Thinking about Games

I've done some housekeeping in my Facebook account, and I've shifted my blogging about games

This group has been quiet for a while, and I find myself without the enthusiasm to continue managing

On Jun 7, 6:37 am, John McLeod <j...@pagat.com> wrote: > However I am wondering how gamblers

There's an age-old debate in the wargaming world about which is more important--simulating

David Parlett wrote: > Here we find ourselves talking about the forward visualisation involved

And the votes are in. Yes Patrick, we've said it all I suppose. Or maybe we need a greater degree

There are indeed great game designers that are also great guys. But there ARE also great game

Ok we can all be fans and that is well and good, but, sometimes I see what can only be termed '

On Aug 28, 4:31 am, Peter Clinch <pjcli...@dundee.ac.uk> wrote: > Patrick wrote: > >

In another group, someone mentioned that playing Go can be a sort of Rorschach test for the

I happened to go to the library yesterday, and on my way in I noticed a sign that read: "Web

James you might have misread the context in my comments. To say a child plays just for the joy of

Yer odd Patrick, but I like you the way you are :) I hate 'collector syndrome' too. It's

On Aug 5, 6:35 pm, John McLeod <j...@pagat.com> wrote: > What immediately struck me about

Maybe a little TMI there . . .

No, you're just human Pat :) Losing sucks.

Aaaaaabsolutely nothing beats the modern hand held electronic game toy for this. Nothing, not a

Patrick wrote: > Mainly, it's yet another reminder of how out of sync I am with the >

On Jun 18, 4:43 am, Shade_Jon <Shade...@gmail.com> wrote: > Your question may not be the

On Jun 16, 11:27 am, John McLeod <j...@pagat.com> wrote: > For the field of card games, I

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Sukunai <sukunai...@hotmail.com> wrote: >What is the history of

Life is a game of chance. You may die walking across the street, or driving on the highway or be

If Sukunai usually gets the last word around here, I seem to always get the first. I hope others feel

"Most people are out to be entertained, and traditional games aren't very mesmerizing. Often

:) I am just wondering, why is it, I always seem to end up with the last word on our discussions? I

The situation is simple. When I was a teen I had one way to get a game and only one way to get a game

Part of the hell of games today is the fact we have become soooo dependent on digital forms of games.

My experience with bookstores is also that games always seems to have a section. It's small, but

Have not seen War for Edadh. On Up Front, the lack of the board was I think it's strength.

In a perfect world. The board game ASL has all the unknowns of Up Front. But then, you end up