The 10×10 Challenge – Part 1
At the start of the year, my friend Steve approached me and asked if I wanted to take part in the 10×10 challenge at The Dice Cup (my local boardgame café). “What’s that?” I...
Rising Sun
Rising Sun is the latest dudes-on-a-map game from CMON. It was designed by Eric M. Lang, the designer of Blood Rage (among many other games), who is now CMON’s resident designer. It was on...
Designer Spotlight: Corey Konieczka
I always associate Corey Konieczka with Kevin Wilson. They have both designed a significant number of big-box Fantasy Flight games, and frequently collaborate with other designers, as is the Fantasy Flight way. Once again,...
Game Days
Last Monday was a bank holiday here in the UK. Bank holidays, so called because almost everyone – even the banks – get a holiday, happen about half a dozen times a year. They’re...
Interaction
Interaction with other players is the reason I play boardgames. However, interaction comes in many varieties – some much better than others! Have you ever played a game where tensions rise, people fall out...
Gaming with Non-Gamers
“Oh, she’s not interested in playing games.” I was arranging to play games with a couple of friends (let’s call them Frank and Sarah) outside my usual sphere of gamer friends and I had...
