Cumbersome

Two weeks ago I went to OrcCon in Los Angeles. I posted an account of the weekend's gaming on BGG. I played a lot of games and had a gr...

I've been letting ideas for Winds of Fate stew since I talked to Jeff and company after their playtest. One of the main things they comm...

I contacted Jay Tummelson 3 or 4 weeks ago to follow up on Homesteaders. The last I'd heard about it was last summer when Dale and Valer...

This weekend is the first Strategicon event of 2009, OrcCon, in Los Angeles. I enjoy the Strategicon events because they are close, and ther...

Well, I don't think the publisher actually played the game, but I did hear that Gil taught the game to 3 other players, and that they pl...

This is c&p'ed from Pastebin , so formatting is lost, but here are the rules I'm sending to New York tomorrow to be played at th...

I was able to play a game of Winds of Fate today with Rif and Mike! Huzzah! I implemented a lot of the things I've been talking about, a...

It's been almost 2 months since BGG.con, and I'm FINALLY working on Winds of Fate! Spielbany is next weekend, and I was planning to ...

... Or if you do, make sure you do it in a way that doesn't in fact change the rule! Time and time again I have come across rules quest...

I played a game a couple of years ago called Australia , and I really liked it. I bought a used copy off of a friend, but I've only play...

I usually like this time of year because my friends are in from out of town. I end up playing a lot of games and having a lot of fun. Lately...

I wasn't happy with the last playtest, and the main reason was because I think the rewards for Adventures were too samey-same. There are...

The last time I posted about Odysseus: Winds of Fate I referred to the rules and structure as quote/unquote " alternate ". That...

Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to Dallas to visit my friend Brian and to attend BGG.con - the annual open gaming convention put on by...

No fewer than 6 cooperative games came out recently, and I was anxious to try some of them to see what they're gimmick was, and to see h...

Contents: 15 Destiny cards (5@ Safe/Death/Stranded) 50(?) Adventure cards (2 suits, Help/Hinder) 30 Crew tokens 1 Odysseus counter 1 Round c...

Randall McClain (Nando on BGDF) - the person who's original idea Winds of Fate was for a Game Design Showdown entry - has been thinking ...

As I've mentioned , I've been trying to work on Odysseus: Winds of Fate recently. I haven't been as diligent as I'd hoped, ...

Shadows Over Camelot: Merlin's Company My roommate won Merlin's Company in a drawing on BGG , so he bought Shadows Over Camelot in...

I had a new idea about how to resolve the adventures in Winds of Fate. It's really just a variation on the original Taj Mahal type of th...