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Feb 14, 2023
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Pondering Mechanics with Bez: Fixed Placement Auctions
This morning (Wednesday 8 Feb 23) at 10:00 UK time, I will be chatting about Fixed Placement Auctions with the terrifically talented Bez....
Feb 8, 2023
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Just Desert
A review of Eighth Army Versus Rommel: Tactics, Training and Operations in North Africa This scholarly book by James Colvin analyses the...
Jan 29, 2023
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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...
Jan 2, 2023
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Bonding on the Western Front: a book review
https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/survivors-of-a-kind-memoirs-of-the-western-front.php?sid=99fee03d3b638d9cbcc04f4ffc1a8a32...
Jan 1, 2023
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A Trip to Notts - Retford Moot A
After a brief recovery from GridCon, Charlie and I headed north on the A1 to Nottinghamshire for the Retford Moot, a replacement for our...
Nov 23, 2022
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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,...
Nov 16, 2022
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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....
Nov 15, 2022
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Apparently, it's nearly Christmas... Soon time for an Advent Calendar?!
I've never been a great one for advent calendars - just give me a Topic (showing my age!) and I'm happy, rather than a daily dose of...
Nov 3, 2022
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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...
Nov 2, 2022
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Further musings on Policy, Strategy, Operations, and Tactics
See earlier blog post. After reading BA Friedman's On Operations, I would slightly modify my musings to remove any hint that 'operations'...
Nov 1, 2022
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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...
Nov 1, 2022
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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...
Oct 13, 2022
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SSG at Spiel '22
In an attempt at a return to normality, Surprised Stare Games will once again have a stand at Essen Spiel! We've already shipped our...
Oct 1, 2022
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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...
Sep 28, 2022
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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...
Sep 26, 2022
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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...
Sep 23, 2022
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Blethering about Area-Impulses
Yesterday I was chatting to Bez about the Area-Impulse mechanic. The recording is here: YouTube Stuffbybez.
Sep 22, 2022
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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...
Sep 21, 2022
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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...
Sep 20, 2022
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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...
Sep 15, 2022
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SSG at Tabletop Gaming Live!
Yes, Surprised Stare Games will be at Tabletop Gaming Live in Manchester, 17th to 18th September 2022. We will have all three of our...
Sep 14, 2022
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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...
Sep 13, 2022
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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...
Sep 8, 2022
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