Rants & Raves
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 | People don’t tend to like to think of themselves as part of aminority, and especially not a minority of a minority. Such a positioncan engender a perverse sense of pride in being one a small number... |
June 1th, 2009
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Last column I had Mad Dog step up to the plate and complain that no-one ever posts about Ameritrash games here anymore, so I determined to do a mega-dose of trash for my next pieces. I wanted to stuff ... |
April 14th, 2009
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Seriously. 2 years ago I had a balanced life, ate nutritious foods carefully hand-picked from all major food groups, had a nice relationship, a generous portion of sleep and enough spare time t... |
March 23th, 2009
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 | I have a confession to make: in spite of it being a favourite whipping
boy of many gamers whose opinions I respect, I’ve been nosing around Race for the Galaxy
recently, although I’ve never... |
March 23th, 2009
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You may recall a column from a couple of weeks back which sprang from a discussion I'd been having with Pedro Silva.
It's proved a pretty rich vein in which to mine for column inspiration - in the la... |
February 16th, 2009
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In my last column of 2008, I made a public declaration that I was going to use John Farrels’ excellent stats tracking facility
to actually try and make a concrete, measurable effort to play my
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February 9th, 2009
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I have a nearly uncontrollable desire to play CCGs. Since that first sense of wonder when learned Magic: the Gathering 15 years ago,&... |
January 28th, 2009
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 | A short while ago, over on Boardgamegeek, I made a bold and public
statement to the effect that current trends in Euro game design were bad for the hobby as a whole.
Another user, Pedro Silva (Mallgur)... |
January 26th, 2009
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 | Before Christmas I got seriously creeped out by a startlingly widespread outbreak of "I hate Monopoly" over at T.O.S. I'm not sure exactly what disturbed me more about it - the level of time an... |
January 12th, 2009
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 | With nary a backward glance, Sir Roland stepped out of the weak dawn
light and in to the cold gloom of the southwestern castle tower.
Lighting his lantern, he checked that his healing ring was in place... |
January 5th, 2009
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Right, I'm still on holiday. So, I suspect, are many of you. So this is short and to the point. This weeks' BGN column, which I wrote in advance, is about my New Years resolutions for gaming. If you're i...
December 29th, 2008
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Look. I am trying to understand!
This was a good idea. Ought to have been. Hugely successful clix game meets outrageously successful computer game and yes, sir. We have a best seller....
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December 15th, 2008
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 | Last week I finally got my hands on my copy of Titan. I had it delivered to my workplace and so I had to spend all bloody morning sat with the box next to my desk, itching to open it and have a goo... |
December 15th, 2008
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