal # Wizards of the Coast announced cancellation of Virtual Tabletop: http://t.co/d3Dx8JkZ # RT @GameTableOnline: GameTable Online is planning to adopt the Virtual Table. http://t.co/C5UMl8Mm! # 2011 Dice Tower Awards winners announced: http://t.co/dI9cuJ9C # RT @mikemearls: We unearthed […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2012-05-27
2012 Spiel Des Jahres nominees announced: http://t.co/4LELxIee # Interview with @mikemearls about #dndnext mechanics on ENWorld: http://t.co/CJpODboq # RT @SlyFlourish: For the afternoon crowd: @thetownshend on #dnd Improvisation: http://t.co/SBQepi2u # Interview with @mikemearls on Wired Geek Dad about the upcoming playtest: http://t.co/glggfcef # RT @GamingTonic: Some of my thoughts on the #dndnext play test experience. […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-07-03
From the Archives:: Antagonistic Viziers and Fleeing Pickpockets http://bit.ly/kH0Idj #charchive # RT @boardgamegeek: Congrats to Qwirkle for winning 2011 SdJ, and to 7 Wonders for winning Kennerspiel des Jahres- http://tinyurl.com/3wwv9vn # Slight corrections made to 2011 Origins Awards Winners post, also added photo of Evil Hat Productions crew by @Jamie1km http://bit.ly/lDjkno # The Death and […]
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