The Game RanchEd & Susan's home for boardgame related information.Good News and Bad News- February 22, 2008 Today I made my weekly Friday foray into town to catch up with old friends and run my errands. After a boring week of trying to ignore revival attempts of discussions flogging dead horses on BGG, I'm unplugged from the internet on the day that the real interesting news is announced. Both are from companies that already receive a steady steam of our gaming dollars. Shoot, they probably should have their own categories in our budget software. Anyway, here is the news that you've probably...http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/archive/000317.html Through the Ages- February 21, 2008 Ed and I had planned far in advance to spend Saturday attending games at one of our local stores (Great Hall Games) for the first time. Alas, the weather did not cooperate. The cold and the rain were bad enough, but the possibility of severe thunderstorms and tornados was the deal breaker and deciding factor to stay closer to home. Of course, the dire predictions never materialized, but we spent an enjoyable late afternoon and evening giving our new copy of Through the Ages a go in spite of..http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/archive/000316.html A crafty gaming weekend- February 11, 2008 You may have come across Universal Head's excellent game rule summaries and player aides on BGG but did you know that they are all in one place on a website, Headless Hollow I stumbled across the link when I was looking at StarCraft files. I went crazy and have been printing, cutting and laminating all weekend. Too bad I have no interest in applying these skills to a proper woman's hobby, scrapbooking. Some of my friends would be thrilled to find out that I was normal after all. ...http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/archive/000315.html January 2008 Game Day Report- February 8, 2008 This was quite the productive game day for me. I played a game that has been sitting on our shelves, unplayed by me, for six years. I got to try a game that I've been curious about for over 20 years, and I got to play a game twice that I wanted to review. Dampfross This game won the Spiel des Jahres in 1984 while I was in college and long before I knew or cared anything about German game awards. It's been sitting on our shelves unloved for about six years although Ed managed to take it...http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/archive/000314.html Recent Reviews- February 7, 2008 Since webmaster Ed is swamped at work, I haven't had anyone to take my latest reviews and "do them up" all nice and pretty to post here. I'm too lazy to figure it out myself. So for now, they'll only be posted over at BGG. The recent ones are Lascaux and Kragmortha. Lascaux has a shot at overtaking R-Eco as my current favorite filler. It gets a big thumbs-up from me. If I ever see Kragmortha being pulled out again, I'm going to run and hide.http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/archive/000313.html Game Shopping- February 7, 2008 I'm usually thrilled when my son's soccer practice gets canceled because it means I get an unexpected free night at home. However, I'm not too pleased with tonight's cancellation. Our FLGS called and our copies of Through the Ages and Rails of Europe are in. Yes, the "price floor" (or whatever it's called) scheme is working with us. Without the online discount, we decided to give our local store the business. With all the talk about TtA being sold out, I was wondering if they had managed...http://www.rozmiarek.info/games/archive/000312.html |