by Jeff Tidball | Jan 21, 2009 | Board Games, Design, Miniatures, Video Games
I’ve been playing in a Blood Bowl league for the past year or so with a group of guys I haven’t otherwise been much in contact with since high school. As we get together on the second Sunday of each month, I frequently find myself thinking, this game...
by Will Hindmarch | Jun 3, 2008 | Accessories, Fantasy, Miniatures, RPGs, Story, Will's Thesis
Like a lot of people eager to get an early taste of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition (D&D 4E), I picked up the adventure/quick-start kit Keep on the Shadowfell. Like a lot of people, I checked in on other people’s progress in the adventure by perusing...
by Will Hindmarch | May 29, 2008 | Fantasy, Miniatures, Musing, RPGs
Unlike a lot of designers I know, I’ve been looking forward to the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Unlike a lot of designers I know, I was finished with D&D v3.5 years ago. Plenty of people around my old workplace played the game weekly, still, and...
by Will Hindmarch | Apr 30, 2008 | Board Games, card games, Miniatures, Musing
Word has it that these are the final nominees for the 2008 Origins Awards. The annual question: How much do you care? What does an Origins Award mean for you or for the product? And, for me, the real burning question: Did White Wolf even submit anything to the awards...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 28, 2007 | Board Games, Fantasy, Miniatures, Websites
Dreamblade’s online demo is much better than the live demo I played back at Gen Con SoCal (and wrote about here). It does a lot of things right, from letting the newbie player make a few mistakes without affecting the flow of the game to offering bits of advice....
by Will Hindmarch | Nov 15, 2007 | Board Games, Conventions, Miniatures, MMOs, Musing
On consoles, I play a lot more demos than I do full games. This is due mostly to the likes of Xbox magazine and the many free demos available on the likes of Xbox Live — but what makes a good video game demo is a mile away from what makes a good tabletop game demo....
