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Join Us On Flickr
By mercutiom at 14 January, 2010, 8:58 pm
We’ve mentioned before that we’re all over these here Interwebs trying to connect with you and others in our Board Gaming Geekiness. Well one of those places is Yahoo!’s photo site Flickr.
We have a group there showing all the pictures we’ve taken of our gaming, and we want to see yours too. The group is [...]
Finding Gamers Near You
By mercutiom at 13 January, 2010, 6:14 pm
I’ve never been very good at meeting new people. I’m that guy who shows up to parties I’ve been invited to and sits with the people he already knows. It takes me a long time to get comfortable around others, and even longer to start incorporating them into my friend groups.
I usually only go out [...]
First Time Playthrough: Tobago
By mercutiom at 12 January, 2010, 8:41 pm
Brian finally got his hands on a copy of Tobago this weekend and while I’m sure there’s a video review planned for the near future, I just had to write a quick post on it today.
After grabbing the game and then heading over to ASU for a monthly gaming group (where I totally kicked butt [...]
D&D Players, Watch This
By mercutiom at 11 January, 2010, 7:32 pm
I’ve never really played D&D, but as a gamer, I’ve definitely seen it played, and have been involved in a few of the typical conversations (read: arguments) that surround a typical run-through. If you’ve played the game, or are like me and know what’s involved, then you have to watch this movie.
While the film didn’t [...]
Hurley's A Gamer
By mercutiom at 8 January, 2010, 8:21 pm
One of the Games Overboard group’s favorite television shows is ABC’s Lost, and one of my personal favorite characters is Hurley. He’s big and lovable, and always seems to say just the right thing for whatever situation he finds himself in.
Not so surprisingly the actor who plays Hurley, Jorge Garcia, is one of my favorite [...]
