The Big Picture: The Classic Dungeon is a board game with a simple premise: venture into a dungeon, kill the monsters, take their treasure, and escape. The game is based on a D&D style fantasy theme, and the players take the role of adventurers. But unlike in D&D, where the adventurers work together, in this […]

I think we can all agree that it sucks to be losing. In most games, it’s inevitable that someone will be losing. However, good games will try to convince every player that he has a chance of winning up to the very end (while still rewarding those who did well throughout the course of the […]

OK, not so much gold as live, but I wanted alliteration.
The first few games to be released through Gleemax are now available for a free trial period. So far, they have:

RoboRally, the classic game of programming robots, who then run into things and blast each other
Axis & Allies, the classic WWII strategy game
Vegas Showdown, a […]

The Big Picture: Incan Gold is a light push-your-luck game with an Indiana Jones-esque theme that is suitable as a nice filler for serious gamers and as a mainstay for family gamers. Essentially, you and the other players search through ancient Incan ruins for treasure, trying to avoid all manner of traps and dangers […]

Found over at Gaming Report. Hit the jump for the full list. As usual, there’s some good stuff in there, along with a healthy dose of WTF? (For example, Bankruptcy is one of the worst games I have ever played, and yet, there it is…)
Like last year, I intend to cover the awards ceremony at […]

I thought that Dave’s musically inclined poll last week was great, because it’s one of those general questions that I probably would have never thought to ask.  It looks like the most people prefer the alternative/indie/college rock genre (69%), which I find interesting when you consider that our age poll surprised us with more people […]

Let’s start with an analogy. Let’s say you’ve just written a short story for class in college. You hand it in to your professor, and get a B. There are plenty of editor’s marks on it: spelling, grammar, some minor organizational stuff. Then there are the overall comments, like “doesn’t flow well” or “theme isn’t […]

I’m back (but not yet recovered) from the Gathering of Friends, the annual 10 day long boardgaming convention. This year, I mainly focused on playing prototypes, workshopping, and general hanging out. Thus, there wasn’t as much time to try all the new published games that have come out recently. Still, I had a list of […]

Friends, brace yourselves.
I did not win the Loopin’ Louie World Championship this year either. In fact, I did not score a single win. (But did manage to rack up an impressive number of second place finishes.)
Other than that, I’ve had some neat game design career stuff happen, though no big announcements to make at this […]