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The Definitive Rules for Stealing Santa
Let me be clear: there is one way to play Stealing Santa. Seeing as how Santa’s not real,1 you don’t need to pretend to be nice during Christmas. And being naughty is so much more fun. So for some light-hearted, mean-spirited, present re-distribution that indulges the kleptomanic amongst us, you should play Stealing Santa. Maybe with your family, […]
The Best Way To Find Other Board Gamers
One of the best things about board gaming is gaming with other people in real life. One of the hardest things about board gaming can be finding other gamers in real life. Thankfully, the internet is here to help. Aussie board gamer and Northside Gamers legend, Craig Somerton, recently put together a neat little thing […]
What’s Your Favourite Alignment System?
A lot of games these days have a pretty standard two-pole alignment system: You’re evil, or you’re good. Hero or villain. Paragon or a Renegade. Jedi or Sith. Which is good and all, but once you leave the realms of childhood and politics behind, you realise that the world is more complex than goodies and baddies. People are more complex. You need an alignment system that captures this complexity and lets you roleplay better.
Why You Should Buy Gloomhaven, But Not From Amazon
There’s a boardgame you should buy. It’s called Gloomhaven. It is second most highly-rated game on BoardGameGeek behind Pandemic Legacy. The second edition has just been released and all reports are that this is an astonishingly awesome game. However you should not, under any circumstances, buy it from Amazon US. Gloomhaven is another legacy game. Most legacy games straddle the […]
Remember, Cards Against Humanity Is Actually Free
There are free games and there are free games. One of the best print and play games you can get for free is one of the worst: Cards Against Humanity. Cards Against Humanity, the self-dubbed “party game for horrible people”, is not a board game for everyone, but it is a board game for a lot of people […]
Mahjong: From East to West and Back Again
For some people, Chinese New Year means fireworks. For others it means lion dances. For many, it means family get-togethers and copious amounts of food. For me, it means Mahjong. Mahjong and I go back a long way. I am a toddler at my mother’s knee. She would play Mahjong with fellow South-East Asian friends, […]