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I 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…
Continue readingChampions of Midguard I played Champions of Midgard yesterday. It was the first time I played it and I did fairly well for most of the game. I had the point lead, including all stated points on cards, etc., for much of the game. I came in third,…
Continue readingI hope no one ever thinks that the Tabletop Score Calculator is just a physical calculator that is too big to stick in your pocket! The Tabletop Score Calculator is an iOS app I’m working on that will have virtual score sheets for various tabletop games. After another…
Continue readingI’m working on a board game scoring app. It’s an iOS app because I frankly don’t like writing Java for Android. This is an iOS app written in Swift and it runs on iOS 10 and newer. The score calculator uses some basic iOS UI elements like a…
Continue readingWingspan is a tableau building card game that, like most games of this type, is classified as a board game. The bird-watching theme and attractive packaging led me to get a copy and play it for the first time recently. I enjoyed the game and will play it…
Continue readingGame day was interesting yesterday. My daughter and I bought two expansions for Firefly the Game – two new ships with a few new cards – and we played with five players once everyone showed up. Firefly is not a deep mathy board game. It has plenty of…
Continue readingEvery once in a while, I try to design a board game. The first was a circular game where the whole idea was to land on spots to collect cards of a desired collection. Navigation around the board was tricky due to side trips not being well thought…
Continue readingFour of us in the NTTTBGM played Twilight Imperium yesterday. It was a marathon for sure. We started at noon reading rules and watching a video. The rules seemed fairly clear and by 3:15 PM when our fourth player showed up, we had learned how to play and…
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