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Yes, but what is your game about? 5

Mar

19

2018

I’ve been meaning to write about this since I got back from ECCC, and I guess this is my first opportunity. I spent most of the time at the con hiding behind the Angry Robot table and trying to convince passersby to buy some books. Which isn’t a problem, I assure you. I don’t really ...

Blue Team Best Team 5

Jul

18

2016

I wasn’t going to play Pokémon Go. Seriously. I’ve never played Pokémon in my entire life. I still have zero desire to pick up any of the other games, because I am not interested in that kind of grind. But then my friend Corina wanted to go for a long walk and catch all the ...

A thing so precious I just have to share it. 9

Jul

4

2014

THIS IS SO HILARIOUSLY PRECIOUS THAT I CANNOT HELP BUT SHARE IT. Like a video of a kitten angrily batting at an enormous piece of exercise equipment, but with 300% more fedora. (By the way? Andrew’s fault. Because he finds hilarious and terrible things and tells me. Left to my own devices, I’d just kind of… pick ...

My life as a female gamer (a quick and incomplete summary in 10 questions) 2

Sep

25

2013

Remember this survey my friend is doing? Here are my answers. If you’d like to participate, there’s still a little more time! 1. How long have you been gaming? Since high school, I’d say. My family actually played board games fairly regularly when I was growing up, but it didn’t quite feel the same. 2. ...

Looking for female and male gamers of all kinds! (Research Project) 8

Sep

10

2013

A friend of mine is doing a research project and is looking for female gamers and male gamers who have played in mixed gender groups that she can survey. We’re talking gamers of all kinds – tabletop, board games, CCGs, MMOs, all manner of RP. If you are interested in helping out, please answer the ...

Like Apples to Apples for Awful People: A Story In Pictures

Jul

6

2012

You can get Cards Against Humanity for free. No further proof is needed that there is no God.

Games: Ideology

Aug

2

2010

This is a game that Mike and I recently picked up; it’s from the company Z-Man Games, which also made Pandemic. This one’s a competitive game, however. How could it be anything else, with a name like Ideology? The basic concept is that you play as one of the ideologies – Capitalism, Communism, Imperialism, Islamic ...

Pandemic 2

Jun

11

2010

One thing you may or may not know about me is that I love playing board games. And more so, I love cooperative board games, which aren’t the easiest things to come by. Cooperative games are an experience all their own, one that many people haven’t tried and really should; they require a shift in ...