Production Problem Delays High Stakes Drifter
Monday October 31, 2005
The release of High Stakes Drifter, the first collectible card game scheduled to be released by WizKids, has been delayed for several weeks due to a production problem, according to ... Read More
Four Questions with Scott DeMers
Monday October 31, 2005
Scott DeMers says he likes "games that minimize, or even completely remove, luck yet retain enough variability that the game does not have a standard strategy." His entry in the ... Read More
Game-Related Note Cards
Sunday October 30, 2005
If you're looking for a unique way to correspond with friends and family this holiday season, you may want to consider some of the game-related note cards my wife recently ... Read More
Four Questions with Stanley E. Anderson
Sunday October 30, 2005
Jewels in the Sand, designed by Stanley E. Anderson, is a finalist in the 2005 About.com Deduction Game Design Competition. Anderson said his game started "as an idea that I ... Read More
Four Questions with René Wiersma
Saturday October 29, 2005
René Wiersma's Liar!, a finalist in the 2005 About.com Deduction Game Design Competition, challenges players to determine the identity of a card placed face down in the middle of the ... Read More
The Mystery of The Scream: New Game
Saturday October 29, 2005
A new board game based on the theft of the famous painting The Scream from an Oslo museum has "shocked the art world," according to an article posted on the ... Read More
Alan R. Moon Remembers His Time at Avalon Hill
Saturday October 29, 2005
Noted game designer Alan R. Moon -- who has won several major awards for his games, including Ticket to Ride and Elfenland -- got his start in the game industry ... Read More
Four Questions with Heinrich Glumpler
Friday October 28, 2005
Heinrich Glumpler's Hide and Guess, in which players use chess pieces to create a secret and then guess their opponent's secret, is a finalist in the 2005 About.com Deduction Game ... Read More
The One Hundred: Best Games Ever
Thursday October 27, 2005
Nearly a year ago, game designer and game store owner Stephen Glenn asked a crew of 65 hardcore gamers about their favorite games. Now, the results are about to be ... Read More
Four Questions with Felix Lee
Wednesday October 26, 2005
Felix Lee's entry into the 2005 About.com Deduction Game Design Competition, The Green Pipe, is a finalist. Players are challenged to find the holes in their opponent's secret pipeline before ... Read More
Four Questions with Mitchell H. Allen
Monday October 24, 2005
Mitchell H. Allen's Forsooth is a finalist in the 2005 About.com Deduction Game Design Competition. In Forsooth, players compete to uncover the truth about the distribution of wealth in the ... Read More
Havoc: The Hundred Years War - Game Preview
Saturday October 22, 2005
In medieval times, France and England didn't get along very well. In fact, they fought for more than 100 years between (roughly) 1337 and 1453. The Hundred Years War, as ... Read More
Four Questions with Mike Petty
Friday October 21, 2005
Mike Petty's word-based game, Don-Cha, is a finalist in the 2005 About.com Deduction Game Design Competition. Petty has designed and self-published numerous games, including the hilarious party game What's It ... Read More
Four Questions with David E. Whitcher
Wednesday October 19, 2005
David E. Whitcher's Depth Charge is a finalist in the 2005 About.com Deduction Game Design Competition. In the game, players conduct naval exercises on Lake Ashtapada to test what the ... Read More
Four Questions with Eric W. Solomon
Monday October 17, 2005
Eric W. Solomon has designed numerous published games, my favorite of which was published by Milton Bradley in 1982 as Conspiracy (it has also been published as The Sigma File, ... Read More
Four Questions with Klaus Teuber
Sunday October 16, 2005
Even if he had never designed another game, Klaus Teuber would rank as one of the greatest game designers of all time just for The Settlers of Catan. But his ... Read More
Liebrary - Designed by Daryl Hannah and Hilary Shepard
Saturday October 15, 2005
Actress Daryl Hannah -- known for her roles in Splash, Steel Magnolias and Kill Bill -- has designed her second published board game. Liebrary, published by SimplyFun and co-designed by ... Read More
2005 About.com Deduction Game Design Finalists
Monday October 10, 2005
The finalists in the 2005 About.com Deduction Game Design competition have been announced. The complete rules for all 12 finalists -- each of which can be played using pieces most ... Read More
The Games Journal Ceases Publication
Monday October 10, 2005
The Games Journal, a monthly web-based periodical -- and one of my favorite sources for high-quality game articles, has ceased publication. Editor Greg Aleknevicus, who has run The Games Journal ... Read More
Winners of the 2005 International Gamers Award
Wednesday October 5, 2005
The winners of the 2005 International Gamers Awards have been announced. In the General Strategy category, the jury chose Ticket to Ride: Europe, designed by Alan R. Moon; in the ... Read More
Gen Con So Cal - Game Convention
Monday October 3, 2005
The southern California edition of Gen Con, aka Gen Con So Cal, is scheduled to take place Nov. 17 to 20, 2005. Gen Con is a game convention that's open ... Read More
2005 International Gamers Award Finalists
Sunday October 2, 2005
The finalists for the 2005 International Gamers Awards have been announced. In the General Strategy category, my favorite is Shadows Over Camelot; in the Two-Player category my favorite is War ... Read More
Louis XIV Wins 2005 Deutscher Spiele Preis
Sunday October 2, 2005
Louis XIV, designed by Rudiger Dorn and published by Rio Grande Games and Alea, has won the 2005 Deutscher Spiele Preis. Louis XIV is a game about power and influence ... Read More
Robo Rally - Web Resouces
Sunday October 2, 2005
The recently re-published Robo Rally, designed by Richard Garfield (best known as the designer of the collectible card game Magic: the Gathering) is the subject of a recent Musings On... ... Read More