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It’s a chicken wizard, obviously! | Training A Gamer
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An old (ish) boardgamer plus an 8-year-old. What to do? It’s a chicken wizard, obviously! It’s a chicken wizard, obviously! July 26, 2015. Having heard lots of good things about it, early last year I decided to back the Kickstarter campaign for a new edition of Catacombs. That minotaur thought the raven looked harmless! But wow, what a treasure chest! The verdict from Miss B (aged 8 ): “I give it 99.9999…%. I like flicking games in general and Catacombs is a really good one. I did...Do the walls come wit...
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The 2015 TaG Award: Game-off number 1 | Training A Gamer
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An old (ish) boardgamer plus an 8-year-old. What to do? The 2015 TaG Award: Game-off number 1. The 2015 TaG Award: Game-off number 1. August 10, 2015. The day of the first game-off for this year’s contest arrived and Miss B selected the games to try, following the usual tradition of taking one of the games selected by her and one of mine. And so, we settled down for an afternoon playing The New Dungeon and The Witches. Stop faffing about with the camera, Dad, and take your turn! Once we had recovered fro...
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Hearing Voices | The Accidental Author
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July 14, 2015 · 5:03 pm. Last week I attended a talk and book signing with the irrepressible Ben Aaronovitch, author of the. Series. At one point he took an interesting tangent into a how his characters talk to him. That happens to me too, I thought. Then I realised that no, it didn’t. My characters rarely speak to me. Instead, they conduct conversations with each other and ignore me completely. 8216;What’s a bungalow? 8217; asked Trudi Storme, the ship’s cook. Can you hear me? Ewan stretched back on the...
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The 2015 TaG Award: The Shortlist | Training A Gamer
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An old (ish) boardgamer plus an 8-year-old. What to do? The 2015 TaG Award: The Shortlist. The 2015 TaG Award: The Shortlist. August 7, 2015. And the nominees are…. The first two games for this year’s contest were chosen by Miss B…. Was selected instantly, being the game that has generated the most buzz over the last few weeks. I think that if the game didn’t take so much setting up, we’d be playing it every day. This is going to be a tough game to beat. Is a rather nice little game based on the works of...
