All Entries Tagged With: "board"
Real Review or Marketing Spin: How to Tell the Difference
Astroturfing is the fine art of generating buzz on the internet through deceptive methods. Here are some classic examples, fake websites, viral videos, “independent” blogs operated by marketing companies and supportive forum posts on key community web sites. Posts written by some marketing intern in a posh ad agency office. Astroturfing is, literally, everywhere on [...]
Board Game Report: Pandemic, Snow Tails and Obama Nation
I dropped by my FLGS and jumped into a couple of quick board games and picked up an unusual card game. All of which were so entertaining that they deserved a post. We started off with “Snow Tails” by Asmodee Editions. This import board game places you in charge of mushing a dog team through [...]
Battlestar Galactica: The Worst Board Game I Ever Role-Played and Enjoyed!
Normally I stick with role-playing games on this blog, but I have to come out of the closet; I play board games too. With that in mind Haaldaar picked up a copy of the “Battlestar Galactica Board Game” from Fantasy Flight Games and rounded up 6 players for a full game last Saturday. I hesitate [...]
Game Design and Self-Publishing– Resources for Aspiring Game Designers
Byron Collins of “Collins Epic Wargames” wrote an excellent article on the difficulties of getting a board game published, as well as some great advice and resources from someone that successfully published their own board game creation. Normally I do not re-post material from elsewhere on the web, but I thought this article had so [...]
