Jan14

“This game is broken”

by Karl Bunyan on January 14th, 2012 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Interesting

“This game is broken” is often heard, but what if nobody else agrees? (Click on the picture to get to a size you can actually read.)

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Jan12

Episode 8: 2011 Wrap-up

by Karl Bunyan on January 12th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Posted In: Podcasts

We’ve finally done it… Episode 8 of the Royal Society of Gamers podcast is up and ready to download and listen to. We have news of a couple of reprints, a sequel, and a retired household name.

We review the sneaky Nefarious, the mighty Eclipse, and the dicey classic Can’t Stop.

Plus in our Treasure Hunter section we cover a game you may not of thought of giving a second glance: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. All that and our biggest surprises (of the gaming kind), biggest disappointments (of the gaming kind), and favourite games (of the, erm, gaming kind) of 2011.

And finally there’s a competition to win another overlooked gem: Mord im Arosa.

You can download the episode here or listen to it below:

 

Full show notes are available on the episode’s page.

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Nov22

Ticket to Ride – The Advert

by Karl Bunyan on November 22nd, 2011 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Interesting, News

Ticket to Ride is storming up the iPhone charts (although sadly not available for the iPod, or at least not for mine) and currently sits at number 15. That’s pretty high for a board game adaptation, and there’s a high-production advert to go with it too:

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Nov16

Episode 7: Essen Withdrawal Symptoms

by Karl Bunyan on November 16th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Posted In: Podcasts

The long(ish) awaited Episode 7 is now live and ready for your listening pleasure. We have reviews of Mage Knight, A Few Acres of Snow and Let’s Take a Hike, a bit of post-Essen discussion, plus the usual news and updates.

You can listen to episode 7 below or or download it here.

 

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Oct28

Dominic Crapuchettes – Reinventing Board Games

by Karl Bunyan on October 28th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Posted In: Interesting, New Gaming Worlds

Dominic Crapuchettes of North Star games gives a TEDx talk to a non-gaming crowd about the revolution in the board game industry being caused by modern game design ideas and technology such as tablet devices:

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