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Game Review: Warhammer Invasion LCG
Warhammer Invasion LCG Fantasy Flight Games 2 players 30 – 60 minutes Rating: Buy It So you probably don’t need me to tell you whether or not you like card games such as Magic: The Gathering. You...
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Game Review: Munchkin
As I posted previously, Munchkin is one of the more underrated games that I’ve played. Munchkin is thematically lighthearted. Every card is humorous, and most play off of recognizable monsters and...
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News: Dixit wins the Spiel des Jahres!
I previously reported that the Spiel des Jahres nominees had been selected. On Monday, the Spiel jury came back and pronounced Dixit the winner! I haven’t had the opportunity to play Dixit, but from...
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Overrated: Games That Fall Short
Last week, we talked about underrated games. This week, I thought we’d hit the flip side of the coin. Occasionally, I’ll hear great things about a game. I’ll check out reviews and everyone seems to...
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Review: Lost Cities – Not all it’s cracked up to be
As I’ve mentioned before, I have a special place in my heart for two player games. When you’re looking for a way to pass the time with a single friend they are great. Perfect for spouses, too. And...
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Variant: The Dating Game
This post goes out to the single gamers, as well as the married gamers who remember their single days. As one of the newer members of the married club (seven months – yay!), I got to thinking about...
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News: Protospiel Game Contest
Protospiel is a board game conference for game developers and those who want to be. The convention includes a lot of playtesting with everyone providing feedback for the various games that have been...
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Game Review: Magic: The Gathering (Archenemy)
We’ve talked about Magic on the podcast a few times, and I think this latest wrinkle is worth throwing an article up, as well. One thing the World of Warcraft TCG has going for it is a strong co-op...
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Review: San Juan – Puerto Rico Jr.
Last week we looked at Puerto Rico – one of the giants of the Euro game genre. Puerto Rico proved to be so popular that it wasn’t long before a spin-off card game was created. I’m happy to report,...
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Recap: SoCal Smackdown – Part 1
While many people were attending other, larger conventions, I elected to participate in a far smaller and more intimate endeavor – SoCal Smackdown. In prior years, Smackdown has been simply a giant...
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Looking For Group: IRL
If you’ve been following our Fearless Leader’s recent posts on how to get into DM-ing, you’re probably 100% ready to start your own campaign and make some players cry. Well, except for a particularly...
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Review: Rowboat – Traditional, But Engaging (Plus a Giveaway!)
This week, I take a look at something a little more traditional for a card game: Rowboat. Usually, the only card games we tackle are strategy games that happen to be printed on cards. If it has suits,...
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You got trading cards in my RPG!?!
Image from Wizards of the Coast So a new trend seems to be sweeping Wizards of the Coast: the mixing of trading cards and tabletop RPGs. For a company that’s known for two major titles, D&D and...
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Geek a Week Cards Are Now Available
Back in Podcast Episode 62, Jeannie and Andrew had a chance to speak with Len Peralta on the status of his Geek A Week project. Len had taken the time to interview 52 famous geeks and illustrate...
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PAX East 2011: Friday (Tons of Pictures!)
PAX East has once again taken over the Boston area! Outgrowing the Hynes Convention in a single year, the event has relocated to the massive Boston Convention Center. GFBR assigned me the task of...
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PAX East 2011: Saturday
Two-thirds of PAX East has come and gone before my eyes. During my almost constant travels around the interior of the convention center, I saw many intriguing sights on Saturday that were just asking...
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PAX East 2011: Sunday
The second PAX East in Boston has officially concluded. While it’s sad to see the convention draw to a close for another year, PAX East 2011 was still an event for the history books. Those memories...
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Go Play Northwest 2011
courtesy GPNW “Seventy people? That’s not a convention, that’s a house party.” That’s what a friend of mine said when I estimated how many people had been at Go Play Northwest two weeks ago. I’d heard...
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Reminder: Win a Copy of Family-Friendly Card Game, Launch Pad!
A friendly reminder that time is slowly ticking away to enter the contest for a copy of Stratus Games‘ card game, Launch Pad. In order to enter, you’ll need to head over to the contest page and try to...
View Article300+ Photos from PAX Prime 2011
PAX Prime, Penny Arcade’s celebration of all things related to gaming culture, made its annual appearance in the city of Seattle last weekend, August 26-28. Gamers from all over the world made the...
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Hasbro and IDW to Launch Magic: The Gathering Comic Books
Image via www.idwpublishing.com IDW and Hasbro, Inc. have announced yet another branch of the metaphorical tree which is their long-term relationship, with Magic: The Gathering, the comic book series....
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Come to Gamestorm!
Gamestorm 14 is coming soon–March 22nd through the 25th, in fact–so request the work days off, pack up, and head down (or up) to Vancouver. image via gamestorm.org Gamestorm, if you’re not familiar...
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Variant: Magic Nostalgia
Overrun. Now that card was feared by my opponents. The other day I was up in the attic looking for my old D&D books. My brother-in-law had asked me if I “had D&D,” and I replied that I had...
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