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I played Tokyo Metro for the first time last night with two friends. I need writing practice so here’s my first impression of the game. Tokyo Metro is a worker placement game with some automated train movement and a stock-based economic feature. The game is played in rounds…
Continue readingI was doing my taxes a few days ago because, for some reason, I thought it would be good to get them mailed before the normal non-extended tax due date. It was a philosophical decision. I had a moment of panic in the morning before I got out…
Continue readingI have a copy of SimCity sitting on my shelf downstairs. It is in very good condition from 1989. I think that someone implemented that game in JavaScript and you can play it on a web page! That shows just how much technology has changed since 1989. Right…
Continue readingI wrote the Tapestry board game simulator and added code to handle the first 4 spaces on each track. Since I was focused on resource gathering and not points, cards, etc, I opted to only write the code to handle choices relevant to that goal; I treated spaces…
Continue readingTapestry is a new board game by Stonemaier. It is a civilization-building game that involves exploration, scientific research, technology advancement, and military conquest. I wrote about it recently and in this post, I’m going to explore (no pun intended) some ideas about optimal gameplay. Tapestry has four advancement…
Continue readingAfter playing Euphoria recently, and after reading a blog post about worker placement games, I decided to see how quickly could come up with a worker placement game and create a first draft. I was able to come up with a unique mechanic (to me) as well as…
Continue readingTapestry: noun. used in reference to an intricate or complex combination of things or sequence of events. Tapestry is a board game published by Stonemaier. It is a promoted as a civilization game but it is more of a civilization themed game. This is not my observation but…
Continue readingI needed a way to distribute a holiday gift getting guide so here it is… Pax Pamir 2nd Edition
Continue readingAbout a week ago, I played my worst game of Pipeline. I posted about it. The night before last, I played my best game ever. I’m not sure what external forces might have made the difference other than this recent game being a 1-on-1 game in my own…
Continue readingLast night, I played my worst game of Pipeline. I had a good thing going with a machine to run three pipes and multiple contracts for low-grade oil. That got me some income early but I never managed to leverage that into something better. Pipeline is a board…
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