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Review: Munchkin
Ever since I first went away to school and got broadband, I’ve read quite a few webcomics. One of the regulars in my rotation is still Dork Tower by John Kovalic. One thing led to another, and during my Livejournal craze of the first couple years of the 21st century, I added his feed to [...]
Board Meeting: Betrayal at House on the Hill
Acquiring Betrayal at House on the Hill involved fortuitous timing. I had been interested in Avalon Hill games ever since I was in college; during my freshman year we played floor-wide games of Diplomacy in the lounge of our dorm. Later on, I purchased a new version of that game and learned that Avalon Hill’s [...]
Board Meeting: Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride is a game published by Days of Wonder, designed by Alan R. Moon. It has had a number of expansions and variations, but this article covers the original. The players are participants in a bet to see which person can cross the United States by rail the fastest – sort of an [...]
Board Meeting: Stellar Conquest
The Heavens – A home to the ancient gods, an infallible guide to the traveler, inspiration to the poet, the ultimate enigma to the scientist, a wonderful and beautiful mystery to us all – now become the battlefield of the future. Or so the back of the box for Stellar Conquest reads. Stellar Conquest is [...]
Board Meeting: Diplomacy
Diplomacy was actually created in 1959 by the great minds at Avalon Hill, but Hasbro/Avalon Hill re-released it in 1999. The newer version is the subject of this review. It is a game of pure negotiation, relying on your skill to make alliances and deceive your opponents in order to conquer the most territory in [...]
