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Board 2 Pieces June 29, 2010
From the Editor: No News Is Good News?
Online Game – Apologies for the radio silence these past few days on Boardgame News. I’m working with Rustan Håkansson of Cloudberry Games on a new version of the BGN website, and while much of the work is complete, some details remain that need attention in order to go live. If all goes well,...
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Wei-Hwa Huang’s Overview of the 2010 Mensa Mind Games
Online Game – The 2010 Mensa Mind Games took place in April and I posted a list of the five Mensa Select winners at that time, but for those who want a closer look at the games presented for this competition, I suggest turning to Wei-Hwa Huang’s 2010 Mensa write-up, which he posted on...
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Ascension – Deckbuilding to Fight Demons
Online Game – Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a new deck-building game from new publisher Gary Games that will debut at Gen Con 2010 in August, with a general U.S. release date of August 20. Ascension is designed by Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty and Brian Kibler – all three of whom won events...
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Kris Hall: My Origins 2010
Online Game – As usual, I did a one-day jaunt to Origins. This year no prototypes came my way, but I did get to play three newly-released games. Founding Fathers When I played the prototype of Founding Fathers last year, I was impressed that designers Jason Matthews and Christian Leonhard had managed to make...
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Fictionaire – a Newish Game Series from Days of Wonder
Online Game – In a departure from its usual ludic offerings, Days of Wonder is releasing a small series of party games under the heading Fictionaire. As you can perhaps guess from the title, the Fictionaire series is based on the “dictionary game” genre from which Balderdash previously emerged. Fictionaire, credited to Hervé Marly,...
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Agricola: The Goodies Already Headed to a Second Printing
Online Game – So I posted an announcement of Agricola: The Goodies a couple of days ago – an expansion that includes multiple small card decks and other extras that Agricola publisher Lookout Games has released since the game’s debut in 2007 – and Lookout’s Hanno Girke now reports that the 2,500 copy first...
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Jennifer Schlickbernd: Ask Ms. Meeples – Game Just Started? Oh, That Stinks!
Online Game – Two quick questions from BGN readers this week: Dear Ms. Meeples, I co-run a game group which typically gets ten to twenty people per session. As in most game groups, people arrive at different times and it’s rarely difficult for players to find games to jump into. If new members arrive...
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Board2Pieces July 1, 2010
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From the Editor: Claustrophobia Winner, and a Spiel 2010 Preview Update
Online Game – Many thanks to all who donated following my announcement last Thursday of a free copy of Claustrophobia being up for grabs. The giveaway entry window is now closed, and the winner – chosen at random via the integer selector at Random.org – is Douglas Weinstein in Atlanta, Georgia. Congratulations, Douglas! On...
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