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The spatial reasoning mechanic

A while back I decided to stop doing board game reviews for various reasons, but I also wanted to still talk about board games that did cool things. In a non-review-type setting, of course. ...

My Geekway Experience

Two days after the conclusion of Geekway to the West, I think the feeling that I'm about to die is finally passing. It's not necessarily a bad sort of "I'm going to die" feeling. More of a happ...

The value of inspiration

I've been playing a lot of this video game Desktop Dungeons recently. And while, yes, it has a rather silly name, it is actually super-fun and addicting. It's sort of a rogue-like puzzle game w...

Cards versus Dice (revisited)

I've written a couple posts previously about using decks of cards to fill the role of dice in a more controlled way. If you think of a card like a face of a die, then you can more easily modify...

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Should I go to Essen?

About 10 years or so ago, I spent a semester abroad in Heidelberg, Germany. It was totally amazing. Heidelberg is a beautiful city and misspending a portion of my youth hanging out with friends...

The nature of items and advancement

So I was listening to the latest episode of Blue Peg Pink Peg today and Patrick, one of the hosts, started talking about the "Candy Crush" draw of Pathfinder the Adventure Card Game. Maybe t...