FDQ: What do you play on?
Video gamers have their sweet gaming rigs. Readers have a favorite spot to curl up→
Browsing: Miscellaneous
Friday Question: What Is Your Favorite Combo?
Synergy. A strategy working in perfect sync. An engine with every part in its place.→
The self-propagation theory
A thought occurred to me after a game of Ascending Empires tonight, as I put→
Friday Question: Are You a Dissenter?
Maybe it’s hipster contrarianism. Maybe you really are special. In any case, for better or→
Flying Solo
Do you ever play board games “solo”? For a very long time, the thought never→
Friday Question: What Is Your Favorite Two-Player Game?
Everyone loves those gaming sessions where the stars align and everyone shows up. Options abound—games→
Once More Unto The Breach (another look back at Gencon)
Not to beat a dead horse, but since this was not my first run at→
A Newbie’s GenCon Wrap-Up
On Thursday night after work, @Futurewolfie and I and our friend Blake piled into the→
Forbidden Love, or, The Box That Sits
A brief disclosure: I am a packrat, from a family of packrats. Cleaning out my→
Friday Question: Do You Use House Rules?
We all know the drill. If you go over to Billy’s house, he may play→
When Games are Ruined
A friend, brother-in-law, and occassional board-game opponent of mine (who I will henceforth refer to→
Friday Question: What Game Is the Tensest?
Games are meant to be a medium for fun social get-togethers with friends, family, and→
Friday Question: What Is a Good Family Game?
@Futurewolfie is out camping with his family this week, and I’ve been holding down the fort→
Friday Question: What Was Your Gateway Game?
In the board game community, we often talk about “gateway games,” those games we present→
Friday Question: Is There a Game You Refuse to Play?
No one likes the wet blanket. The spoilsport. The poo-pooer. But sometimes a game is→
No, it’s my turn!
As I continue to develop Armyland (a most complex, challenging, and time-consuming project which will→
Things I Learned This Weekend…
This past weekend I traveled to be with my family and to meet my new→
Friday Question: What Game Has Produced the Most Memories?
Let’s face it: gaming is not about winning and losing (despite what Scotty Sore-loser-pants says→
Joining In…?
Saturday night should have been an ideal time to game. My wife was having several→
Friday Question of the Day: What is your favorite game, and why?
Everybody likes to talk about their favorite things, and today we satisfy that urge with→
A Game By Any Other Theme…
Over at the iSlaytheDragon headquarters, the topic of Theme often surfaces in our conversation. Essentially→
Gaming Gestalt
I appreciated this post by John Garcia on telling newbies about hobby board games. He says→
My Rules for Games
As my first post for I Slay the Dragon, I thought it might be a→
Slaying Bigger Dragons
Here at iSlaytheDragon.com, we like to do 2 things – play boardgames, and of course→
The world needs to know
This just hit me. I can’t believe I didn’t realize it until now. Look at→
Who shot first?
It’s the answer to the age old question. Finally.→
Replayability
When board games (and video games) are reviewed or critiqued, its “replayability factor” is→
Desert Island Games
You know the old game – usually its books or movies. Why not for→
Interpreting Icons and other nonsense
I played “Race for the Galaxy” for the first time today over lunch. I→
Star Wars: How It Should Have Started
A lot of people like star wars. I like star wars. There’s a good chance→
Dr. Doom Says…
I made these posters several years ago and then forgot about them. I had intended→
You Will Want To Play Armyland After Seeing This
This past couple of days has been a flurry of activity as I finally recieved→