Game Life

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 [...]

Wrap Up From Gaming For Haiti

By mercutiom at 4 February, 2010, 12:26 am

I wanted to post a quick thank you to everyone who attended the Gaming for Haiti event this past Sunday. We had a great crowd show up and raised over $450 for the cause. Thanks to all the participants and organizers. We hope to see each of you at another gaming event in the near [...]

No New Games! No, Seriously it'll happen this time

By Gordon1018 at 28 January, 2010, 7:54 am

We’ve all done it. We’ve promised ourselves, our spouses, and our wallets that there would be no new game spending. And like a heroin addict, we;ve broken that promise. We can’t help it. There are so many new shiny games out there. To make matters, worse there are people like us here at Games Overboard [...]

No D&D For WI Prisoners

By mercutiom at 25 January, 2010, 2:52 pm

Now I’m not really a D&D player, and yes, in the past I’ve even been one of those brutes making fun of them. But I’ve softened over the years, and I’ve even tried my hand at a round or two (and been wiped out by my own team because, yeah, I was just that bad [...]