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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 [...]
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Monopoly's New Revolutionary Design
By mercutiom at 5 February, 2010, 5:48 pm
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By mercutiom at 4 February, 2010, 12:26 am
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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 [...]
Read More >>A weekend in the woods with 9 friends, and 100 Games
By Gordon1018 at 21 January, 2010, 5:07 pm
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