Monday, February 27, 2006
Reef Encounter
Played Reef Encounter for the first time tonight. My initial impression is that it is a game you want to have taught to you by someone who already knows the game. Barring that knowing the rules is not enough. You should sit down and play through a few rounds by yourself just to get a feel for it. Especially if you have a group that doesn't like to have to learn games from scratch.
It looks like a good game. I am really looking forward to playing again. We did miss several important rules that effected gameplay negatively, and I'm not sure my group is eager to play again.
It looks like a good game. I am really looking forward to playing again. We did miss several important rules that effected gameplay negatively, and I'm not sure my group is eager to play again.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Niagara
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Memoir '44
Not much time for blogging this week. Worked about 30 hours over the weekend. Got in a good day of gaming on Monday, President's Day. Caught up on my sleep on Tuesday, and by Wednesday my wife and kids were all sick.
Some background static in this audio-blog. I don't think it's related to my telephone, I think it's in the line.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Powergrid
I was looking to buy a new phone, preferably one that had better transmission quality than the two I currently own. I was looking on line and couldn't find any information about phones with good transmission quality.
Lots of phones claimed to have better listening quality, some claimed to be specifically designed so that hearing impaired users could distinguish individual sounds. I looked at phones in Radioshack, I looked at phones at Sears, none of the phones had information on the box about transmission quality.
So I bought a $4 phone at the thrift store. (Passed on 2 copies of 3M's Acquire btw.)
Let's see if it functions any better.
Lots of phones claimed to have better listening quality, some claimed to be specifically designed so that hearing impaired users could distinguish individual sounds. I looked at phones in Radioshack, I looked at phones at Sears, none of the phones had information on the box about transmission quality.
So I bought a $4 phone at the thrift store. (Passed on 2 copies of 3M's Acquire btw.)
Let's see if it functions any better.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
C&C Update
I got up early this morning and started putting the stickers on the game pieces. After several hours of applying stickers I've almost got the dice done. I'll probably have the dice done by bedtime tonight.
I figure I can get up early again tomorrow and get a good start on the blocks.
I figure I can get up early again tomorrow and get a good start on the blocks.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Kudos to GMT/Changes
I noted that I had a GMT charge on my credit card a couple months ago. That was good, I was really looking forward to playing Commands and Colors. Well it never arrived. Meanwhile I read numerous reports on C&C from Alfred over at the orange blog (or was it Brian at the green blog, I forget) as well as on BGG which only served to whet my appetite. Waited. Nothing. Mail delivery is not always reliable in these parts, so I waited a little longer. Nothing. Finally I contacted GMT and asked them to track the package, if that was possible.
Turns out I was charged for Here I Stand which should be shipping shortly. They had no record of me P500ing (pre-ordering) Commands and Colors, but offered to sell me a copy for the P500 price. As I recall I was one of the first 30 people to sign up for C&C. I signed up when it was on the P1250 list (or P1500, whichever it was) long before it was announced that the game would use blocks in order to cut down on price.
Commands and Colors just arrived today. Now I just need to schedule some vacation time so I can get the stickers applied to the blocks. Maybe I should just swing by the Mission and pick up some day-laborers to apply stickers. My fingers still hurt 5 years later when I think about applying the little flag-stickers in Serenissima.
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Look for more audio reviews and fewer written posts in this blog for the foreseeable future. I'm archiving the audio reviews alphabetically on 5 Minute Boardgame Reviews.
I'll probably do that until I burn out. It takes some work to get some of these reviews to fit into a 5 minute slot.
After I get a few more audio reviews "in the can" and work out a couple other items I might put out the call for anyone who wants to submit 5 minute audio reviews. If there's enough interest, maybe we can put them on a real website.
The next thing I need to do is to invest in a new phone. Right now I've got one phone that hums and one phone that pops.
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Had a record high temperature yesterday. It was 38F. in Fairbanks. That's 90+ degrees warmer than it was a couple weeks ago. It's hard to get anything done when it gets this warm. We just sit around in front of the fan and drink lots of fluids. Even my dog doesn't want to come into the house. He just lies on a snowbank and pants. He even refuses to bark at squirrels, he just kind of coughs at them.
Boardgamers do it for hours,
Coldfoot
Turns out I was charged for Here I Stand which should be shipping shortly. They had no record of me P500ing (pre-ordering) Commands and Colors, but offered to sell me a copy for the P500 price. As I recall I was one of the first 30 people to sign up for C&C. I signed up when it was on the P1250 list (or P1500, whichever it was) long before it was announced that the game would use blocks in order to cut down on price.
Commands and Colors just arrived today. Now I just need to schedule some vacation time so I can get the stickers applied to the blocks. Maybe I should just swing by the Mission and pick up some day-laborers to apply stickers. My fingers still hurt 5 years later when I think about applying the little flag-stickers in Serenissima.
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Look for more audio reviews and fewer written posts in this blog for the foreseeable future. I'm archiving the audio reviews alphabetically on 5 Minute Boardgame Reviews.
I'll probably do that until I burn out. It takes some work to get some of these reviews to fit into a 5 minute slot.
After I get a few more audio reviews "in the can" and work out a couple other items I might put out the call for anyone who wants to submit 5 minute audio reviews. If there's enough interest, maybe we can put them on a real website.
The next thing I need to do is to invest in a new phone. Right now I've got one phone that hums and one phone that pops.
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Had a record high temperature yesterday. It was 38F. in Fairbanks. That's 90+ degrees warmer than it was a couple weeks ago. It's hard to get anything done when it gets this warm. We just sit around in front of the fan and drink lots of fluids. Even my dog doesn't want to come into the house. He just lies on a snowbank and pants. He even refuses to bark at squirrels, he just kind of coughs at them.
Boardgamers do it for hours,
Coldfoot
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Puerto Rico
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
In case you missed it...
... on Boardgamegeek, there is a new on line store with game stuff. Shirts, bumperstickers and such. They promise to add new items soon. Check it out. It's Meeple People.
Cool idea. Hope they succeed.
Coldfoot
Cool idea. Hope they succeed.
Coldfoot
Carcassonne: The Review/Worst Audio Quality Yet!!!
Monday, February 06, 2006
Bookkeeping
This is the latest incarnation of the Internet Boardgame Resource list. I'm copying it to my blog just to keep track of it for future reference.
If you haven't seen the list on BGG and want to check out some of the sites it is much easier to do so using BGG. Over there you can click on a link and it will bring it up in a new window. Here's the link http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/96540/page/1
Pod Casts
Boardgame Babylon…..... http://www.boardgamebabylon.com/
Boardgames To Go....... http://boardgamestogo.com/
Dice Tower............. http://www.thedicetower.com/dicetower.html
Geekspeak.............. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekspeak.php3
Have Games Will Travel. www.havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com
Ogre Cave Audio Report. http://www.ogrecave.com/audio/index.php
Point2Point............ http://point2point.libsyn.com/
Pulp Gamer…............ www.pulpgamer.com
Vintage Gamer.......... www.vintagegamer.com
Video Cast
Board Games with Scott.. http://boardgameswithscott.blogspot.com/
Game Sellers
BGG Marketplace..... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekstore.php3
Australia
Alternative... http://www.alternativegames.com.au/
Fungames... www.fungames.com.au
Fun Games.... http://www.fungames.com.au/
Games Paradise.. www.gamesparadise.com.au
Military Sim.. http://www.milsims.com.au/
Unhalfbricking.. http://www.games.unhalfbricking.com/
Warchest..... www.warchest.com.au
Belgium
Time 2 Game.. http://www.time2game.be/
Canada
Boardgames.ca....... http://www.boardgames.ca/
Cel Collectibles....... http://celcollectibles.com/
Drexoll Games......... http://drexollgames.com/
German Boardgame Co... http://www.germangames.com/
JJ Superstore (EBay).. http://stores.ebay.ca/JJ-SUPERSTORE
Jogo Canada......... http://jogocanada.com/en/index.asp
Le Valet d'Coeur…... http://www.levalet.com/index.htm
Denmark
Awes.. http://www.awes.dk/
Boardgamer.dk.. http://www.boardgamer.dk/
DisCard... http://www.faraos.dk/
Fantask... http://www.fantask.dk/
Faraos Cigarer.. http://www.faraos.dk/
Games... http://www.gamesweb.dk/default.asp
German Games.. http://www.germangames.dk/
Mimer Shop... http://www.mimer-shop.dk/
Finland
Fantasiapelit... http://www.fantasiapelit.com/
Lautapelit.fi. . http://www.lautapelit.fi/
Peliarkku...... http://www.peliarkku.fi/
Puolenkuun Pelit.. http://www.puolenkuunpelit.com/ France
France
Au Coin Du Jeu.… http://aucoindujeu.com/
Jocade...... http://www.jocade.net/home.php3?uni=8&page=index&mode=null
Philibert ... http://www.philibertnet.com/
Germany
12 Spiel... http://www.12spiel.de/
Ab-Zur-Kasse... http://www.ab-zur-kasse.de/index.php
Adam Spielt... http://www.adam-spielt.de/
Allgames4you… http://www.all-games.de/index.html
BoardgameShop.com (German).... www.der-spielzeugladen.de
BoardgameShop.com (English)... www.boardgame-shop.com
Delayed Reactions.. http://www.delayedreactions.de/
Fantasy En'Counter.. http://www.fanen.com/
Milan Spiele.. http://www.milan-spiele.de/
Play Me.... http://vnh2.hsk-net.de/cgi-bin/playme.storefront/
SpielAktuell.. https://www.spielaktuell.de/
Spielenet… http://www.spielenet.de/cgi-bin/snet_u.cgi?dse=catalog/1146&...
Spiele Offensive... http://www.spiele-offensive.de/
Spielgilde.. http://www.spielgilde.de/shop/
Hungry
Compaya Webshop.. http://www.compaya.hu/
Gem Klub.. http://www.gemklub.hu/
Israel
Silver Stars.. http://www.silverstars.co.il
Italy
I Giochi dei Grandi.. http://www.igiochideigrandi.it/
KDS Store… http://www.kdsstore.it/index.php
Netherlands
Bordspel ....... http://www.bordspel.net/
Gameforce...... http://www.gfmailorder.nl/
Toys Forever... http://www.toysforever.nl/
Sweden
Azimogames............ http://www.azimogames.se/
Card Collector........ http://www.cardcollector.se/
Gamers Vault.......... http://www.gamersvault.nu/
Golem................. http://www.golem.se/
Hobby Games .......... http://www.hobbygames.se/
Seriebörsen........... http://www.serieborsen.se/
Spelkompaniet......... http://www.spelkompaniet.se/
Spel o hobby.......... http://www.spelohobby.se/
Unispel............... http://www.unispel.com/
Wizard-Games.......... http://www.wizard-games.com/
World of Boardgames... http://www.worldofboardgames.com/
UK
Eliot Games.... http://www.eliotgames.co.uk/
Games Lore ..... http://www.gameslore.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
The Games Player.. http://www.thegamesplayer.com/
The Game Store... http://www.tgs.co.uk/store/c_index.asp
Infinity Games.. http://www.iguk.co.uk/categories/board-games-47.aspx
Legend Games.. http://www.legendgames.co.uk/
Maddison Games.. http://www.maddisongames.co.uk/index.php
The Place for Games.. http://www.theplaceforgames.com/
Reckless Encounters.. http://www.recklessencounters.co.uk/
Shire Games..... http://www.shiregames.co.uk/
Shire Games..... http://www.shiregames.co.uk/
Spirit Games… http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/
The Traveling Man.. http://www.travellingman.com/store/index.php
USA
AreYouGame.com...... http://www.areyougame.com/interact/default.asp
Board Game Factory...... http://raeside.home.mchsi.com/index.htm
Boardgames.com...... http://www.boardgames.com/
BoardGamesUSA. http://www.boardgamesusa.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=0
Boards and Bits..... http://www.boardsandbits.com/
Boulder Games....... http://www.bouldergames.com/news.asp
Cardhaus............ http://www.cardhaus.com/
Chaos Mail Order..... http://www.chaosmailorder.com/
Do or Dice.......... http://www.doordice.com/
Fairplay............ http://www.fairplaygames.com/
Funagain............ http://www.funagain.com/control/main
Gamefest............ http://www.gamefest.com/
Game Geek........... http://www.thegamegeek.net/catalog/index.html
Games by James (I).. http://www.gamesbyjames.biz/
Games by James (II).. http://www.gamesbyjames.com/
Games in a Box...... http://www.gamesinabox.com/
Game Surplus........ https://www.gamesurplus.com/site/index.cfm
House Full of Games.. http://housefullofgames.com/
Newspiel............ http://www.newspiel.com/
Noble Knight........ https://www.nobleknight.com/default.asp
Rainy Day Games.... http://www.rainy-day-games.com/
RC Games.... http://www.hobbiesandgames.com/Default.asp?Redirected=Y
ThoughtHammer....... http://www.thoughthammer.com/
Time Well Spent..... http://www.timewellspent.org/content/home.php
Vintage Game Store.. http://www.vintagegamestore.com/shop/
Game Store Database.. http://server.boardgamestuff.com:8000/cgi-bin/gamestore.pl (Copy and paste the link)
Days of Wonder Game Store Locator.. http://www.daysofwonder.com/?t=store&rid=&S=f9d0f7033c43bea4...
Related sites of note
Boardgame search... http://www.michaelareed.com/boardgamesearch/
BoardGameSeeker.... http://www.boardgameseeker.com/
Brettspielsuche (Germany).. http://www.brettspielsuche.de/
Blogs and the like
aka Pastorguy...... http://akapastorguy.blogspot.com/
Another Point of Singularity.. http://mrnizz.blogspot.com
A Random Gnome’s Random Lair… http://gnomeslair.blogspot.com/
Austin Boardgamer... http://michaelchapel.blogs.com/
Best of Boardgames…. http://boardgames.blogsome.com/
Billy Games......... http://coljenngamer.blogspot.com/
Boardgame Madness… http://boardgamemadness.blogspot.com/
Boardgame News blogs… http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/C29/
Boardgameplayer.com… http://www.boardgameplayer.com/
Boardgamers’ Pastime… http://www.boardgamerspastime.com/
Break out the Boardgames… http://community.livejournal.com/love_boardgames/
Chairman Mike....... http://deans-inter.net/nucleus/index.php
Chris Brooks........ http://www.chrisbrooks.org/
Chris Farrell........ http://homepage.mac.com/c_farrell/iblog/
Chumpmonkey… http://www.chumpmonkey.com/
Dan Becker.......... http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/
Day Gaming… http://daygamer.blogspot.com/
Dreifuss Gaming..... http://www.dreifuss.org/gaming.html
Dugs Gaming Session Reports.. http://dugsreports.blogspot.com/
Duly Exhausted.. http://anyeone.livejournal.com/
East Tennessee Gamers.. www.easttennesseegamers.com
Friends Over Gaming… http://friendsovergaming.blogspot.com/
The Fun Zone.. http://funzone.ericsummerer.com/index.php
The Game Shelf… http://thegameshelf.blogspot.com/
Game Blog........... http://www.melankolia.net/gameblog/
Game Designer Wannabe… http://rellekmr.net/gdw/
Game Guts.. http://gameguts.blogspot.com/
Game Ranch...... http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/
Gamer Dad Unplugged.. http://gdunplugged.blogspot.com/
Gamers Eye.......... http://gamerseye.blogspot.com/
The Game Table.. http://ekted.blogspot.com/
Game Thoughts.. http://gamethoughts.blog-city.com/
Gaming in Murphy... http://www.seanandmelissa.net/gamer/
Gaming with Fish.. http://fishbulb515.blogspot.com/
Gathering of Engineers.. http://pdxgaming.blogspot.com/
GeekCul 101.. http://geekcul101.blogspot.com/
Gone Gaming.. http://boredgamegeeks.blogspot.com/
Greg Schloesser: Musings.. http://gschloesser.blogspot.com/
Grog Blog….. http://grogsgamesblog.blogspot.com/
HaberGamer…. http://habergamer.blogspot.com/
Inconsequential Ruminations... http://cheyne.net/blog/
Incunabula.......... http://www.leadpushers.com/incunabula/
International Gamers Awards.. www.internationalgamersawards.net
James On Games… http://www.jamesongames.com/
Jim Ginn… http://ginn5j.blogspot.com/
Lumbersmiths… http://www.lumbersmiths.com/
Magic Rat........... http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Magic_Rat
Marquand.net http://www.marquand.net/
Matthew Gray........ http://boardgamestuff.com/blog/
Mike Doyle… http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/
Monte's Journal.... http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?montejournal
Musings Ramblings & Things Left Unsaid.. http://tajmahalfred.blogspot.com/
netFranz.......... http://www.netfrantz.com/
Nimrods............ http://www.nimrods.blogspot.com/
Northwood Games.... http://www.northwoodsgames.com/
Pawnstar.. http://fellonmyhead.blogspot.com/
Petworth Game Night.. http://petworthgames.blogspot.com/
Pulsipher Boardgame Design… http://pulsiphergamedesign.blogspot.com/
RCK2…. http://rck2.com/
Reflections of an Apostle.. http://apostlereflections.blogspot.com/
Rick's Blog......... http://boardgameblog.blogspot.com/
San Antonio Boardgamers… http://saboardgamers.blogspot.com/
Shanon Appelcline... http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannon_a/
Spiel Boardgames in the UK... http://www.spiel.co.uk/
Steve’s HFoG Blog… http://hfog.blogspot.com/
Tao of Gaming....... http://gaming.powerblogs.com/
Thinking Out Loud... http://ynnen.blogspot.com/
The Thought of Rain.... http://rkalajian.blogspot.com/
Time Capsule… http://timefound.blogspot.com/
The Top One Hundred Games…. List http://fluffysnoop.blogspot.com/
Trabsact Sagme.... http://sagme.blogspot.com/
Traditional Game Reviews… http://www.traditionalgamereviews.blogspot.com/
Traveling in Multiverse… http://spaces.msn.com/members/v3kanon/PersonalSpace.aspx
Tree Weasel Weekly…. http://td.typepad.com/treeweaselweekly/
Truth & Strategy… http://truthandstrategy.blogspot.com/
Wags Chronicles..... http://wagsociety.blogspot.com/
Wargame News… http://www.wargamenews.com/
Yehuda................ http://jergames.blogspot.com/
&Games.............. http://andgames.blogspot.com/
Personal sites, Group sites, Misc
Amy’s Artifacts… http://www.geocities.com/amyatebanana/Artifacts.html
Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors.. http://www.chaichart.com/
Billabong Boardgamers… http://members.optusnet.com.au/dacoutts/Billabong/
Boardgame Cafe (Malaysia).. http://www.boardgamecafe.net/site/
Boardgame Designers Forum..... http://www.bgdf.com/
Boardgame Players Assn.. http://www.boardgamers.org/
Board Gamers Anonymous… http://www.bg-anon.co.uk/
Boardgamespiel.com…. http://boardgamespiel.com/
Bruno Faidutti...... http://www.faidutti.com/index.php
Columbia Strategic Simulation Society.. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/csss/
ConSim World....... http://www.consimworld.com/
Critical Gamers… http://www.criticalgamers.com/
Cross Town Games.. http://www.geocities.com/crosstowngames/
Dallas Games.. http://dallasgames.com/
Discovergames.com... http://www.discovergames.com/
Game Central Station.... http://www.theswitchingyard.com/index.html
Game Club of Maryland.. http://www.gamesclubofmd.org/
Game Store Database.. http://server.boardgamestuff.com:8000/cgi-bin/gamestore.pl (Copy and paste the link)
Gamer Dad........... http://www.gamerdad.com/
Globetrotter Games... http://globetrotter-games.com/
Halesowen… http://www.davedudley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/halesowenboardgam...
Heavy Metal Wargaming.. http://www.freewebs.com/heavymetaldrake/index.htm
Houston Gamers… http://houstongamers.org/
Infinity Games… http://iguk.co.uk/blog/
Jerusulem Strategy Gaming Club... http://www.freewebs.com/jergames/
Long Island Boardgame Organization… http://www.libogroup.com/libo.htm
Long Island Boardgame Magazine.. http://www.libogroup.com/indepth.htm
The Miniatures Page (TMP)… http://theminiaturespage.com/
Mr. Bass... http://www.mrbass.org/boardgames/
Naturelich Games… http://www.naturelich.com/games/
The Top One Hundred Top Games List… http://fluffysnoop.blogspot.com/
Ogre Cave ........... http://www.ogrecave.com/
Overboard Games and Puzzles… http://overboardgames.livejournal.com/
Piddinghoe Gamers… http://www.piddinghoegamers.org/default.html
ProtoParts........... http://bgdf.com/catalog/
Real Men Play Boardgames.. http://www.thedicetower.com/tomvasel.html
Rick Heli........... http://spotlightongames.com/
RPG.net…. http://www.rpg.net/
SimBase Scans (Countersheet scans).. http://www.isimulacrum.com/Scans.php
SOS Game Reviews... http://www.panix.com/~sos/gviews.html
Starship Combat News. http://www.star-ranger.com/Home.htm
Super Fantastic Gaming Hour.. http://sfgh.blog-city.com/
Tibs Manor.. http://tibsmanor.blogspot.com/
Tom Vasel.......... http://www.thedicetower.com/tomvasel.html
Tricky Light....... http://www.trickylight.co.uk/
Unity Games.. http://www.unitygames.org/
Web Grognards...... http://www.grognard.com/
Westbank Gamers.. www.westbankgamers.com
Westpark Gamers..... http://www.westpark-gamers.de/index.html
Yahu Gaming..... http://www.geocities.com/yahugaming/
Game News
About Board/Card Games… http://boardgames.about.com/
Boardgame News…. http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/
Gaming Report..... http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NPNe...
Wargamer............. http://www.wargamer.com/news/
Magazines
Paper magazine websites
Against the Odds.... http://www.atomagazine.com/
Alea................ http://www.simtacludopress.net/Alea_default_ing.htm
Alea Iacta Est...... http://www.aleaiactaest.it/englishpage.htm
Counter............. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the-labyrinth/games/counter/
FairPlay (German)... http://www.fairplay-online.de/magazin/magazin.html
Games International.. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/premium.php3
Games Quarterly..... http://www.gamesquarterly.net/
Knucklebones.... http://www.kbones.com/
Line of Departure... http://members.aol.com/jwerbaneth/lod/lod.html
PaperWars............http://www.omegagames.com/omega/do/military/paperwars/AutoFo...
Simulacrum.......... http://www3.telus.net/Simulacrum/main.html
Spielbox (German)... http://spielbox.de/
Strategy and Tactics.. http://www.decisiongames.com/mags/st.htm
Vae Victis.......... http://www.vaevictis.com/
Older Sources
Brett and Board..... http://hjem.get2net.dk/Svellov/Front.html
Game Cabinet........ http://www.gamecabinet.com/
Gamefest Blogs...... http://gamefest.com/news/blogs/
Games Journal..... http://www.thegamesjournal.com/
The Game Wire....... http://gamefest.com/news/
SOS Gameviews.... http://www.panix.com/~sos/gviews.html
Lists of Game links
7th Crow... http://7thcrow.com/
Web comics
Dork Tower........ http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/
Full Frontal Nerdity… http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/nodwick/ffn/ffn.htm
Larry Leadhead… http://www.larryleadhead.org/
Nordwick.. http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/nodwick/gamespyarchive/new...
Order of the Stick.. http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript
Opponent/Group Finder
Access Denied ........ http://www.accessdenied.net/
BGG Gamer Database ... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/wgd.php3?action=findclosestform
BGG Gamer Finder ..... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/gamerfinder.php
Boardgame Meetups .... http://boardgames.meetup.com/
Game Designer sites
Richard Berg......... http://www.richardhberg.com/
Bruno Faidutti....... http://www.faidutti.com/index.php
Doris and Frank...... http://www.doris-frank.de/main.html
Friedman Freise (German).. http://www.2f-spiele.de/index.htm
Reiner Knizia....... http://www.knizia.de/
Reiner Knizia....... http://www.convivium.org.uk/kghome.htm
Wolfgang Kramer...... http://kramer-spiele.privat.t-online.de/
Alan R. Moon.... http://www.alanrmoon.com/
Michael Schlacht..... http://spiele-aus-timbuktu.de/
Klaus Teuber... http://www.klausteuber.com/en/index.php?page=kontakt.html&ti...
Message Boards
NigglyBits........... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/nigglybits/
RPG.net.............. http://www.rpg.net/
Rec.Games.Board...... http://groups beta.google.com/group/rec.games.board
Spiel Frieks......... Find it on your own.
On Line Games
BGG E&T, R&B......... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/tigris/gamemgr.php
Boardgame Space...... http://www.boardspace.net/english/
BrettspielWelt....... http://www.brettspielwelt.de/gate/jsp/base/
F2F Gaming (HotS).... http://www.f2fgaming.com/
Klear Games.. http://www.klear.com/new/games/samurai/
Little Golem......... http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/login/index.jsp
SpielByWeb.... http://www.spielbyweb.com/
Vassal............... http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php
You Play It.......... http://www.youplay.it/play/main.asp
Richard's PBeM Server... http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/index.html
If you haven't seen the list on BGG and want to check out some of the sites it is much easier to do so using BGG. Over there you can click on a link and it will bring it up in a new window. Here's the link http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/96540/page/1
Pod Casts
Boardgame Babylon…..... http://www.boardgamebabylon.com/
Boardgames To Go....... http://boardgamestogo.com/
Dice Tower............. http://www.thedicetower.com/dicetower.html
Geekspeak.............. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekspeak.php3
Have Games Will Travel. www.havegameswilltravel.libsyn.com
Ogre Cave Audio Report. http://www.ogrecave.com/audio/index.php
Point2Point............ http://point2point.libsyn.com/
Pulp Gamer…............ www.pulpgamer.com
Vintage Gamer.......... www.vintagegamer.com
Video Cast
Board Games with Scott.. http://boardgameswithscott.blogspot.com/
Game Sellers
BGG Marketplace..... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekstore.php3
Australia
Alternative... http://www.alternativegames.com.au/
Fungames... www.fungames.com.au
Fun Games.... http://www.fungames.com.au/
Games Paradise.. www.gamesparadise.com.au
Military Sim.. http://www.milsims.com.au/
Unhalfbricking.. http://www.games.unhalfbricking.com/
Warchest..... www.warchest.com.au
Belgium
Time 2 Game.. http://www.time2game.be/
Canada
Boardgames.ca....... http://www.boardgames.ca/
Cel Collectibles....... http://celcollectibles.com/
Drexoll Games......... http://drexollgames.com/
German Boardgame Co... http://www.germangames.com/
JJ Superstore (EBay).. http://stores.ebay.ca/JJ-SUPERSTORE
Jogo Canada......... http://jogocanada.com/en/index.asp
Le Valet d'Coeur…... http://www.levalet.com/index.htm
Denmark
Awes.. http://www.awes.dk/
Boardgamer.dk.. http://www.boardgamer.dk/
DisCard... http://www.faraos.dk/
Fantask... http://www.fantask.dk/
Faraos Cigarer.. http://www.faraos.dk/
Games... http://www.gamesweb.dk/default.asp
German Games.. http://www.germangames.dk/
Mimer Shop... http://www.mimer-shop.dk/
Finland
Fantasiapelit... http://www.fantasiapelit.com/
Lautapelit.fi. . http://www.lautapelit.fi/
Peliarkku...... http://www.peliarkku.fi/
Puolenkuun Pelit.. http://www.puolenkuunpelit.com/ France
France
Au Coin Du Jeu.… http://aucoindujeu.com/
Jocade...... http://www.jocade.net/home.php3?uni=8&page=index&mode=null
Philibert ... http://www.philibertnet.com/
Germany
12 Spiel... http://www.12spiel.de/
Ab-Zur-Kasse... http://www.ab-zur-kasse.de/index.php
Adam Spielt... http://www.adam-spielt.de/
Allgames4you… http://www.all-games.de/index.html
BoardgameShop.com (German).... www.der-spielzeugladen.de
BoardgameShop.com (English)... www.boardgame-shop.com
Delayed Reactions.. http://www.delayedreactions.de/
Fantasy En'Counter.. http://www.fanen.com/
Milan Spiele.. http://www.milan-spiele.de/
Play Me.... http://vnh2.hsk-net.de/cgi-bin/playme.storefront/
SpielAktuell.. https://www.spielaktuell.de/
Spielenet… http://www.spielenet.de/cgi-bin/snet_u.cgi?dse=catalog/1146&...
Spiele Offensive... http://www.spiele-offensive.de/
Spielgilde.. http://www.spielgilde.de/shop/
Hungry
Compaya Webshop.. http://www.compaya.hu/
Gem Klub.. http://www.gemklub.hu/
Israel
Silver Stars.. http://www.silverstars.co.il
Italy
I Giochi dei Grandi.. http://www.igiochideigrandi.it/
KDS Store… http://www.kdsstore.it/index.php
Netherlands
Bordspel ....... http://www.bordspel.net/
Gameforce...... http://www.gfmailorder.nl/
Toys Forever... http://www.toysforever.nl/
Sweden
Azimogames............ http://www.azimogames.se/
Card Collector........ http://www.cardcollector.se/
Gamers Vault.......... http://www.gamersvault.nu/
Golem................. http://www.golem.se/
Hobby Games .......... http://www.hobbygames.se/
Seriebörsen........... http://www.serieborsen.se/
Spelkompaniet......... http://www.spelkompaniet.se/
Spel o hobby.......... http://www.spelohobby.se/
Unispel............... http://www.unispel.com/
Wizard-Games.......... http://www.wizard-games.com/
World of Boardgames... http://www.worldofboardgames.com/
UK
Eliot Games.... http://www.eliotgames.co.uk/
Games Lore ..... http://www.gameslore.co.uk/acatalog/index.html
The Games Player.. http://www.thegamesplayer.com/
The Game Store... http://www.tgs.co.uk/store/c_index.asp
Infinity Games.. http://www.iguk.co.uk/categories/board-games-47.aspx
Legend Games.. http://www.legendgames.co.uk/
Maddison Games.. http://www.maddisongames.co.uk/index.php
The Place for Games.. http://www.theplaceforgames.com/
Reckless Encounters.. http://www.recklessencounters.co.uk/
Shire Games..... http://www.shiregames.co.uk/
Shire Games..... http://www.shiregames.co.uk/
Spirit Games… http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/
The Traveling Man.. http://www.travellingman.com/store/index.php
USA
AreYouGame.com...... http://www.areyougame.com/interact/default.asp
Board Game Factory...... http://raeside.home.mchsi.com/index.htm
Boardgames.com...... http://www.boardgames.com/
BoardGamesUSA. http://www.boardgamesusa.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=0
Boards and Bits..... http://www.boardsandbits.com/
Boulder Games....... http://www.bouldergames.com/news.asp
Cardhaus............ http://www.cardhaus.com/
Chaos Mail Order..... http://www.chaosmailorder.com/
Do or Dice.......... http://www.doordice.com/
Fairplay............ http://www.fairplaygames.com/
Funagain............ http://www.funagain.com/control/main
Gamefest............ http://www.gamefest.com/
Game Geek........... http://www.thegamegeek.net/catalog/index.html
Games by James (I).. http://www.gamesbyjames.biz/
Games by James (II).. http://www.gamesbyjames.com/
Games in a Box...... http://www.gamesinabox.com/
Game Surplus........ https://www.gamesurplus.com/site/index.cfm
House Full of Games.. http://housefullofgames.com/
Newspiel............ http://www.newspiel.com/
Noble Knight........ https://www.nobleknight.com/default.asp
Rainy Day Games.... http://www.rainy-day-games.com/
RC Games.... http://www.hobbiesandgames.com/Default.asp?Redirected=Y
ThoughtHammer....... http://www.thoughthammer.com/
Time Well Spent..... http://www.timewellspent.org/content/home.php
Vintage Game Store.. http://www.vintagegamestore.com/shop/
Game Store Database.. http://server.boardgamestuff.com:8000/cgi-bin/gamestore.pl (Copy and paste the link)
Days of Wonder Game Store Locator.. http://www.daysofwonder.com/?t=store&rid=&S=f9d0f7033c43bea4...
Related sites of note
Boardgame search... http://www.michaelareed.com/boardgamesearch/
BoardGameSeeker.... http://www.boardgameseeker.com/
Brettspielsuche (Germany).. http://www.brettspielsuche.de/
Blogs and the like
aka Pastorguy...... http://akapastorguy.blogspot.com/
Another Point of Singularity.. http://mrnizz.blogspot.com
A Random Gnome’s Random Lair… http://gnomeslair.blogspot.com/
Austin Boardgamer... http://michaelchapel.blogs.com/
Best of Boardgames…. http://boardgames.blogsome.com/
Billy Games......... http://coljenngamer.blogspot.com/
Boardgame Madness… http://boardgamemadness.blogspot.com/
Boardgame News blogs… http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/C29/
Boardgameplayer.com… http://www.boardgameplayer.com/
Boardgamers’ Pastime… http://www.boardgamerspastime.com/
Break out the Boardgames… http://community.livejournal.com/love_boardgames/
Chairman Mike....... http://deans-inter.net/nucleus/index.php
Chris Brooks........ http://www.chrisbrooks.org/
Chris Farrell........ http://homepage.mac.com/c_farrell/iblog/
Chumpmonkey… http://www.chumpmonkey.com/
Dan Becker.......... http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/
Day Gaming… http://daygamer.blogspot.com/
Dreifuss Gaming..... http://www.dreifuss.org/gaming.html
Dugs Gaming Session Reports.. http://dugsreports.blogspot.com/
Duly Exhausted.. http://anyeone.livejournal.com/
East Tennessee Gamers.. www.easttennesseegamers.com
Friends Over Gaming… http://friendsovergaming.blogspot.com/
The Fun Zone.. http://funzone.ericsummerer.com/index.php
The Game Shelf… http://thegameshelf.blogspot.com/
Game Blog........... http://www.melankolia.net/gameblog/
Game Designer Wannabe… http://rellekmr.net/gdw/
Game Guts.. http://gameguts.blogspot.com/
Game Ranch...... http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/
Gamer Dad Unplugged.. http://gdunplugged.blogspot.com/
Gamers Eye.......... http://gamerseye.blogspot.com/
The Game Table.. http://ekted.blogspot.com/
Game Thoughts.. http://gamethoughts.blog-city.com/
Gaming in Murphy... http://www.seanandmelissa.net/gamer/
Gaming with Fish.. http://fishbulb515.blogspot.com/
Gathering of Engineers.. http://pdxgaming.blogspot.com/
GeekCul 101.. http://geekcul101.blogspot.com/
Gone Gaming.. http://boredgamegeeks.blogspot.com/
Greg Schloesser: Musings.. http://gschloesser.blogspot.com/
Grog Blog….. http://grogsgamesblog.blogspot.com/
HaberGamer…. http://habergamer.blogspot.com/
Inconsequential Ruminations... http://cheyne.net/blog/
Incunabula.......... http://www.leadpushers.com/incunabula/
International Gamers Awards.. www.internationalgamersawards.net
James On Games… http://www.jamesongames.com/
Jim Ginn… http://ginn5j.blogspot.com/
Lumbersmiths… http://www.lumbersmiths.com/
Magic Rat........... http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Magic_Rat
Marquand.net http://www.marquand.net/
Matthew Gray........ http://boardgamestuff.com/blog/
Mike Doyle… http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/
Monte's Journal.... http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?montejournal
Musings Ramblings & Things Left Unsaid.. http://tajmahalfred.blogspot.com/
netFranz.......... http://www.netfrantz.com/
Nimrods............ http://www.nimrods.blogspot.com/
Northwood Games.... http://www.northwoodsgames.com/
Pawnstar.. http://fellonmyhead.blogspot.com/
Petworth Game Night.. http://petworthgames.blogspot.com/
Pulsipher Boardgame Design… http://pulsiphergamedesign.blogspot.com/
RCK2…. http://rck2.com/
Reflections of an Apostle.. http://apostlereflections.blogspot.com/
Rick's Blog......... http://boardgameblog.blogspot.com/
San Antonio Boardgamers… http://saboardgamers.blogspot.com/
Shanon Appelcline... http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannon_a/
Spiel Boardgames in the UK... http://www.spiel.co.uk/
Steve’s HFoG Blog… http://hfog.blogspot.com/
Tao of Gaming....... http://gaming.powerblogs.com/
Thinking Out Loud... http://ynnen.blogspot.com/
The Thought of Rain.... http://rkalajian.blogspot.com/
Time Capsule… http://timefound.blogspot.com/
The Top One Hundred Games…. List http://fluffysnoop.blogspot.com/
Trabsact Sagme.... http://sagme.blogspot.com/
Traditional Game Reviews… http://www.traditionalgamereviews.blogspot.com/
Traveling in Multiverse… http://spaces.msn.com/members/v3kanon/PersonalSpace.aspx
Tree Weasel Weekly…. http://td.typepad.com/treeweaselweekly/
Truth & Strategy… http://truthandstrategy.blogspot.com/
Wags Chronicles..... http://wagsociety.blogspot.com/
Wargame News… http://www.wargamenews.com/
Yehuda................ http://jergames.blogspot.com/
&Games.............. http://andgames.blogspot.com/
Personal sites, Group sites, Misc
Amy’s Artifacts… http://www.geocities.com/amyatebanana/Artifacts.html
Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors.. http://www.chaichart.com/
Billabong Boardgamers… http://members.optusnet.com.au/dacoutts/Billabong/
Boardgame Cafe (Malaysia).. http://www.boardgamecafe.net/site/
Boardgame Designers Forum..... http://www.bgdf.com/
Boardgame Players Assn.. http://www.boardgamers.org/
Board Gamers Anonymous… http://www.bg-anon.co.uk/
Boardgamespiel.com…. http://boardgamespiel.com/
Bruno Faidutti...... http://www.faidutti.com/index.php
Columbia Strategic Simulation Society.. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/csss/
ConSim World....... http://www.consimworld.com/
Critical Gamers… http://www.criticalgamers.com/
Cross Town Games.. http://www.geocities.com/crosstowngames/
Dallas Games.. http://dallasgames.com/
Discovergames.com... http://www.discovergames.com/
Game Central Station.... http://www.theswitchingyard.com/index.html
Game Club of Maryland.. http://www.gamesclubofmd.org/
Game Store Database.. http://server.boardgamestuff.com:8000/cgi-bin/gamestore.pl (Copy and paste the link)
Gamer Dad........... http://www.gamerdad.com/
Globetrotter Games... http://globetrotter-games.com/
Halesowen… http://www.davedudley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/halesowenboardgam...
Heavy Metal Wargaming.. http://www.freewebs.com/heavymetaldrake/index.htm
Houston Gamers… http://houstongamers.org/
Infinity Games… http://iguk.co.uk/blog/
Jerusulem Strategy Gaming Club... http://www.freewebs.com/jergames/
Long Island Boardgame Organization… http://www.libogroup.com/libo.htm
Long Island Boardgame Magazine.. http://www.libogroup.com/indepth.htm
The Miniatures Page (TMP)… http://theminiaturespage.com/
Mr. Bass... http://www.mrbass.org/boardgames/
Naturelich Games… http://www.naturelich.com/games/
The Top One Hundred Top Games List… http://fluffysnoop.blogspot.com/
Ogre Cave ........... http://www.ogrecave.com/
Overboard Games and Puzzles… http://overboardgames.livejournal.com/
Piddinghoe Gamers… http://www.piddinghoegamers.org/default.html
ProtoParts........... http://bgdf.com/catalog/
Real Men Play Boardgames.. http://www.thedicetower.com/tomvasel.html
Rick Heli........... http://spotlightongames.com/
RPG.net…. http://www.rpg.net/
SimBase Scans (Countersheet scans).. http://www.isimulacrum.com/Scans.php
SOS Game Reviews... http://www.panix.com/~sos/gviews.html
Starship Combat News. http://www.star-ranger.com/Home.htm
Super Fantastic Gaming Hour.. http://sfgh.blog-city.com/
Tibs Manor.. http://tibsmanor.blogspot.com/
Tom Vasel.......... http://www.thedicetower.com/tomvasel.html
Tricky Light....... http://www.trickylight.co.uk/
Unity Games.. http://www.unitygames.org/
Web Grognards...... http://www.grognard.com/
Westbank Gamers.. www.westbankgamers.com
Westpark Gamers..... http://www.westpark-gamers.de/index.html
Yahu Gaming..... http://www.geocities.com/yahugaming/
Game News
About Board/Card Games… http://boardgames.about.com/
Boardgame News…. http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/
Gaming Report..... http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NPNe...
Wargamer............. http://www.wargamer.com/news/
Magazines
Paper magazine websites
Against the Odds.... http://www.atomagazine.com/
Alea................ http://www.simtacludopress.net/Alea_default_ing.htm
Alea Iacta Est...... http://www.aleaiactaest.it/englishpage.htm
Counter............. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the-labyrinth/games/counter/
FairPlay (German)... http://www.fairplay-online.de/magazin/magazin.html
Games International.. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/premium.php3
Games Quarterly..... http://www.gamesquarterly.net/
Knucklebones.... http://www.kbones.com/
Line of Departure... http://members.aol.com/jwerbaneth/lod/lod.html
PaperWars............http://www.omegagames.com/omega/do/military/paperwars/AutoFo...
Simulacrum.......... http://www3.telus.net/Simulacrum/main.html
Spielbox (German)... http://spielbox.de/
Strategy and Tactics.. http://www.decisiongames.com/mags/st.htm
Vae Victis.......... http://www.vaevictis.com/
Older Sources
Brett and Board..... http://hjem.get2net.dk/Svellov/Front.html
Game Cabinet........ http://www.gamecabinet.com/
Gamefest Blogs...... http://gamefest.com/news/blogs/
Games Journal..... http://www.thegamesjournal.com/
The Game Wire....... http://gamefest.com/news/
SOS Gameviews.... http://www.panix.com/~sos/gviews.html
Lists of Game links
7th Crow... http://7thcrow.com/
Web comics
Dork Tower........ http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/
Full Frontal Nerdity… http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/nodwick/ffn/ffn.htm
Larry Leadhead… http://www.larryleadhead.org/
Nordwick.. http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/nodwick/gamespyarchive/new...
Order of the Stick.. http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript
Opponent/Group Finder
Access Denied ........ http://www.accessdenied.net/
BGG Gamer Database ... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/wgd.php3?action=findclosestform
BGG Gamer Finder ..... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/gamerfinder.php
Boardgame Meetups .... http://boardgames.meetup.com/
Game Designer sites
Richard Berg......... http://www.richardhberg.com/
Bruno Faidutti....... http://www.faidutti.com/index.php
Doris and Frank...... http://www.doris-frank.de/main.html
Friedman Freise (German).. http://www.2f-spiele.de/index.htm
Reiner Knizia....... http://www.knizia.de/
Reiner Knizia....... http://www.convivium.org.uk/kghome.htm
Wolfgang Kramer...... http://kramer-spiele.privat.t-online.de/
Alan R. Moon.... http://www.alanrmoon.com/
Michael Schlacht..... http://spiele-aus-timbuktu.de/
Klaus Teuber... http://www.klausteuber.com/en/index.php?page=kontakt.html&ti...
Message Boards
NigglyBits........... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/nigglybits/
RPG.net.............. http://www.rpg.net/
Rec.Games.Board...... http://groups beta.google.com/group/rec.games.board
Spiel Frieks......... Find it on your own.
On Line Games
BGG E&T, R&B......... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/tigris/gamemgr.php
Boardgame Space...... http://www.boardspace.net/english/
BrettspielWelt....... http://www.brettspielwelt.de/gate/jsp/base/
F2F Gaming (HotS).... http://www.f2fgaming.com/
Klear Games.. http://www.klear.com/new/games/samurai/
Little Golem......... http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/login/index.jsp
SpielByWeb.... http://www.spielbyweb.com/
Vassal............... http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php
You Play It.......... http://www.youplay.it/play/main.asp
Richard's PBeM Server... http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/index.html
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Surrrrrr-Vay Says.......
.......DING DING DING DING
Just a quick note before I go to bed. Played 5 or 6 rounds of Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage for the first time today. This game has a reputation as one of the best wargames around. Did I like it?
Must say I was impressed. Probably played for 4 or 5 hours and I must admit that time just flew by.
As you know if you read this blog regularly I will play wargames, but prefer non-wargames. If I do play wargames I prefer games with a low counter density. Hannibal has low counter densities (few cardboard counters, as opposed to vast armies represented by lots of cardboard counters) and a fairly short rulebook that is easy to grasp.
The political chits were a stroke of genius.
The game is 10 years old and has been out of print since the old Avalon Hill ceased. Used copies sell for $100+ on E-Bay. Not willing to fork over that much money myself, but if it is ever reprinted I'm all over it.
Looking forward to another game.
Time for bed,
Coldfoot
Just a quick note before I go to bed. Played 5 or 6 rounds of Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage for the first time today. This game has a reputation as one of the best wargames around. Did I like it?
Must say I was impressed. Probably played for 4 or 5 hours and I must admit that time just flew by.
As you know if you read this blog regularly I will play wargames, but prefer non-wargames. If I do play wargames I prefer games with a low counter density. Hannibal has low counter densities (few cardboard counters, as opposed to vast armies represented by lots of cardboard counters) and a fairly short rulebook that is easy to grasp.
The political chits were a stroke of genius.
The game is 10 years old and has been out of print since the old Avalon Hill ceased. Used copies sell for $100+ on E-Bay. Not willing to fork over that much money myself, but if it is ever reprinted I'm all over it.
Looking forward to another game.
Time for bed,
Coldfoot
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Crossword Puzzle
One more vacation photo. 
One of these ladies is working on the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. The other, the USA Today Puzzle.
One of these ladies is working on the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. The other, the USA Today Puzzle.
