The Long View

For this episode of The Long View, we will examine the game Paths of Glory, and try to discover what it is about this complex, monster of a game that has made it a fixture in the overall Boardgamegeek rankings. My guest for this episode is Dr. Justin Nordstrom, who shares his insights with me about this fascinating and enduring wargame.
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In the year 2288, off-world mining is now controlled by a few mega-corporations.

Hello and welcome Todd Rowland, Edward Bolme, and Jeff Quick to 2D6.org’s “20 questions” and answers from the readers segment. In my opinion AEG has done a fantastic job with the Collectible Card Game and the None Collectible Card Game market, bringing us the long standing, rich, and detailed world of Rokugan for almost 17 years now.

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We conclude our special mini-series on fast & light fillers this week with a look at 4 more games: Bears!, Coloretto, Fluxx, and Pocket Rockets.

Japanese U-Go offensive and ending up as what would be know as Imphal-Kohima, the most dramatic defeat ever inflicted on a Japanese army.

“Origins, Gencon, BGG.CON, Essen, and ConsimWorld Expo!”

 
Welcome back for our seventh episode of Wooden Cubes & Iron Soldiers!
In this episode we spend the first two hours covering a wide variety of games and topics, discussing everything from what makes a game “gamey”, to Wil Wheaton, TableTop, and some of the pitfalls and trappings of being a board game reviewer. For the final six hours (just kidding)… In the last 45 minutes we cover a bunch of information about the upcoming convention season. I think we covered just about every large gaming …