Make the most of 40-45 minutes!

Here in Chennai we do not have a boardgaming of months  club. It is not practically possible to have regular gaming nights also. One reason is the nature of my profession entails a lot of travelling which is unexpected. It can also be that I am out of town for even a coupleat a [...]

Knizia & the SDJ

The last one year of reading stuff about designer board games usually throws up two words – SDJ & Reiner Knizia. SDJ is the most prestigious gaming award for designer board games and Reiner Knizia is the most celebrated boardgame designer in the world. But the two have never met! Reiner has never won the [...]

Indian Govt Blog blackout ends!

Whew! Finally the blackout seems to have ended. I was really missing some of the boardgames blogs in bogspot etc because of the Indian Govt’s blackout. Now it is business as usual I think.

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Carcassonne versus Hunters & Gatherers

Funagain Games had a good offer of Carcassonne: Hunters & Gatherers for just 10$ if you bought some other game for 25$ so I went ahead and got this. The game reached me almost 8 months back and we just got in one play then. The first play was not entirely enjoyable and somehow the [...]

A good long game night

After many months my brother in law Aravind and his wife Bharaticam home for a game night. The kids were packed off to sleep and Aarthi and me joined them at around 10 pm. We started with Funkenschlag. I was keen to play the France map of the new expansion while Aravind wanted to play [...]

Bomb blasts kill potential board gamers

The board gaming scene is just improving in India. People are getting aware of designer board games. And this happens
Bomb blasts kill potential board gamers
Atleast 183 people died. And they could have been potential board gamers. People who could have learnt about Settlers, Puerto Rico, Funkenschlag! They could have started a Mumbai Boardgaming club. They [...]

Ticket to Ride expansion

A very interesting Ticket to Ride expansion is being planned for October 2006. I really liked the original game and the new bigger cards with the expansion will be a real bonus!
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Game Obesity!?

The last couple of months I have been working out regularly at the gym and have managed to deal with my physical obesity a little better. And I stumble upon this article. I am a candidate for Game Obesity. Not yet but I can see the calories climbing up just a bit. Of the 50 [...]

Settlers of Catan – A win and without a development card!

I was just checking my games played stats on BGG and found that including today’s play I have logged 20 plays of Settlers. I have just won twice I think and the last time must have been some 6 months back
It was sweet to get a win today. Of course Aarthi and me had weaker [...]

Pferdemist – Interesting kids game!

Sounds like a really interesting kids game. Must get this sometime.
BGG Thread: Use horse droppings to teach basic strategy to kids!
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