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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Game conventions can be lots of fun, but holding your own “mini con,” with your closest friends, can be even better.
Last weekend was the second annual Mid-Winter Game Break, in which my old college buddy Tim Ryan, his Indianapolis gamer buddy David Wolfe, and I rent a hotel suite near Chicago and play [...]
Game Review: Monsters Vs Monsters
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Monsters Versus Monsters is a simple game of combat between legendary monsters, using cards and dice. The monsters include such creatures as the vampire pictured to the left; you can see the full set of 10 monsters at the product Web site. Each game includes one rules card, 20 monster cards (two identical sets [...]
Cyborg Cow Adventures Revisited
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Back in the early 90’s, while working at Game Designers’ Workshop, I wrote a couple of cow-oriented Ghostbusters role-playing game articles for Challenge Magazine.
A fan of the game recently asked if I had copies, and while cleaning the garage this weekend I came across my GDW boxes, scanned the articles, and Zipped them for [...]
09-09-09: Beatles Rock Band!
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009A sign of the Apocalypse? Or best game ever? If you suspect the former, I’d note that “Eleanor Rigby” has been featured in elevators for at least a couple of decades, and before that the Beatles themselves had a Saturday-morning cartoon show reminiscent of the animation that opens this game. The world didn’t end [...]
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