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Meat Space Games

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Favorite Meat-space game Gone Virtual: Small World

Small World (board game) Publisher: Days of Wonder Publish Date: 2009 Genre: Strategy board game Players: 2–5 Age range: 8 and up Playing time: 40 to 80 minutes Skills required: Strategy In Small World, players set out to dominate a world that is simply too small to accommodate them all. Small World is inhabited by…

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Game of the Moment: Screenshot of Koi-Koi

Hanafuda (花札) are playing cards of Japanese origin that are used to play a number of games. The name literally translates as “flower cards”. Koi-Koi (こいこい) is a popular card game in Japan played with Hanafuda. The object of the Koi-Koi to form special card combinations called “yaku” from cards accumulated in a point pile….

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Things that Every Modern Day Delta Green Character Should Have

I’m rather obsessive compulsive when it comes to planning out a RPG character. Call of Cthulhu under a Delta Green campaign setting that makes it hard for me to resist, especially when I’ve got modern day items at my disposal. This time I was making an ex-army US Fish and Wildlife Special Agent character, who…

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Come Play D&D with us @ PAX!

Hey DDO Players! Let’s get together this PAX and play some PnP D&D!!
“The Crypt of Gandor Grey”

DM: Sigfried Trent
Location: PAX 2010, Table Top Free Play Area, 2nd Floor (Look for signs!)
Date: Friday, Sept 3rd
Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
System: D&D 4th Edition
What to Bring: A level 1 D&D 4e character (PHP, PHP2, or PHP3), if [...]

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Jordan Weisman & Alternate Reality Games

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture by Jordan Weisman, an American game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur. Weisman is known for designing games such as MechWarrrior, Shadowrun, Mage Knight, and Heroclix. But what the lecture focused on was Alternate Reality Games or ARGs. What are ARGs? An ARG is…