Tag: board games
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Four
Dan, Ruth and JTA trek out to Leith and get very wet. And play disappointing board games. But they do get some good beer and delicious food.
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Three Parties
After three consecutive weekends of parties, it's no wonder than Dan's so tired. Andy's birthday, Earth's Summer Party, and a wedding.
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My Very Excellent Liz Just Brought Us Sixteen Pizzas
Dan saw in the New Year, highly intoxicated, in Macclesfield at the house of his friends Liz and Simon. There's a video and everything.
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My favourite supplier of reasonably-priced board game design components (Europe)
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Instead Of Blogging...
In a declaration of 'blog bankruptcy', Dan lists all of the topics that he'd hoped to have blogged about during the last (very busy!) month, and gets on with writing about other things. He's been busy!
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www.spielmaterial.de
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: www.spielmaterial.de.
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Spirit of the Century
Dan and the other Earthlings play "Spirit of the Century", a roleplaying game set in the style of the pulp novels of the early 20th century.
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Apples To Alternative Vote
The Earthlings invent a new and topical variant on board game Apples To Apples, to commemorate the upcoming Alternative Vote referendum.
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The Board Games Are Breeding
While taking a break from coding to pack boxes in anticipation of the Earthlings' upcoming house move, Dan realises that his board games must be breeding.
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The Game Disbalancer
Coming to an Arkham Horror game near you... never.
Click for large-o-vision. You know, I think that having this guy on the team might just make the game winnable. Maybe. -
Offshore Oil Strike
The Metro have a fabulous article about this board game:
Yes, it's a game about drilling for oil using offshore digs. With a remarkable picture on the front of a rig in distinctly stormy seas. And look - there's BP's logo on it: yes, Offshore Oil Strike got their official endorsement when it was released in … -
Nostalgia Isn't What It Used To Be
It's been a bit of a day for nostalgia. It started even before I woke up, when I was dreaming about an argument that could have marked the end of Claire and I's relationship, if it weren't for the fact that it didn't even slighly represent the actual circumstances of our seperation (I'll spare you …
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Scotland Etc.
A quick summary of a holiday (and a series of associated trips on the side) that Ruth and I took a fortnight ago (yeah; I've been busy). Ruth has already written a little about the trip. I'd hoped to blog "on the move", but a combination of low signal and low energy after a day …
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Jimmy, Start Your Engine
Here's a photo I took this afternoon especially for Jimmy:
It's a pity he won't be around this weekend to make the most of this exciting new addition to our irregular weekly Power Grid face-off. -
Game-it-Yourself! -- The Canonical List of Free Print-and-Play Games
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Game-it-Yourself! -- The Canonical List of Free Print-and-Play Games.