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Dale Yu: Report from the Gathering of Friends (Day 0 – 5)
Well, it’s that time of year again, where I trundle up to basically Canada (Niagara Falls NY) and get ready for a long weekend full of games. This year is the 34th edition of the event, and I think this … Continue reading
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Play – The Games Festival – 2024 edition
PLAY – The Game Festival, the international event dedicated to Board-Games, Role-playing Games,Miniatures Games, Live, and Collectible Card Games returns from May 17th to 19th at ModenaFiere with more than 28.000 square meters of covered area in five different pavilions. … Continue reading
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ReJuvenating Gamer Con or RJGCon or How to create your own Board Game Convention
There are a gazillion different conventions for almost any variety of interests that span the globe for anything and everyone on the planet. Board game conventions are no exception. There’s Germany’s Essen Spiel which drew over 193,000 visitors this year, … Continue reading
Mark’s Bundle of 2023 Essen Game Thoughts
Five days. Seventy-one plays. Sixty-two games that were new to me. Yeah, that’s a lot of games. But thanks to our fearless leader (Dale Yu) and BasementCon, I had a wonderful time playing many of them. (Well, a number of … Continue reading
Looking Forward – Some upcoming games I learned about while at SPIEL 2023
Some people are surprised to find out that I spend a lot of my time here at SPIEL in meetings! Many companies are kind enough to sit down with me and spend a few minutes talking about their games, both … Continue reading
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Basement con 2023 report
So each year after Essen, I host Basement con, which is a con that takes place in my basement. Yes, I know that I should get bonus points for such an original name… Usually it takes place over a long … Continue reading →
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