Another Origins has come and gone, and as always, there were plenty of games. Here are a few that stood out, both old and new.
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Critical Bits for the week ending 2011-05-29
From the Archives:: Making a Campaing villain http://bit.ly/kEQe6M #charchive # 2011 Spiel Des Jahres Recommendations and Nominees (Geeklist) http://bit.ly/k7RfhI # RT @purplepawn: Preview the Star Trek deckbuilding cards: http://goo.gl/jHKQK # RT @boymonster: Armed with @LoganBonner's FAQ hack, Geek Girls Rule engaged in a little #Leverage heist action: http://goo.gl/FntR7 # RT @Rolling20s: Paizo and WizKids announce […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-07-04
Dixit wins Spiel Des Jahres (via @boardgamenews) http://bit.ly/aNpKlM # Check out @JaredvonHindman's Playing Evil Races D&D Outsider article about monstrous races http://bit.ly/aw9HTA # One Cool Thing I Saw at Origins 2010 http://youtu.be/A7yDNjdiXgo # Updated the Origins Awards post with links to some of the products nominated (mainly with our affiliate links) http://is.gd/d8dmQ # RT @thekiko: […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2010-06-06
RT @HighmoonMedia: Sweet! RT @gameplaywright: #TheBones Blog Carnival. http://ht.ly/1SsYb # RT @HighmoonMedia: [New Post] The Start-of-Summer Sale: 50% Off, June 1-30 http://bit.ly/a3xJEF # RT @DriveThruRPG: Exclusive to DriveThruRPG! RT @AdamantEnt: Launch Day! #ICONSrpg is now available in PDF! http://is.gd/cyk5z # RT @LorienGreen: Spiel des Jahres nominees announced for 2010! http://bit.ly/bxYAPw # RT @io9: A new […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-07-04
Big Weekend for Dominion: It won both an Origins Award and the Spiel des Jahres Top 20 sites on the RPG Bloggers Network Cole of PvPonline serves up some wonderful DM advice (via Asmor) “My favorite 9 non-RPG geek shirts”: http://geek6.com/u/8 #4 is my favorite (via @joshgeeksix) Monthly DDI update hitting July 7th: http://tinyurl.com/ltcgbt – […]
Origins 2009: Exhibit Hall in Words, Pictures, and Sounds
One of the biggest draws of any big game convention is the exhibit hall, and Origins is no exception. This year saw a return to using the entirety of the exhibit hall for booths. There’s always plenty for gamers to spend their hard earned cash on, and this year saw a number of new releases, as well as some hidden gems recommended to me by other show-goers that may have been around previously.
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-05-30
Spiel Des Jahres nominees announced. A great bunch in the nominees! (Not so excited about the recommended titles) The Old School determiner is awesome. The very last “Lying in the Gutters” column by Rich Johnston but he says to check here. Fear and Loathing: The Board Game Wil Wheaton: “in which i find something unexpected […]
While I was gone…
Three pretty important things happened in the gaming world while I was sequestered away at Origins: Reiner Knizia has won his first Spiel Des Jahres award for the boardgame Keltis. And he won the best kids game award too! I’m sure I’m one of the last bloggers to report on this, but Diablo 3 is […]
The Digital World of Analog Play
One of the stories posted in nearly all the news sites I read is that Microsoft is going to make three Spiel Des Jahres winning boardgames available as downloadable content from Xbox Live. Turning boardgames into videogames has been going on for a long, long time: my parents used to play Backgammon and Bridge on […]
Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-06-13
“The cumulative effect of bad design…is nothing less than a slow erosion of the human spirit.” (via Boardgamenews) Excuse Me, Miss. Didn’t I See You In The Monster Manual 2? High Fantasy vs. Sword & Sorcery Gaming A Game of Thrones + South Park = WIN!!! (via Greywulf) Behold, the 10 best rpg T-shirts. 83 […]
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