A colleague of mine loves H.P. Lovecraft even more than I do. He came across a YouTube video discussing the gamification of the Lovecraft/Cthulhu mythos. While the video is talking about video games we had an interesting discussion involving the board game world. That is what I would like to discuss today […]
A member of the LCG community here in Colorado indulged me with a conversation about the new Android: Netrunner card restriction lists. This list is titled NAPD Most Wanted List, appropriately thematic for the game it self. The cards on the list are those which Fantasy Flight Games has deemed improperly balanced […]
Hidden Agendas This weekend Aeither.net co-writer Cait posted on Facebook about Cthulhu, our glorious savior, and his influence on board games. It was a funny Dork Tower comic about how Cthulhu’s ability to be Integrated into any game making the game more fun. Cait very much dislikes Game of Thrones: […]
Drawn Out Theme I just got my Kickstarter pledge from Mr. B Games for the game called Posthuman. This is a fantastic game about surviving a post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland in a journey to find the last bastion of humanity called The Fortress. The game takes a bit of time to play […]
This article is not meant to poke lightly at the term PTSD. As we adventure through the story of my situation keep in mind that as topical and light as it seems in my head, it was a very stressful nerve-racking time. I will just get started with my story. […]
Videos to Play By This week I want to take a look at my favorite YouTube videos that are about board games. I am just going to dive right in, so here we go. The first videos I like to follow are from The Dice Tower. They have so many videos they put […]
Often times a LGS will run events for gaming. A draft for MTG, a tournament for Splendor, or even a league for an LCG. They will run these events to garner interest in a community surrounding a game or to build upon an already established community. These events are also a […]
A Tribute to Star Wars When Fantasy Flight Games obtain the ability to make Star Wars games everyone was excited. Not only was their favorite franchise getting more games made but a company known for making good games was at the helm of the endeavor. As a tribute to the new […]
Learning From Exposure Experiences in the Envoy Program Just in case you all didn’t know I work with a company called Double Exposure, in their Envoy Program. Envoy’s mission statement is as follows: As an industry, gaming struggles to succeed at a business level – great games are being produced […]
This last week was kind of crazy. Everyone from out of town was at the office and the company held tons of events. Suffice it to say I was super tired after this week. So when I was sitting down to write this article I started to think about how I choose what games […]
