2010 February | Geek Girls and Games Overboard

World's Largest Board Game

By mercutiom at 17 February, 2010, 8:11 pm

I got a bit curious this afternoon and thought I’d look up the largest board games ever. First I did what anyone looking for a record would do; I went to the Guinness World Records site and searched there.
OK, I’m not going to get into basic design theory, search engine optimization, or site architecture, but [...]

Publishing Your Own Game

By mercutiom at 15 February, 2010, 5:59 pm

I recently got this email from one of our followers in the UK:
Hey guys,
I was just watching your review for “Dominion” and decided to come over to your website. I was wondering if you could help me out, I’m at University in Lancaster in the UK and I recently created a 2 player card game [...]

The Future Of D&D And Other Gaming

By mercutiom at 10 February, 2010, 6:47 pm

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to play with the Microsoft Surface you’ll know that the system in unique in many ways. It’s multi-touch, can detect physical items placed on it and interpret what they are, and it’s beautiful.
Having had an opportunity to play Chess and Checkers on one a few months ago, I immediately [...]

The New Clue? Mystery Express Announced

By mercutiom at 9 February, 2010, 9:13 pm

I just got an email from the folks at “Days of Wonder” games and it looks like they have a new murder mystery game coming out soon. ”Mystery Express” is a game of suspense, deduction, and murder on the Orient Express.

Two New Games, One Designer, Two totally different reviews

By Gordon1018 at 7 February, 2010, 11:08 am

I have a few designers that are my favorites. Friedmann Friesse has always been innovative and interesting (Power Grid, Funny Friends, Fast Flowing Forest Fellers). Vlaada Chvatil is easily my favorite designer of late (Dungeon Lords, Space Alert, Galaxy Trucker). The great thing about gaming is that there are always new people to experience games [...]