Name: Asa
Age: 25
Location: Buffalo, New York
Favorite Game(s): (of course, I'll play almost anything)
- Power Grid
- Puerto Rico
- Settlers of Catan
- Star Wars: Epic Duels

Why: Yes, I know those are probably rather predictable. In college I played a lot of games, but (other than Settlers) never played the same one twice, and so didn't really have any ( Read more... )

Name: Darcy
Age: 25
Location: Chicago
Favorite Game(s): Settlers of Catan
Why: The game involves strategy and planning as well as luck. How will the board be laid out? What tiles will produce? How will you combine your production? What will you buy? What will your other players buy? There's randomness, but you can plan for it and work around it. It ( Read more... )

Conquest Sac is returning in less than 3 months, bigger and better than ever!   New date, much nicer hotel and great local sponsor!

ConQuest Sac II will be held April 13-15, 2007, at the Rancho Cordova Marriott, right off hwy 50 and across the street from a  light rail stop!

The new sponsor is Great Escape Games and the convention is put on by ( Read more... )

Name: Tove
Age: 20
Location: Oslo, Norway
Favorite Game(s): (I usually play all games thrown my way, but these are the ones I tend to favor over others xD;)
- Carcassonne
- BattleLore
- Marvel Heroes
- Zombies!!!

Why:Hmm.. hard to say o_o; I know I like Carcassonne because it's easy to get into but can be incredibly challenging and competitive ( Read more... )

We lost our "R" tile from our travel Scrabble! This is a disaster. I looked on ebay and saw tiles for sale, and I also looked at the Scrabble website. BUT this was a travel edition, and the tiles aren't the regular ones. They're the small plastic snap-in tiles. Anybody know where I can find that kind of spare tile? Either just an "R" or an entire ( Read more... )

Anyone got their grubby hands on Days of Wonder's latest BattleLore?

I'm absolutely in love with it. However my usual gang of partners-in-crime ain't so keen.
Some of them feel that its a watered-down version of the table-top War Hammer.

What do you guys think?

This was asked in class today, and a quick web search didn't get anything, so I figured I'd ask the assembled masses.

How did the game "Tic-Tac-Toe" get that name? It is kind of a strange name, where did it come from?

[crossposted from my journal]

We (myself, clawfoot, taffer and kristnaskelfir) gave British Rails a partial spin last night. It's actually kristnaskelfir's game, but since we usually game at our place, he's left it there with our games. I read through the rules a couple of weeks ago and today was our first try at it. It was a partial run through only because we started fairly late. ( Read more... )

Okay, I love Clue. However, I admit that it's a totally terrible and tedious game. I just love the feel and the atmosphere of it. It's one of those games that I mostly have nostalgia for because I loved it as a kid ( Read more... )

Hi, all!

Name: Sean
Age: 33
Location: Delaware, OH (Near Columbus)
Favorite Game(s): Hmm. There's not many I won't play. But as a representative list of different games I like a lot (at least, today ( Read more... )