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Death of Monopoly: May 2014
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Friday, May 30, 2014. On the development of Acquire. Here's a lovely and very well-researched article by Joe Huber. Of The Opinionated Gamers on Sid Sackson's Acquire. One of the greatest and most influential board games ever made (IMHO). A quote:. More than 50 years later and the game is still a monumental achievement that I beg people to play every other week. Definitely worth the read. Posted by Eric Martin.
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Death of Monopoly: February 2013
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Current favourite dice game: King of Tokyo. I hesitated to buy it last year and now I don't know why - it's King of The Hill meets Yahtzee with a bunch of crazy super-powers thrown in. Too, too much fun. Oh, and the art design is spectacular. Here's a bunch of pictures with shouting captions. The King and Gigazaur! BEST BOX INSERT EVAR! Card sleeves are AWESOME! But what do I know?
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Death of Monopoly: August 2014
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Thursday, August 28, 2014. If you're in the Toronto area this weekend and find yourself attending the massive FanExpo. Convention downtown, make sure you stop in and say hello. On Friday, my co-blogger Daryl and I will be volunteering at the Z-Man Games section in the board game room 718. I'll be helping to teach Pandemic. And the adorable and violent Krosmaster Arena. Posted by Eric Martin. Labels: Best of 2014.
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Death of Monopoly: March 2014
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Monday, March 17, 2014. It's no surprise to anyone who has read posts on here when I say that I really enjoy train games. Usually it's the lighter fare - Ticket To Ride. And the like - but I do enjoy a nice heavy one occasionally. I still rank Age of Steam. In my top 5 games of all time. Well, there is an even bigger class of train games referred to as the 18XX series. It's a testament to the greatness of this ...
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Great Big Table: October 2012
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Thursday, October 18, 2012. Extra Life: Playing board games for 24 hours across three days to help sick kids. The Great Big Table / Saint Peter's Game Night Extra Life weekend is this. Weekend. We're playing 24 hours of board games across three days to raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. If you're up for some board gaming in service of Children's Miracle Hospitals and you'll be in the Southern Indiana region (Evansville, IN, to be exact) this weekend, then consider stopping by:. Many of...
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Death of Monopoly: February 2014
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Board Game Bash a huge success! This past holiday Monday, the Board Game Bash. Went down and saw 3 times as many people as were expected (170! Despite some minor hiccups like not enough tables and chairs in the building for everyone who actually showed, I thought it was a stellar day brilliantly organized by Daryl. I got to demo the wonderful Coal Baron. Posted by Eric Martin.
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Death of Monopoly: March 2013
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Saturday, March 30, 2013. Buried in the sands of time. Will we still be playing board games in a few millenia? Check out this article about game designer Jason Rohrer. Who won a design contest after burying his board game in the Nevada desert. Seriously. Sadly, no one but a computer has actually played the game or seen in it in its entirety which seems like a waste. It definitely makes it impossible to pred...
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Death of Monopoly: November 2013
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Thursday, November 7, 2013. Well here's a job I'd love to do! This British museum curator studies the history of board games:. My only objection is Irving Finkel's comment on his favourite game Monopoly that "the idea of renting out a square was the last 'momentous' innovation in board games." Right. This article was from 2008 so I hope he's done a bit more research since then. Thanks for the tip, Matt!
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Death of Monopoly: April 2014
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Proving that modern board and card games are an important part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Monday, April 21, 2014. A short review of Splendor. I'm always looking for simplicity in games, especially the lighter ones. Much like the mathematical proofs I studied in the yesteryears of my graduate work, the simplest were always the most elegant and the best. This to me is what makes quickie games like For Sale. So wonderful - rules in under a minute but some definite thought involvement. Splendor. I reali...