Posted on April 25, 2008 by David
The Kentucky Kernel, a student-run publication at the University of Kentucky, recently ran a story on the games club. Sure it had the expected references to Mountain Dew, Cheetos, and “stereotypical gamer physique,” but it was also among the nicest social assessments of dedicated gamers that I’ve seen in a general publication. The article quoted [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by Yehuda
NYC24 reports on a surge in popularity of board games, quizzes, and trivia nights in NYC barrooms, where people are searching for organized social face-to-face experiences.
Michael Evanchik, one of the organizers of the popular debate night at Lolita Bar on the Lower East Side said people like to be challenged, even while hanging out with [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by Yehuda
Hasbro up 9% adjusted for foreign exchange rates. (source)
Mattel down 2% : down 11% domestically and up 8% internationally. (source)
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Posted on April 15, 2008 by Yehuda
Vivid is going to create a board game based on the BBC game show The Kids Are All Right. This follows Vivid’s board game based on Golden Balls.
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Can I just take a moment to complain about the final game in Golden Balls? I watched one episode when I was in England last summer.
In the final [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by Yehuda
Boing Boing is hosting a game of “Pre-Cogs vs Replicants”, aka Mafia, aka Werewolf, on the #boingboing IRC channel today at 1pm EST.
Bring you’re wiles and guile.
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by David
The News-Leader (Springfield, MO) describes a picnic gathering for local geeks of all stripes. Represented at the event were live-action roleplaying, tabletop roleplaying, miniatures gamers, and the local Harry Potter fan club. Picnic at the End of the Universe is sponsored by retailer Meta-Games. The next event is scheduled for October.
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by David
RPGBomb.com, a new gamer social networking site, is conducting an “open beta test.” The service is being marketed to gamers of all types and is offering “fabulous prizes” for the most referrals. As a system still under development, RPGBomb promises a number of features to be added soon.
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Posted on April 7, 2008 by David
On May 3rd will be Free Comic Book Day, a day in which participating comic book shops in North America give away free products to visitors. WizKids, publisher of various collectible miniatures games, will produce a special Iron Man HeroClix figure for the occasion. According to WizKids’ announcement, the Iron Man figure will also feature [...]
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Posted on April 4, 2008 by Yehuda
Another pimp for board games (but old school) in the Pioneer Local (source).
A mom’s story about watching her daughter lose a game for the first time (source).
Latest card game violence (Martin County, FL): Man dies after being shot at a card game (source).
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Posted on March 31, 2008 by David
Q-Workshop is running a dice design contest and there are only 30 days left to submit your entries. Q-Workshop is a Polish company that produces unusual engraved dice in elven, runic, nuke, dragon, and Call of Cthulhu sets, among others. Designs for this ubiquitous gaming accessory must cover the range of 4-sided to 20-sided dice. [...]
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