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The Return of Star Explorer

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Star Explorer, the “role-playing board game” inspired by Star Trek first published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1982, has been released as a PDF by Goblinoid Games and is now available for purchase at DriveThruRPG/RPGNow. I’ve never seen the original game, but I’ll be certain to buy this electronic edition. It will be interesting to [...]

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Total Attack!! Soccer Game Report 3

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Early last week Mater and I played our third game of Total Attack!! Soccer, which was also our briefest since we had to halt it to watch an important hockey game (wherein the Columbus Blue Jackets clinched a place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in their history — hurrah!). We only [...]

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Total Attack!! Soccer Game Report 2

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Mater and I played our second game of Total Attack!! Soccer last night, and we decided to implement the first two Advanced Elements, AE 1: Offside and AE 2: Player Types and Abilities. Neither of us were offside during the game, but Mater came close, and it did affect our strategy. The new player types [...]

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Total Attack!! Soccer Game Report 1

Thursday, March 12, 2009

I first learned about Total Attack!! Soccer from the review by Steffan O’Sullivan. It is no longer in print, but I eventually acquired a copy, and after a long wait I finally played my first game. My opponent was my mother, and we decided to start with the basic game as recommended in the rules. [...]

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A Rule Book for Each Player

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Have you ever noticed that board games come with one rule book, but they are typically designed for two to four players? Why? They come with more than one token — one for each player. Why not include more than one rule book — how about one for each player? What would be served by [...]

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Obligatory End-of-May Update

Saturday, May 31, 2008

I am just on the cusp of the edge of the verge of beginning to start gaming on a regular basis again. A few weeks ago I played Pirate King with Nicole K. for the first time. It’s a board game published by Temple Games rather like an elaborate offshoot of Monopoly with tactical options. [...]

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Cosmic Encounter to Be Published in New Edition

Monday, September 3, 2007

Fantasy Flight Games announced that it will be producing a new version of the classic Eon game Cosmic Encounter, the last version of which was made by the new incarnation of Avalon Hill owned by Hasbro. It is expected to be published in the summer of 2008. Cosmic Encounter is available for online play at [...]

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Board Game Mania

Saturday, April 14, 2007

My most recent board game purchases, still unplayed: Settlers of Catan (Mayfair Games) RoboRally (Avalon Hill) Puerto Rico (Rio Grande Games) Rheinlander (Face2Face Games) Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (Front Porch Classics) Time to start playing some games, eh?

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