Games

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.

Monopoly's New Revolutionary Design

By mercutiom at 5 February, 2010, 5:48 pm

I have to admit that I’m not a Monopoly player anymore. Ever since I taught Liv my strategy of “buy everything and damn the expense” she’s won every game, and frankly I think the dice hate me. So I just stopped playing.
But that said, some of my favorite gaming memories from childhood revolve around the [...]