Pirates Constructibles

Yaaar! There be Pirates!
I love games, and just this last week I started playing an extremely fun new game called Pirates Constructibles, from Wizkids Games. Pirates is like Magic: the Gathering in that it’s a CCG (Collectible Card Game), but it’s also a miniatures game—some of the cards have pirate ships that you punch out [...]

Dice Roulette

Ever wish you could play roulette using only a pair of dice? Of course you have! Who hasn't? Well, now you can, using my newly-developed rules for Dice Roulette. Be the first one on your block, etc. Don't wait! Try it today!

Make Your Own Games

Over at Board Game Central, they’ve got a page of links to companies that have kits which let you make your own games. Shown at left is the Make-A-Game set, which sells for $15.95 and includes a blank quad-fold board, 2 dice, 16 tokens, play money, 24 blank cards, and instructions. If you don’t need [...]

Cheap Game Parts

The folks over at Hasbro are nice. They really want you to be able to enjoy the games you buy from them. As a customer service gesture, they’ve put up a web page where you can order replacement parts. For cheap. Real cheap. Shipping included. They sell their parts so cheap that I am sorely [...]

Rummy Murders v1.1

I’ve updated the rules to The Rummy Murders, ironing out some of the rough edges of the scorekeeping and gameplay. I think this is one of my best games for family play, and all it takes is a deck of cards. Check it out and see what you think.

Japanese Battle Pencils

I love games, especially simple ones, so I think this game is really cool. Via bOING bOING comes word of a game played by Japanese school children with specially marked pencils called ‘enpitsu’, or Battle Pencils. These are normal six-sided pencils with special instructions printed on each side. Each also defines a character with its [...]

S. John Links to Atomic Airship

S. John Ross, noted RPG developer with credits all over the place, has deemed my insignificant game pages noteworthy enough to link to. His Risus RPG page now sports a shiny new link to my own rules for the Risus-inspired solitaire game Risus Royale. Thanks, S. John! Couldn’t have done it without your most excellent [...]