So there used to be a post on BGG where we would have discussion about what was played with kind of 3 sections: what you enjoyed what you didn’t and a final section about what I was looking forward to in the next month. That thread is now dead so instead lets move it over … Read more
Occasionally, I don’t have a board gaming dilemma or issue that I am specifically grappling with, so in those cases, as I do wish to continue writing at approximately weekly, I instead go back to the well of games I have played recently (or not so recently) and enjoyed a bunch. Because at the end … Read more
Oh man the weekly streak continues and what is this? A follow-up to last weeks post? I got to play Autobahn and there were two items of note. The first, and very obvious issue, was messing up a rule. What follows is me, for some reason, feeling the need to defend my bad rule teaching … Read more
I think that just about any board gamer can agree that rules are hard. Learning games, reading through rule books, and ensuring you don’t miss edge cases is challenging. Even when the rule book is perfectly laid out, has an excellent index, is completely coherent, and leaves nothing open to interpretation, it depends on the … Read more
Before I start, let’s add an aside, you probably can’t tell this (because imaginary people don’t read blogs), but I keep trying to write these longer blog posts with something resembling a cohesive structure and a thesis. Unfortunately, I am horrible at doing that so what I end up with is a bunch of drafts … Read more