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Texas Hold Em: Bluffing 101

May 24, 2006 by drscotto

Kenny Rogers tells us that “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em,” and this is a key to success in Texas Hold Em. I have discussed moves in my past articles dealing with knowing just when to bet or raise with certain cards, and when those same cards should […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Poker

Cthulhu vs. Predator vs. Superman

May 18, 2006 by Dave

Announced at GAMA ’06, Wizkids announced two new “Clix” games to go along with their previous ones. Heroclix is probably their biggest and most recognizable Clix game, where superheroes from Marvel, DC, and others duke it out on a battlefield grid. They also have Mage Knight for fantasy battles, and have had various other forays into different […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games

The Blackest Stigma

May 17, 2006 by Bartoneus

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Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Roleplaying Games, The Architect DM

OSU & GAMA want YOUR nerdish opinions

May 9, 2006 by Dave

Head over to www.gamesurvey.org if you have a few minutes. It’s the first non-marketing, non-D&D is evil survey to be conducted about gamers, and they could use your input. There’s also more explanation on BGG.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

She's got a Ticket to Ride (Marklin)

April 24, 2006 by Dave

We have a new featured boardgame, and it’s Ticket to Ride: Marklin, the newest in Alan Moon’s easy to play, difficult to master train series. Why did I select it as a featured game? Tickets and Passengers!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Reviews

You Must Be An Idiot! Review

March 6, 2006 by Dave

Trivia. Werewolf. Two great tastes that were kept apart. Until now.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Reviews

Player killed the Videogame Star, Part 2

February 10, 2006 by Bartoneus

With the second installment of my commentary on games and the players that ruin them, I will address board and other tabletop games, continuing from the first part which addressed videogames and how players online can completely hinder an otherwise amazing game. At the tabletop, this becomes a much more personal issue, as you can […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

Hilarious Elite D&D documentary

January 28, 2006 by joshx0rfz

Link taken from /. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

Texas Hold-Em: Laying Down a Big Hand

January 27, 2006 by drscotto

Phil Hellmuth, arrogant as he is, happens to be one of my favorite Texas Hold-Em poker players. Many of you that are familiar with the game and watch it on television will also be familiar with Phil. One of his favorite sayings is “I can dodge bullets baby!” So what does Phil mean when he […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Poker

Is Your IP Bad Enough to Rescue the President?

January 25, 2006 by DarthCthulhu

Here’s one for the kiddies… how awesome is YOUR IP address ? The site rates your IP number in various ways (including a poker hand!) and gives you a score at the end based on it. Sadly, my IP is only worth 23 points. Here’s my poker hand: Ace of ? Diamonds Ace of ? […]

Filed Under: Poker

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    Scott one day hopes to make a great lay-down against Phil Helmuth using his own chips, then show his hand to make him tilt. He writes about Poker and TV.

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