I find the asynchronous play great. One or two plays a day….a game lasts about two weeks. Good times.

I'm so late to the game this week because I was in a meeting all morning about youth using new media for digital age civics. It was pretty rad.

FFG is notorious for bad rules books.

i just spent the past two hours reading the article and watching the videos. simply incredible play, story, and writing.

do you play at boardgaming-online.com? i have three games running there currently. i cannot get enough of that game, and the online implementation solves all the fiddliness of the real game (but that is also why i have a soft spot for the real game. i love those fiddly bits!)

I gave up on this game just last night and watched an edited youtube of the cut scenes for the rest of the jokes and plot

I've not tried Chinatown, but all the others you've listed are a blast.

I bought the bundle and plan on playing Monaco

I've got to go out and get the pay version. I'm still playing the free one from back in the day. This sounds amazing.

I got into Spelunky and Desktop Dungeons at about the same time, but wasn't Dwarf Fortress already a thing?

Happy to see Teti's name stand alone on the byline of a GAMES article. Great reading a full article of yours back on these types of topics!

Glad to hear you are a fan! I've heard it is a gem despite getting little attention. When I play this weekend it will be for the first time but even reading the rules made me realize that the game is going to be really fun.

I'm going to Con of the North this weekend in St. Paul, a local gaming con. While there are tons of RPG players and the like, I stick to the open board gaming room where I'll indulge my love of Euro games for three days. Games I plan to play include:

I've been playing through Brutal Legend on and off for the past few months. I don't recommend playing it that way because there are so many keyboard commands that I keep forgetting.

I started playing Portal 2's coop for the first time last weekend. You are in for a treat.

I'm going to get to play Robinson Crusoe for the first time this weekend. I'm very excited for the opportunity and will try to share my thoughts on a thread next week.

Even with three player games, I've had them stretch past an hour since the "take that" opportunities are numerous and allows for people to prevent a victory for what can seem like forever. However, its popularity endures and Derrick is likely experiencing what many others have loved about it. That being said, I'm…

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Nice article. Was intrigued by your thoughts on Braid as morally ambiguous.

Those tips should help. Although on easy, the RTS elements haven't been much of a challenge.