Fudgerylog » Board Games http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog Better role-playing through dead reckoning Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Obligatory End-of-May Update http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2008/05/31/94/ http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2008/05/31/94/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 20:28:12 +0000 Gordon Cooper http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/?p=94 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. It was fun for two, but might get ungainly for groups of three or four, as Nicole K. observed. A week after that I played a few games of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World by Front Porch Classics. I had been looking forward to playing this one for a long time and it didn’t disappoint. LT played the first two games with me and then we played several more times with my mother. I wanted to try the Advanced Play rules, but I couldn’t convince the landlubbers to take the plunge. Next time, though, ’twill be the Advanced Play rules or they’ll feed the fishes. I even have a few ideas for some house rules…

]]> http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2008/05/31/94/feed/ Cosmic Encounter to Be Published in New Edition http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2007/09/03/52/ http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2007/09/03/52/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:47:13 +0000 Gordon Cooper http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2007/09/03/52/ 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 www.cosmicencounter.com.

The official press release may be downloaded as a PDF at the Fantasy Flight Games site.

]]> http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2007/09/03/52/feed/ Board Game Mania http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2007/04/14/26/ http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2007/04/14/26/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:48:54 +0000 Gordon Cooper http://www.fudgery.net/fudgerylog/2007/04/14/26/ 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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