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Jan 2, 2023
Marching Across the Tabletop!
Very good to see my game, The March of Progress, in the Tabletop Gaming Magazine's Best Games of 2022! It was also available in the...
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Nov 16, 2022
Blethering about Auctions
In which Bez and I get an overview of auction mechanics through games such as Skull, Modern Art, For Sale, No Thanks!, High Society,...
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Nov 15, 2022
On the Grid(Con)
Charlie and I went off to GridCon 3 last week. For the uninitiated, GridCon is Paul Grogan's south west annual board gaming convention....
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Nov 2, 2022
Blethering Today with Bez
I'll be talking with Bez about daily highlights, brilliant things, and boardgames this morning (Wednesday 2 Nov 22) at 10:00. Come along...
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Nov 1, 2022
Live on ModellingForAdvantage tonight!
Some readers may remember that I was a guest, with Ralph Anderson, on the Restless Kaiser's Modelling For Advantage live show way back in...
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Oct 13, 2022
Kingmaker Kickstarter Krescendo!
Surprised Stare Games is now back from Essen's Internationale Spieltage and has had a couple of day's rest. I was especially pleased that...
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Sep 28, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 8, Stuff we left out
This is the eighth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...
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Sep 26, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 7, Scrope to Masham: some comments on historicity in Kingmaker
This is the seventh post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...
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Sep 23, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 6, Controversies?!
This is the sixth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...
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Sep 22, 2022
Blethering about Area-Impulses
Yesterday I was chatting to Bez about the Area-Impulse mechanic. The recording is here: YouTube Stuffbybez.
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Sep 21, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 5, Teamwork!
This is the fifth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...
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Sep 20, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 4, What Versions to Put in the Box?
This is the fourth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...
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Sep 15, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 3, Kingmaker The Second: The Board, Parliament, Random Death
This is the third post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...
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Sep 13, 2022
Live on the Modelling For Advantage YouTube show today!
Ralph Anderson (Kingmaker Kickstarter Manager) and I will be live streaming about the new Gibsons Kingmaker edition on the MfA YouTube...
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Sep 8, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 2, Kingmaker The Second: Prestige
This is the second post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...
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Sep 6, 2022
Kingmaker Developer's Notes - 1, Basic Principles
This is the first post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts:...
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Jul 14, 2022
Action Retrieval Now!
Yesterday (13 July 2022), I blethered with Bez on her live stream about the game mechanism of Action Retrieval. If you'd like to hear the...
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Apr 11, 2022
Making of Kings, April 2022 update
https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/tabletop-gaming-magazine-podcast-season-2-is-here/ https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/Store/Back-Issu...
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Feb 27, 2022
Making of Kings, February 2022 update
Gibsons Games have just created a signup form for people who would like to receive information about the launch of their new edition of...
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Dec 18, 2021
Wargames – increasing complexity?
A caricatured view of the history of wargames suggests that there was a Golden Age when there were very few wargames around, and they...
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Sep 28, 2021
Another Kingmaker Milestone
I've handed over the redeveloped Kingmaker prototype to Gibsons Games down in Sutton. This marks a line-drawn-under-it moment in terms of...
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Sep 14, 2021
Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk game design.
A comparison of professional wargaming and recreational wargaming design processes 2019 was a very important year for professional...
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Aug 10, 2021
Lots of Kingmaking!
A post about the redeveloping Kingmaker game from Gibsons.
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Aug 3, 2021
Designing an ideal introductory wargame
With Dr Lewis Pulsipher In which Lew and I have a deep-dive ramble about designing ‘the ideal introductory wargame’. We discuss some, to...
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