The number 1 maligned game on other gaming sites is Monopoly.  I can understand where they are coming from although to say there is absolutely no decision making in Monopoly is erroneous.  There's trading, bargaining, buying, etc.  There's knowing what properties to own (the orange ones...IMHO) and what properties not to own (the blue ones).  Anyways, this isn't my point.  The number 2 maligned game on other gaming sites is probably Risk. I do not feel that Risk deserves the bad rap that it gets.  I'm a fan of classic Risk, although I haven't played it in a...

An honest-to-goodness Math Trade at F:AT. Who'd a thunk it? The TrashTalk link is for the actual games being offered and on-topic discussions if you have to. This blog is for shooting the breeze and debating the merits of CALIFORNIA vs. RELATIONSHIP TIGHTROPE.

Trip is going well. I need to sit down in the evening and upload photos. Been to Whisky museum, spent two afternoons in the National museum, and hoofed it all around town. Now have a very nice bottle of Isley 8 year old whisky. Wales played Scotland in Rugby Sunday, and beat them, lots of red shirts in town. Chatted with old men at the bar, which was fun.   Tonight going to go to a listed boardgame night upstairs in a bar (there was a link on TOS for it) and try inflicting Battlelore...

It started with a Christmas present for my brother-in-law. Actually it REALLY started with a Christmas present for me — Descent: Journeys in the Dark. My brother-in-law liked it so much that when Christmas came around the next year I looked into a cheaper, smaller alternative dungeon crawl to give him. I decided on Dungeoneer: Tomb of the Lich Lord. It's small, portable and costs less than $20 — the perfect gift. Except it wasn't and I knew it. I had played it once before and wasn't all that thrilled by it. It was OK, but...