Posted on January 11, 2021
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This last weekend was the virtual edition of OrcaCon. Since I was spending the weekend doing things with my wife, I didn’t take part, but seeing the tweets and Discord messages from them just brought it all to mind. If it wasn’t for this… Continue Reading “Stories from Boardgame Cons”
Category: Board Games, conventions, PersonalTags: Alderac, Christian Kang, Dead Reckoning, Dice Tower West, Dragonflight, Fantastic Factories, John D Clair, Meeple Overboard, More Games Please, OrcaCon, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Paula Deming, SHUX, Suzanne Sheldon, Thing 12 Games
Posted on July 7, 2020
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A really quick post today because it’s a busy day. Dead Reckoning, the pirate exploration and fighting game designed by John D. Clair with art by Ian O’Toole and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, is now on Kickstarter! I got to play this at… Continue Reading “Dead Reckoning from AEG now on Kickstarter”
Posted on May 13, 2020
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Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) just announced that the new card-crafting pirate game designed by John D. Clair is coming to Kickstarter this Summer. I played this game at Dice Tower West in February and really loved it. I love the card-crafting genre anyway (though… Continue Reading “Dead Reckoning from AEG coming to Kickstarter This Summer”
Posted on March 10, 2020
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We’re a little late with the “New to Me Games” post for February, but there is definitely a good reason. Last week was the Cult of the New to Me fundraising car wash! Unfortunately, the flyers I sent out and put up had the… Continue Reading “New to Me – February 2020”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Area Control, Barrage, Brander Roullett, Card Drafting, Card Games, Card-Crafting Games, Cranio Creations, Dead Reckoning, Deckbuilders, Dice of Crowns, Dice-rolling, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Expansions, Football Highlights 2052, Frank West, Fryx Games, Gary Arant, Ian O'Toole, Jacob Fryxelius, John D Clair, Justin Gary, Lunch Time Games, Mike Fitzgerald, On Mars, Sean Epperson, Shards of Infinity, Simone Luciani, Stone Blade Entertainment, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars: Turmoil, The City of Games, The Isle of Cats, Thing 12 Games, Tile-Laying Games, Tommaso Battista, Ultra Pro, Vital Lacerda, Worker Placement Games
Posted on March 5, 2020
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John D. Clair is one of my favourite designers, and I find the “card-crafting” game mechanic to be very neat. Space Base is #16 in my best games played of all time list and its position is well-deserved (even though it’s not a card-crafting… Continue Reading “Preview – Dead Reckoning”