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Boardgame Recommendations
There’s a scifi convention in my home municipality near Stockholm this weekend: Fantastika 2016. I’m giving a talk on my Medieval castles project, and I’m also on a boardgame recommendations panel....
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This past weekend saw my seventh annual boardgaming retreat: 43 hours in good company at a small hotel (in Nynäshamn for the first time), all meals included. My buddy Oscar organises everything. This...
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Most-played Boardgames of 2016
Here are the nine boardgames that I played more than thrice during 2016. The year’s total was 87 different games. Keltis (2008, travel version, very handy, and Cousin E loves its mathiness) Sechs nimmt...
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Dungeons & Archaeologists
Dungeon map by Tim Hartin (paratime.ca) The original roleplaying game, 1974’s Dungeons & Dragons, set the template for a hugely popular genre that persists to this day as RPGs, boardgames (such as...
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LinCon & SweCon 2017
Ascension with its four days off is shaping up to be the geekiest time of the year. This time I had three big events to choose from: the LinCon gaming convention, the Kontur/SweCon scifi convention...
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July Pieces Of My Mind #1
Swedish 1960s translation of the Game of Life. I just found a uranium mine. According to Boardgame Geek, there are 13,879 better boardgames than this. I bought a Kindle and I like it. Better than...
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Most-Played Boardgames of 2017
Here are the ten boardgames that I played more than four times during 2017. The year’s total was 78 different games. Magic: The Gathering (1993) No Thanks! (2004) Patchwork (2014, a new arrival on the...
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LinCon 2018 Gaming Convention
As has become my habit, I spent two days at LinCon, a big four-day gaming event in Linköping. This is two hours’ drive from my home, and my nearest big gaming con. For some reason Sweden’s capital...
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Boardgaming Retreat
Hans, Jan and Urban learning Istanbul. This past weekend saw my sixth annual boardgaming retreat: 43 hours in good company at our usual small Nyköping hotel, all meals included. My buddy Oscar...
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A Tangled Tale Of The Arabian Nights
Most story boardgames don’t let you do much tactically to influence the results or win. I’ve reported previously on what a game of Arkham Horror (2005) can be like. And I’ve played Betrayal At House...
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