Hei everybody I am a boardgamer live in Hong Kong. I know boardgame is becoming popular among Korean and there are a number of Boardgame cafe. Actually i want...
Interviews by an Optimist # 32 - Scott Alden Scott (Aldie) says this about himself... You could say my entire waking life is about games. I have always been...
Joe Steadman and I have started an audio show/blog, inspired by Geekspeak and Mark Johnson. Check it out and give us feedback, so we know whether to stop the ...
Get Paul That Promotion (Black and White Games, 2005 - Mike Petty), uses the slogan "Just how uncreative can you get?" This was an interesting point for me,...
Interviews by an Optimist # 33 - David Coutts David says this about himself... "I was 6 when I first emigrated to Australia (Dad had left the RAF). I vividly...
I like the Axis and Allies series, as well as other plastic miniature-filled games such as Attack! There's just something about commanding large forces and...
Interviews by an Optimist # 34 - Erik Arneson Erik Arneson has been writing about board games for About.com since March 1999 (when About.com was known as The...
One should not judge a board game by its cover. Yet there is no denying that the cover of a game is one of its strongest selling points. Games like Ticket to...
Interviews by an Optimist # 35 - Samuel Blanchard Samuel gives this history... Vanished Planet was created by four people: Craig & Jennifer Oliver and Samuel &...
In discussions regarding games that accommodate eight players most people just advocate splitting up into two four-player groups. There are just very few...
Live Oak Games has been running a contest with their abstract SiegeStone games for a while now, but I first heard of them when I got a copy of Ice Lake in a...
http://www.gamefest.com/news/news_detail/2512_0_4_0_C/ We got a new name, then scratched it almost right after the show. I do think things went a little better...
I like when a game has a bit of complexity, especially when the mechanics are something neat - something I haven't seen before. Usually, the more complex a...
Interviews by an Optimist # 36 - Mike Fitzgerald Mike gives this biography of himself... "All my life I have been passionate about four things: Music, Radio, ...
This is my 300th review, and I thought that I would review a board game designed and produced in Korea, my country of residence. Korea has a rather active...
Candamir: the First Settlers (Mayfair Games, 2004 – Klaus Teuber) is a game that is based on a book (Candamir: the First Settlers), which is based on a game...
Our third episode is up... http://www.gamefest.com/news/news_detail/2547_0_4_0_C/ I think we have our final name - The Dice Tower. In this show, we talk about...
Interviews by an Optimist # 37 - Jim Sandefur Jim says this about himself... I was a potter for about a decade. I taught classes at the Denver Potters Guild...
Packaging a CD with a game is nothing new - Quest of the Dragonlords added the instructions for their game on CD, and a few other games have followed suit....
Interviews by an Optimist # 38 - Rob Daviau Rob says this about himself... "I'm coming up on 35 and have been a professional game designer since I was 28....
Interviews by an Optimist # 39 - Baba Ali Baba Ali's primary focus is making Middle Eastern-theme games. His debut game "Mecca to Medina" is based on an...
.... has just been posted at... http://www.gamefest.com/news/news_detail/2574_0_4_0_C/ Thanks for all the questions and thoughts! Tom Vasel "Real men play...
Interviews by an Optimist # 40 - Marc Shayed Marc says this about himself... "Well, it all started a long time ago. My first gaming experience was D&D. I was...
Interviews by an Optimist # 43 - Benno Delonge Benno said this about himself... Born 1957 in Munich, where I have always lived since then. Learned to game at...
Interviews by an Optimist # 41 - Craig Besinque Craig gives this info about himself... "Age 58, live in New Denver BC, a small town in the middle of the ...
Interviews by an Optimist # 42 - Richard Berg Richard Berg is a very renowned war game designer, having designed scores of war games. He is very vocal in the...
Interviews by an Optimist # 45 - Ted Racier Ted says this about himself... I was born in a log cabin that I built with my own hands... Actually I was born in...
It seems that every Days of Wonder big box game is an event – with a lot of press, fanfare, and general excitement. This general adulation is no mistake, as...
Interviews by an Optimist #44 - Xavier Garriga Xavier Garriga (36) "Probably my relationship with games is due to something genetic, because my father also...
Kablamo (Gigantoskop, 2004 - Christoffer Kramer and Jesper Moberg) definitely has a controversial theme - that of playing Russian roulette with some...
