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• Top Ten Eurogame News Items from 2009

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  1. Geekdo BGG seemed to be everywhere and do everything this year: it rewrote its database, promoted live from Essen, added several new members to its staff, and ran their largest ever BGG.con . Links and citations to BGG popped up everywhere, too. Meanwhile, BGG, in preparation for total world domination, expanded ...
  4 hours ago

• The Party’s over, but the Magic lives on

  
  Blaze Authors Blog — Authority: 127
  D ecember 27th. It’s kind of a limbo day between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Nothing really special about this day. The excitement of the holiday, the parties, the gift giving is over, and on top of that, some of us may even have to go back to work tomorrow. Or worse, some of us may be working retail today and ...
  7 hours ago

• Confugo, a Backgammon variant

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  Confugo is a simple Backgammon variant from Cathy Fox, self-published under her sggc Hamsta. You move your 6 pieces across the 18 space board using 3 dice. Stacking two pieces blocks a space (for either player), while landing on your opponent’s single piece sends it home.
  8 hours ago

• Chess Pimping Roundup

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, has called on all the youth of South Africa to play more Chess. ( source ) Time Magazine pimps Magnus Carlsen, the world’s youngest number one ranked player. ( source ) The Guardian’s weekly chess column by Leonard Barden has been going steadily for over 54 years. ( ...
  9 hours ago

• The 25 Strangest Board Games of 2009

  
  Yehuda — Authority: 121
  See entries from 2008 , 2007 ,  2006 , 2005 +6 Bag OMunchkin Babes Following Steve Jacksons other release +6 Bag OMunchkins . Aside from the weirdness of using these in a game of Munchkin - you can put one in front of you in order to gain a benefit during the game - SJ added a whole level of weirdness to ...
  10 hours ago

• More of the Same, and Games

  
  Yehuda — Authority: 121
  If its 8:30, it must be a bar-mitzvah Our dear friends had a bar-mitzvah for their (4th? 5th?) son on shabbat morning. The BM boy read beautifully and then spoke very quickly. Shul was followed by a kiddush. If its 11:30, it must be another kiddush I ran from the bar-mitzvah kiddush to the kiddush at another ...
  18 hours ago

• Remote Control Charger Dock+2 Battery For Wii Accessory

  
  Nintendo Wii Review — Authority: 150
  Hey, check out these auctions: AC ADAPTER FOR NINTENDO WII POWER SUPPLY CABLE CORD US US $8.13 End Date: Saturday Dec-26-2009 6:39:03 PST Buy It Now for only: US $8.13 Buy it now | Add to watch list **BRAND NEW** NINTENDO WII FIT BALANCE BOARD + GAMES US $94.00 End Date: Saturday ...
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• Happy Holidays

  
  MzSerena's Garden — Authority: 118
  Hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Mine was good. We opened gifts this morning and everyone was quite pleased. We didn’t do a lot, a couple gifts each. Half we didn’t bother wrapping, but we managed to have at least one each under the tree this morning the other didn’t know about. I got a beautiful watch ...
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• Treasure RPG

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  Treasure is a free fantasy roleplaying game that seems to draw similar inspiration as Fantasy Flight’s new approach to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay but in this case holds nothing back. Absolutely everything in Treasure is represented with a series of icons, symbols, and images, making a game that while primarily an ...
  1 day ago

• Post Christmas shopping is about to begin - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  
  Webkinz - Collectible Stuffed Animal Toys — Authority: 140
  Baltimore Sun (blog) Post Christmas shopping is about to beginBaltimore Sun (blog)… $16.99 Hasbro board games such as Taboo and Pictionary, and buy 2 get third free Webkinz Little Kinz Let us know about any other deals you hear about.and more »
  2 days ago

• Weekly Game Criminal Update

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  Ipswich, Australia: After drinking too much and getting into an argument at a dice game, a man drives his car and flips over into someone’s yard. ( source ) San Nicolas, Philippines: Man shot and killed by his opponent at a card game. ( source ) Norwalk, CT: One man slashes the throat of another at a card game ...
  2 days ago

• Sedarahc is Charades backwards

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  Not really backwards, actually. To be backwards, a group of people would have to shout out guesses, and then the guy would have to act them out in an incomprehensible manner. In Sedarahc , a group of people act out the card and one guy has to guess the scene. ( info )
  2 days ago

• OgreCave’s Christmas Gift Guide 2009, part 4

  
  OgreCave — Authority: 117
  This is it – Christmas looms on the horizon, just one day away. But say you’ve forgotten to get a gift for someone, a fellow gamer, and there’s no time to get to the stores anymore. Fear not, for the Cave dwellers have compiled one more list of gift suggestions in our OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide 2009 . This ...
  2 days ago

• Win One Of Ten Dragon’s Board Promo Codes With A Retweet Or Comment

  
  App Advice — Authority: 153
  AppAdvice has teamed up with A. Rebagliato to offer you a chance at winning one of ten (10) promo codes for their first ever iPhone and iPod touch game, Dragon’s Board . Dragon’s Board is a dice-rolling board game that will have you crossing a dragon infested field in order to reach a castle.  In the ...
  3 days ago

• Gifts From A Fashionable Housewife

  
  The Fashionable Housewife — Authority: 617
  Christmas is a wonderful time to show your love and thanks to friends and family, and the life that you’ve built with them. But with managing chores, errands, and parties, it can get pretty difficult to know what to buy for those who are on your nice list. Here’s some ideas for the housewife in a jam when ...
  3 days ago

• iPhone games review roundup

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Smugglers, the Family Friendly Strategy Game

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  Smugglers is deemed by its subtitle to be a “family friendly strategy game”. The game is by Phil Tasto. Smugglers is a pickup and deliver game. You roll the dice to see your maximum movement rate each round. For each delivery, you secretly decide whether to deliver straight or to smuggle. If you smuggle ...
  3 days ago

• Board Game Pimping Roundup

  
  Purple Pawn — Authority: 514
  The Wilmington, NC Star News pimps local store Cape Fear Games , as well as Starship Catan , World of Warcraft the board game, Agricola , The Settlers of Catan , Dominion , Carcassonne , and Ticket to Ride . ( source ) WNKU pimps YottaQuest in Cincinnati, again , with an article that appears to be a ...
  3 days ago

• Carcassonne 101

  
  GeekDad — Authority: 679
  Carcassonne (image: waltthewell.com) It wasn’t until last year that I was introduced to the Carcassonne board game. Once I had been though, I wish I’d discovered it years ago. Our family simply fell in love with the game and couldn’t stop playing it. But although it’s a great game to play it’s a little ...
  4 days ago

• Doctor in the House

  
  Dane of War — Authority: 152
  Paizos popular board game Kill Doctor Lucky , which sold out last holiday season, is back in print, with a new lower price—and now it includes the "...And His Little Dog Too!" expansion! Youve hated Doctor Lucky for as long as you can remember. Maybe he destroyed your dry cleaning business; maybe you think hes ...
  4 days ago

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