As a “category” I’m not really that keen on the term Gateway Game. Yes there are games out there that are great for introducing “the hobby” to non-gamers but at the same time there are, especially now, almost too many games that are seen as “Gateway Games”. That aside I...
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I’m going to London in October for a week’s holiday with my family and it got me thinking about how there are travel guides for practically everything these days. That got me thinking. Why isn’t there a “gamers guide to <insert city>” out there? Not even a blog or series...
Continue reading...When making your choices about what games to buy there are usually a few routes in. Community : This could be a friend or someone you know at your local games club or indeed anyone who’s opinion you value.People play a variety of games and so your immediate community is...
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The thing about tabletop games is that it’s not just about the games themselves. It doesn’t matter which format you play there will always be accessories that you can buy to improve, complement and protect your games. For Roleplaying Games the perennial accessory is more dice. You can never have...
Continue reading...TableTop. That’s the You Tube show hosted by Wil Wheaton. You have heard of it right? No?Ok. Go here – TableTop Playlist – and watch a few of the videos and then come back. Back? Cool. Now where were we? Ah I remember now. There’s been a real growth in...
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A lot of the things that divide the tabletop gaming community frustrate me. This division is something that acts against the promotion of the positive image of the hobby as a whole especially when the hobby and the community are more diverse than they’ve ever been. What do I mean?...
Continue reading...Throughout time as a gamer I’ve experienced a lot over negativity aimed at the hobby and the community around it. Most of that is due to the continued stereotyping of geeks as the overweight, socially-challenged male sitting in a basement with friends of a similar ilk playing games. One of...
Continue reading...So this is about Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, Community Funded and no doubt there’s a whole host of other crowd funding websites out there. With the recent controversy over the highly successful funding but failure to deliver of The Doom That Came To Atlantic City on Kickstarter I felt it appropriate to post on what I...
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So in my gaming principle post “Is everyone having fun? Including you?” I touched very briefly on the competitive side of the hobby. That sparked a conversation with a friend – Just how important is winning? The thing is that all formats of tabletop games tend to involve “winning” and...
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As with yesterday’s post there are more Board Games coming out at GenCon than you can imagine! I’ll likely need to do a follow up post on the games that I personally find tempting. Games after the jump! Game SaluteSerpent Stones – http://gamesalute.com/games/game.php?game=10Serpent Stones is an interpretation of an ancient...
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