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Conventions / News

New Games, New Year, and News

Sorry for the lack of updates, but things have been keeping me rather busy as of late. Been playing a lot of games, working on game related projects, planning conventions, and helping out with some folks new to the hobby. Here’s an update so you know what I’ve been up to lately. New Games I’ve been doing a pretty good job of playing a lot of new games recently. I’ve hooked some coworkers on Android: Netrunner, which is a lot of fun but has quite the rulebook to get through. I’ve played Blockers: The Card Game, X-Wing: The Miniatures Game,...

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Game Nights / News

Lucky Number 13

Geek-Craft is excited to welcome Stronghold Games to the list of companies that support our demos. On January 5th, 2013, the first demo day at Gamers Haven will be Stronghold Games, including Revolver 2, Little Devils, Crazy Creatures of Dr. Gloom, Crude, CO₂, Core Worlds, Code 777, Space Cadets, Milestones, and Survive, the classic game of escaping Atlantis. Thanks to Stephen from Stronghold for his support and I can’t wait to show off his great games!

2012 – A year in reviews 2

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2012 – A year in reviews

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking of how best to sum up 2012, both in terms of the games I’ve played and the things I’ve done. I played some new games released this year, but I’ve also played games that coming out next year and games that were new to me this year. Do I list my top plays of the year, even if they aren’t new games for me? After all the thinking, I believe I’ll do a little bit of everything. Listed below are the best games I played this year, for one reason or...

Holiday Game Bash! 0

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Holiday Game Bash!

Yesterday the local Meetup group, North Coast Gamers, held their annual Holiday Game Bash. Fifteen hours of gaming, demos, and give aways, and a silent auction. I got to sit down and teach Fleet, Pirate Dice, and Defenders of the Realm: Battlefields, and I also got to play a bunch of other games. Five matches of Android: Netrunner, a great six player game of 7 Wonders, a game of Chrononauts, and finished the night off with a game of Nefarious. It was a heck of a game day, and on top of all the wonderful games we got to play,...

It’s just a game! 2

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It’s just a game!

Someone whose website I read for reviews recently decided he’d had enough. He deleted his website and Twitter accounts and has decided to make a major change to what he does and how he does it. Eric decided that he’d had enough of not getting enjoyment out of doing game reviews, and that the gamers have become jaded and there’s a trap when it comes to reviewing games. The Reviewer will only give good reviews because it means getting more games to review, and I understand his point, but it makes me feel like I need to clarify something. I have...

I’m on the “No buy list” 0

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I’m on the “No buy list”

I’m someone who tends to get a lot of boardgames for Christmas and my birthday, and I’ve never complained about it. I love board games, and I really love that my friends and family understand that. The issue with the idea of getting me games as gifts is that I have to not own the game first. This means starting in October through my birthday in March, I’m held to buying almost no board games at all. The good news is that this will allow me to play through some of the backlog of games that I’ve amassed over the years....