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Board Games R Fun
Jun. 14th, 2007 10:20 amFrom today's Tyee, a positive article about board games:
Gaming's New Boarders
Why board games are scoring video's players.
By Joseph Liau
Published: June 14, 2007
TheTyee.ca
( Read more... )
Meanwhile, I'm back from the Consimworld convention held at Tempe, Arizona. It was pretty good! There were around 250 attendees, the highest number yet. I got to meet John Hill, the designer of many of my old favourites, and had some good talks over the redesign of my Green Beret game. I also met some old and new fans, including a guy from Peru who had a lot to say about the secret history behind my Shining Path game.
I brought prototype copies of Balkan Gambit and Konarmiya to show, and people were very interested in them. News of the forthcoming Battle for China deluxe package, with diecut counters and the expansion kit, was also received with alacrity.
Sales of Operation Whirlwind were, um, not brisk owing to the relative obscurity of the project. But that's OK. I sold a couple of copies of Freikorps on the strength of the notion that Konarmiya would link up with that game.
It was over 100 degrees and sunny-hazy each day. Lianne felt ill the first day or two but spent a lot of time at the pool - I went in long enough to get a sunburn on my chest, and only my chest (looks as if I've been painted with something pale pink). We went to a very good video and CD store just down the street and got a LOT of stuff. Bought a few books besides. The district is just down the street from Arizona State University, so it's full of hot-bodied coeds with Daddy-bought BMWs and trim frat-boys annoying everyone in sight. Nearly everyone under the age of 25 you see is blond and rich or modestly Mexican.
Friday night we and Joe Miranda went to "Goth night" at a club called The Palazzo. Getting there was kind of odd as it was near downtown Phoenix, about 11 miles away, and the street in front of it was all torn up for rebuilding. There were two big rooms in the club, one in front for the bar stars and Normals to listen to their club-rap (the big hit of the evening was a very loud and simple piece featuring the refrain "do that shit, do that shit" over and over again) and one in the back for the Goths. A very high ceiling and some nice furniture - we sat in two tall chairs like thrones. Mostly industrial or EBM was played, a nice variety of costumes and it seemed well attended. There was a sort of garden area outside where we went to get a breath of air and talk. We were all pretty tired, Lianne especially so, so left after two hours. Took over half an hour to get a taxi and we got home fine.
We left very early on Monday morning and were home by 7:30 that night, but it was a long day - plane to Seattle, taxi to Federal Way, car to Port Angeles, ferry to Victoria, and no time for stops. I think next time we will go straight from Victoria, which adds a lot to the ticket price (and humiliation of airport security and border crossing angst) but saves us some time.
Gaming's New Boarders
Why board games are scoring video's players.
By Joseph Liau
Published: June 14, 2007
TheTyee.ca
( Read more... )
Meanwhile, I'm back from the Consimworld convention held at Tempe, Arizona. It was pretty good! There were around 250 attendees, the highest number yet. I got to meet John Hill, the designer of many of my old favourites, and had some good talks over the redesign of my Green Beret game. I also met some old and new fans, including a guy from Peru who had a lot to say about the secret history behind my Shining Path game.
I brought prototype copies of Balkan Gambit and Konarmiya to show, and people were very interested in them. News of the forthcoming Battle for China deluxe package, with diecut counters and the expansion kit, was also received with alacrity.
Sales of Operation Whirlwind were, um, not brisk owing to the relative obscurity of the project. But that's OK. I sold a couple of copies of Freikorps on the strength of the notion that Konarmiya would link up with that game.
It was over 100 degrees and sunny-hazy each day. Lianne felt ill the first day or two but spent a lot of time at the pool - I went in long enough to get a sunburn on my chest, and only my chest (looks as if I've been painted with something pale pink). We went to a very good video and CD store just down the street and got a LOT of stuff. Bought a few books besides. The district is just down the street from Arizona State University, so it's full of hot-bodied coeds with Daddy-bought BMWs and trim frat-boys annoying everyone in sight. Nearly everyone under the age of 25 you see is blond and rich or modestly Mexican.
Friday night we and Joe Miranda went to "Goth night" at a club called The Palazzo. Getting there was kind of odd as it was near downtown Phoenix, about 11 miles away, and the street in front of it was all torn up for rebuilding. There were two big rooms in the club, one in front for the bar stars and Normals to listen to their club-rap (the big hit of the evening was a very loud and simple piece featuring the refrain "do that shit, do that shit" over and over again) and one in the back for the Goths. A very high ceiling and some nice furniture - we sat in two tall chairs like thrones. Mostly industrial or EBM was played, a nice variety of costumes and it seemed well attended. There was a sort of garden area outside where we went to get a breath of air and talk. We were all pretty tired, Lianne especially so, so left after two hours. Took over half an hour to get a taxi and we got home fine.
We left very early on Monday morning and were home by 7:30 that night, but it was a long day - plane to Seattle, taxi to Federal Way, car to Port Angeles, ferry to Victoria, and no time for stops. I think next time we will go straight from Victoria, which adds a lot to the ticket price (and humiliation of airport security and border crossing angst) but saves us some time.
