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Up the vacuum thingy: July 2010
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Saturday, July 10, 2010. Kingsbridge, England, 1337. It has been 200 years since Prior Philip’s cathedral was built. The cathedral still dominates the town, but now the monastery has been joined by a convent, and wool has become the major commodity traded at the market. This is World Without End. And World Without End. In World Without End. It’s pretty isn’t it? Michael Menzel has done a fantastic job with World Without End. There are also sev...
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Up the vacuum thingy: June 2013
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Thursday, June 20, 2013. Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 5 (spoilers galore). Warning: This session report (and all future reports for this Risk Legacy campaign) contain major spoilers for the sealed packages listed below. If you have any desire to play Risk Legacy in the future and don't want to be spoiled by the surprises it contains, then please read no further. *. Spoiler Checklist - New packages opened:. Faction: Enclave of the Bear.
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Up the vacuum thingy: 2008 Games Recap
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Sunday, January 4, 2009. In 2008 I managed to play a total of 31 new games (28 if you don't count the 3 expansions). I'm quite chuffed by that. And also by the fact that I achieved a life long dream of using "chuffed" in a blog post. Twice. To see which of these games were my favourites, mosey on over here. The Pillars of the Earth. StarCraft: The Board Game. Race for the Galaxy. Catan Card Game Expansion. The Pillars of the Earth Expansion Set.
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Up the vacuum thingy: Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 6 (spoilers)
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Sunday, April 5, 2015. Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 6 (spoilers). Warning: This session report contains major spoilers for the sealed packages listed below. If you have any desire to play Risk Legacy in the future and don't want to be spoiled by the surprises it contains, then please read no further. *. Spoiler Checklist - New packages opened:. Pack 1 - Open when 9th Minor City founded. Pack 2 - Open when a player is eliminated. Nathan ...
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Up the vacuum thingy: January 2011
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Sunday, January 2, 2011. Update at 26/12/11: Yeah, so this didn't happen. Blogging lapsed. Completely in 2011. I have no idea whether things will improve blog-wise in 2012. Maybe the new addition to the family, The Hatchling, will inspire me. The Year So Far (at 17 April 2011). Total different games played:? Total number of plays: 53. Total different games played: 11. Total number of plays: 18. Total different games played: 7. Christine (11) d...
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Up the vacuum thingy: Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 5 (spoilers galore)
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Thursday, June 20, 2013. Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 5 (spoilers galore). Warning: This session report (and all future reports for this Risk Legacy campaign) contain major spoilers for the sealed packages listed below. If you have any desire to play Risk Legacy in the future and don't want to be spoiled by the surprises it contains, then please read no further. *. Spoiler Checklist - New packages opened:. Faction: Enclave of the Bear.
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Up the vacuum thingy: September 2012
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Friday, September 7, 2012. Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 4 (no spoilers). Friday June 1, 2012. Hobart Games Society Games Night, Lenah Valley Community Hall. Turn Order and Faction:. Enclave of the Bear. Mark sought to cut Halitosia off from the rest of the world and placed the red Die Mechaniker HQ in Southeast Asia. Surely no one would now be silly enough to place in Halitosia. Cue Ben. In a moment of what some might favourably cal...
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Up the vacuum thingy: Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 4 (no spoilers)
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Friday, September 7, 2012. Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 4 (no spoilers). Friday June 1, 2012. Hobart Games Society Games Night, Lenah Valley Community Hall. Turn Order and Faction:. Enclave of the Bear. Mark sought to cut Halitosia off from the rest of the world and placed the red Die Mechaniker HQ in Southeast Asia. Surely no one would now be silly enough to place in Halitosia. Cue Ben. In a moment of what some might favourably cal...
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Up the vacuum thingy: May 2012
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Risk Legacy - Session Report - Game 3 (no spoilers). Sunday April 29, 2012. Turn Order and Faction. Mark - Imperial Balkania. Trent - Khan Industries. Ben - Die Mechaniker. Enclave of the Bear. Due to the speedy Game 2 (about 45 minutes), the commanders immediately regrouped to play again. This time, there was no high die roll for Jeremy. In fact, he went last after Mark won the roll off. Finally with the vast open expan...
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Up the vacuum thingy: December 2010
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Up the vacuum thingy. Where games of design and reality meet. Wednesday, December 22, 2010. Review: Are You the Traitor? It’s been some time (read: ages) since I wrote a review, so it’s time to remedy that with a review of Looney Labs’ Are You the Traitor? I’m a big fan of Werewolf. And I particularly enjoy moderating games. Of course, being a moderator means not participating in the game as a “player”, so it’s good to be one of the villagers every now and then. Then Are You the Traitor? At the start of ...