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A Month of Kingsburg

February 25th, 2010

Kingsburg was this month’s Game of the Month. Remember, the point of the Game of the Month feature is not to necessarily to review a game, but to rather explore a game by repeated play over a particular month. I may refer to my initial post, so if you want to go back and read it, here is the link.

In Kingsburg, players are nobles who are sent from the king to develop the outer regions of the kingdom, using resources to create structures that will both enhance the region’s prestige and to protect the area from hostile armies. The game takes place over a series of five years (turns) that is broken up into seasons (phases).

The main part of a season is the allocation of dice to a variety of court advisers that can provide the player with valuable resources, soldiers, victory points, and information about the invading army that attacks at the end of each year in the winter.

There is an expansion set called Kingsburg: To Forge a Realm.

I only managed to play Kingsburg three times this month, but I did get to play all of the expansions, and I will discuss those a bit later, but first I want to answer the questions I had asked people to consider as they played Read the rest of this entry »

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Gaming like a Rockstar

February 20th, 2010

It was almost two years ago I wrote about how I had my first energy drink. I liked it, but energy drinks are pretty expensive, and when the hell do I need that much energy?

I don’t know how many of you get to go to gaming conventions like BGGCon, KublaCon, or any of the Stategicon events, but those of you who do go know how tiring it can be to play games hour after hour until early in the morning. You want to make the most of your time while you’re there, right? Who wants to do something lame like sleeping, when you can play another game of Galaxy Trucker? What’s a dedicated gamer to do? Energy drinks!

I decided to try a few of the more popular energy drinks and write down my thoughts on taste and such, because I’m just that kind of a guy. Read the rest of this entry »

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Reading Rules!

February 15th, 2010

This title of this post has nothing to do with promoting literacy. I just wanted to discuss different aspects of reading the rules for boardgames and I’m oddly fond of exclamation points.

I’ve had a lot of trouble reading anything other than magazines and boardgames rules for the last year or so, and that’s something I’m working on changing. There’s nothing wrong with reading magazines or rules, but I really do miss getting involved in a good novel.

I started reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
a couple of days ago, which is a bit of a departure for me. I usually read science fiction novels or non-fiction books about science or history. I like it a lot so far, and it feels good to be reading something other than rule booklets.

Reading the rules to a board game without having the game itself in front of you is kind of like reading a cookbook. Read the rest of this entry »

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