by Will Hindmarch | Mar 25, 2013 | Board Games, card games, Fan Culture, Play, Promotion, RPGs, Websites
Geek & Sundry’s fun and fantastic series about games and gamers, TableTop, is returning for a new season of episodes as soon as April 4th. This is wonderful and welcome news. Host and producer Wil Wheaton hints at some of the games and guests to feature on...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 24, 2011 | Board Games, card games, Creativity, MMOs, RPGs, Social Games, Video Games
Chris Hardwick, he who founded The Nerdist empire (or, if not empire, then duchy) and hosts the likes of the Nerdist podcast and The Talking Dead, has a book coming out called, fittingly, The Nerdist Way. Hardwick’s also an occasional contributor to Wired (a...
by Will Hindmarch | Jul 3, 2011 | Board Games, card games, Conventions, Dice
This is a short one. I mentioned earlier that I’d played 7 Wonders and Bears! at #Origins2011 and I wanted to say a little bit about them, still. This was my second time playing 7 Wonders — or almost. I came into the middle of a game in progress and took someone...
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 | 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 Jeff Tidball | Oct 20, 2010 | card games, Design
I just re-ordered labels for playing card prototyping, and thought I’d share the specifics. If you’re going to be mocking up game cards, you’re going to want 8-up name-tag size labels, 3.375 inches by 2.3125 inches. I have no idea what the Avery...
