by Will Hindmarch | Jun 18, 2011 | ARGs, awards, Board Games, Books, card games, Dice, Events, Fan Culture, MMOs, RPGs, Video Games
You have a single prize to award to one noun — person, place, thing, or event — in recognition of excellence in gaming for the previous year, from July 2010 to July 2011. This is a prize of celebration and recognition only. No trophy, no money, no stickers, no medals....
by Will Hindmarch | Jun 15, 2011 | Board Games, Books, Fan Culture, RPGs
The short list for this year’s Diana Jones Award has been revealed and, as is ordinary for these extraordinary awards, it’s a wonderful list. I got it from Robin D. Laws’ livejournal, but Matt Forbeck has the list all linked up: Diana Jones Award...
by Jeff Tidball | Feb 10, 2011 | Board Games, Business
Brett Myers tweeted a link to a blog post examining the legal questions surrounding the recent availability of files for 3D-printing your own Settlers of Catan components. The analysis’s short answer: This probably does not violate any laws. Should this be...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 29, 2010 | ARGs, Board Games, card games, Question, RPGs
2010 is on its way out. You’ve played a lot of games this year. What sticks out? Not the titles—not just the titles—but the big wins and the bad beats. What do you recall from this year’s epic battles, risky bets, sly bargains, and other outré gaming...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 12, 2010 | Board Games, Books, Creativity, Musing
I heard about this via Boing Boing, which means you’ve probably already heard about it, but in case you haven’t, I’m mentioning it here, too: The Board Game Remix Kit. You know what this is. You take the components of popular and ubiquitous games...
by Jeff Tidball | May 24, 2010 | Board Games, Story
One of the advantages Fantasy Flight has over other game publishers is the strength of their in-house media department, run by the fantastically talented Keith Hurley with the able assistance of Jason Beaudoin. They’ve just released their video overview of Horus...
