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Rattus Cartus - review

Greg J. Schloesser — 2013-05-21T15:56:35

I have posted my review of Rattus Cartus to our East Tennessee Gamers
website.  Check it out at:

www.easttennesseegamers.com

As always, your comments are welcome.

Review - Reverse Charades

Greg J. Schloesser — 2013-05-13T20:49:56

I have posted my review of Reverse Charades on the East Tennessee Gamers
website.  Check it out at:

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As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome.

File - Spielfrieks Etiquette Text

2013-05-12T07:22:00

Spielfrieks Etiquette

The Spielfrieks list is one of the largest forums for the discussion of German-style (aka designer) games. Here are a few tips and some general guidelines designed to keep Spielfrieks an enjoyable and useful forum.

1. Try to keep the subject line in tune with the content of your message. If you reply to one email but the subject starts to drift, please change the subject line to reflect the new topic. This makes it much easier for those reading to filter on the subjects that interest them most.

2. Cut down on unnecessary quoted text (text from the person you are replying to). This is especially true of the boiler-plate Spielfrieks material that is appended to every posted message. It's hard to read these messages with lots of extra quoted text - especially in digest mode. The number of messages is so great that not everyone can keep up - so please be judicious in cutting out text in replies.

3. Please use www.tinyurl.com or another URL-shortening service when posting long links. Ma

File - For Sale Policy Text

2013-05-01T07:20:49

Spielfrieks "For sale" Posting Guidelines

A For Sale ("[FS]") post is any message that is primarily meant to advertise games for direct sale or to draw attention to an eBay auction or a "Games For Sale" web page.

First, let us point out that there is a separate mailing list at Yahoo Groups, Spielfrieks Marketplace, which was established in April 2002 to serve as the "classified ads" of the Spielfrieks community. Spielfrieks Marketplace can be found here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spielfrieks-marketplace/

For Sale [FS] posts on Spielfrieks must follow these guidelines:

1. For Sale [FS] posts must be limited to one message per person per week.

2. No game should be advertised for sale more than once by the same seller. That is, if you say "I have Password available for $50" then you shouldn't come back a week later and say "I have Password available for $5."

3. No posts should be made to remind everyone that a previously-announced eBay auction is soon ending.

4. Any For Sale [FS] posts (to either li

Interview with Matt Leacock

Shannon Appelcline — 2013-04-29T17:31:17

Today on Mechanics & Meeples, I posted a new interview with Matt Leacock,
all about cooperative design:
http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2013/04/29/co-op-interviews-matt-leacock-pandemic/

Shannon


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2013-04-28T07:21:11

Spielfrieks Etiquette

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1. Try to keep the subject line in tune with the content of your message. If you reply to one email but the subject starts to drift, please change the subject line to reflect the new topic. This makes it much easier for those reading to filter on the subjects that interest them most.

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Gamers Alliance Report - Free Issue!

Herb Levy — 2013-04-25T04:12:31

Hello Friends,

   Gamers Alliance is the international gaming network. Since 1986, we have 
been featuring the newest and best games on the market today in our
quarterly publication, Gamers Alliance Report. Since the current issue 
(Spring 2013) is now available to our members, we are making last year's 
issue (Spring 2012) available free for everyone on our web site.

   The Spring 2012 issue is filled with more of the top quality game reviews 
our readership has come to expect from some of the best writers on games in 
the world. Lots of other fun stuff to explore on the site too.

   If you think you might be interested in taking a look, simply go to 
www.gamersalliance.com and click on "Sample Past GA REPORTS". When you get 
to the sample page, click on the 2012 Spring link.

   Enjoy your visit!
--
Herb Levy
Gamers Alliance
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Dice Tower Award Nominees for the year 2012 Announced!

Tom Vasel — 2013-04-17T11:07:21

*Press Release, April 17, 2013*


*The Dice Tower Network is proud to present the slate of Dice Tower Gaming
Awards for games released in the year 2012.  A committee made up of over 40
prominent podcasters, reviewers, and bloggers has come up with the lists of
the best tabletop games of the year 2012.  *


*The committee congratulates all the nominees, and we look forward to
announcing the winners the first week of July, at the Dice Tower Convention.
*

*
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*A list of the nominations, along with designers and English publishers.*

*
*

*Game of the Year:*


   - *Android: Netrunner: *by Richard Garfield and Lukas Lizsinger -
   Fantasy Flight Games
   - *CO2: *by Vital Lacerda - Stronghold Games
   - *Descent, 2nd Edition*: by Adam Sadler, Daniel Clark I, Corey
   Konieczka, and Kevin Wilson - Fantasy Flight Games
   - *Lords of Waterdeep: *by Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson - Wizards of
   the Coast
   - *Mage Wars: *by Bryan and Benjamin Pope - Arcane Wonders
   - *Mice and Mystics: *by Jerry Hawthorne - Pl

3012 Deckbuilding Article

Shannon Appelcline — 2013-04-15T18:09:23

I've got a new deckbuilding article out today on 3012 from Cryptozoic:
http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2013/04/15/a-deckbuilding-look-at-3012/

As usual, it talks about what this game adds to the field, and all that
jazz.

Shannon


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File - Spielfrieks Etiquette Text

2013-04-14T07:18:37

Spielfrieks Etiquette

The Spielfrieks list is one of the largest forums for the discussion of German-style (aka designer) games. Here are a few tips and some general guidelines designed to keep Spielfrieks an enjoyable and useful forum.

1. Try to keep the subject line in tune with the content of your message. If you reply to one email but the subject starts to drift, please change the subject line to reflect the new topic. This makes it much easier for those reading to filter on the subjects that interest them most.

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Milestones - review

Greg J. Schloesser — 2013-04-03T18:37:21

I have published my review of Milestones on the East Tennessee Gamers
website.  Check it out at:

www.easttennesseegamers.com

As always, your comments and thoughts are welcome.

More Board Gaming History

Shannon Appelcline — 2013-04-02T22:40:57

After a month away, I returned to Mechanics & Meeples yesterday with
another section of my board game history, this one mapping out the start of
America's ascendance into a "board gaming century":

http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2013/04/01/board-game-history-the-american-board-gaming-century-begins/

Shannon


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File - For Sale Policy Text

2013-04-01T07:19:34

Spielfrieks "For sale" Posting Guidelines

A For Sale ("[FS]") post is any message that is primarily meant to advertise games for direct sale or to draw attention to an eBay auction or a "Games For Sale" web page.

First, let us point out that there is a separate mailing list at Yahoo Groups, Spielfrieks Marketplace, which was established in April 2002 to serve as the "classified ads" of the Spielfrieks community. Spielfrieks Marketplace can be found here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spielfrieks-marketplace/

For Sale [FS] posts on Spielfrieks must follow these guidelines:

1. For Sale [FS] posts must be limited to one message per person per week.

2. No game should be advertised for sale more than once by the same seller. That is, if you say "I have Password available for $50" then you shouldn't come back a week later and say "I have Password available for $5."

3. No posts should be made to remind everyone that a previously-announced eBay auction is soon ending.

4. Any For Sale [FS] posts (to either li

File - Spielfrieks Etiquette Text

2013-03-31T07:19:37

Spielfrieks Etiquette

The Spielfrieks list is one of the largest forums for the discussion of German-style (aka designer) games. Here are a few tips and some general guidelines designed to keep Spielfrieks an enjoyable and useful forum.

1. Try to keep the subject line in tune with the content of your message. If you reply to one email but the subject starts to drift, please change the subject line to reflect the new topic. This makes it much easier for those reading to filter on the subjects that interest them most.

2. Cut down on unnecessary quoted text (text from the person you are replying to). This is especially true of the boiler-plate Spielfrieks material that is appended to every posted message. It's hard to read these messages with lots of extra quoted text - especially in digest mode. The number of messages is so great that not everyone can keep up - so please be judicious in cutting out text in replies.

3. Please use www.tinyurl.com or another URL-shortening service when posting long links. Ma

New reviews: corrected URL

Greg J. Schloesser — 2013-03-28T01:16:42

Sorry ... I misspelled the URL in my last post.  Here is the correction:

I have published review of both Flashpoint: Fire Rescue and MatchPoint on
the East Tennessee Gamer website.  Check it out at:

www.easttennesseegamers.com <http://www.easttenesseegamers.com/>

As always, your comments and thoughts are welcome.

New reviews: Flashpoint: Fire Rescue and MatchPoint

Greg J. Schloesser — 2013-03-27T19:21:55

I have published review of both Flashpoint: Fire Rescue and MatchPoint on
the East Tennessee Gamer website.  Check it out at:

www.easttenesseegamers.com

As always, your comments and thoughts are welcome.

Greg Schloesser's "Bundling is Better" sale

Greg J. Schloesser — 2013-03-22T18:37:38

I am running a 'bundling' auction on the Geek.  I have bundled numerous
games together and am selling them in lots.

Check it out at:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/155062/greg-schloessers-bundling-is-better-sale

Thanks!

Re: Re: Discussion of theme in Ra

Doug Orleans — 2013-03-18T22:04:03

Perhaps you're thinking of this, from a 1999 interview by Stephen Glenn:


SG: Ra was another title which has seen some decent press. Any
interesting development stories behind that?

RK: Ra actually has a good story behind it; it was the first game I
did after my retirement. I retired two years ago and for some months
before that I had played with the idea of doing an Egyptian game. I
have Tutanchamun, but I thought that was a rather special kind of
game, so I could probably do another Egyptian game. Two or three weeks
after my retirement I said, okay, now let's get started. That's the
time, when I do a big game, that the world around me stops. I
concentrate on this game and nothing else. And since I had more time,
this concentration became even more extreme. For four to six weeks I
did nothing but work on this game. It started off as a two-and-a-half
to three hour game. The initial idea was to combine a card game with a
board game. So you would play a card game, you would win certain
cards, then you would

Re: Discussion of theme in Ra

brosiuse — 2013-03-18T20:43:21

Thank you, Stefan, but I am not asking about the name, but
about the mechanisms of the game.  I think I remember hearing
that Ra originally had many things that were evocative of
ancient Egypt, but that they were removed to make the game
play better.  My question is whether my memory about this is
correct.

Eric



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Re: Discussion of theme in Ra

Stefan Brueck — 2013-03-18T14:20:17

Hi Eric,
 
the prototype of 'RA' was called from beginning on "Ra".
Maybe you remember a discussion about "Taj Mahal", which was "1066" as
prototype (but this was too "English" for me ... ;o)

best regards
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File - Spielfrieks Etiquette Text

2013-03-17T07:20:47

Spielfrieks Etiquette

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3. Please use www.tinyurl.com or another URL-shortening service when posting long links. Ma