What is P500?
Mar 23, 2011
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Many of our friends in the gaming industry utilize what’s known as a P500 preorder system. Companies such as GMT, Lock ‘n Load, and others
Many of our friends in the gaming industry utilize what’s known as a P500 preorder system. Companies such as GMT, Lock ‘n Load, and others
Hal Richman received an honor five decades in the making on Saturday, when his labor of love reached an impressive milestone of longevity. Richman, the creator of Strat-O-Matic Baseball, saw legions of fans descend upon the Community Church of New York to jointly celebrate the game’s 50th anniversary and its annual Opening Day party.
When we think about games and their stories, we’re thinking about a nicely complicated interweaving of narrative and activity.
Let’s just pick up right where we left off yesterday as I was talking with Alan Emrich, the man behind Victory Point Games!
Alan was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule this holiday season to tackle some questions I had about his experience in the industry as well as Victory Point Games.
At a time of year when family demands can seem onerous, games can help us slow down as we come together over a cleared table.
Earlier today I read on BoardGameGeek that W. Eric Martin is going to take his resources from Board Game News and fold them into BGG.
I have a couple of issues I keep in mind when I’m putting together the list of games I’ll want to take along to visit friends and family. First, I don’t want to overwhelm our hosts, so I only take a few games. Somewhere between four and six seems like a good number. Second, I like to bring short games. Third, how big a family are we visiting? Do you need to pack some massively multi-player games for your sister with three kids? And if it’s your sister with the kids then you’ll need to think about ages, too. Lastly, I spend a little time thinking about theme.
The Gaming Gang’s own Elliott Miller has made his first appearance as a guest reader on the HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast with Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey.
Once you’ve decided what type or genre of games you’d like to involve people into playing publicly your next step is going to be to
I wanted to share a link to a short piece that Trent over on The Board Game Family had to share regarding the real investment involved in gaming. And it isn’t really about money folks!
Playing the same people year after year seems to me a way to learn to be comfortable with others, to deepen friendships and community.
Let’s pick right up from where we left off with my interview with GMT’s Tony Curtis…
Jeff McAleer: Twilight Struggle is a fabulous game and is almost always in the top five over on Board Game Geek – I believe it’s currently number three. I know the recent Washington’s War uses somewhatly similar mechanics as far as being event card driven.
B-17: Queen of the Skies is a strategy game which re-creates the early bombing missions and aerial combat of the B-17 (F Model) bombers of the US Eighth Air Force over Europe between October 1942 and May 1943.
When you want to teach people something, and make it fun, more and more people are turning to board games to get the lesson across.
