My Month in Gaming: August 2015

New video reviewing my month in gaming for August 2015.


Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Thanks for watching!

Games I Haven't Played Yet

Been awhile since I posted anything. Here's another quick video for you. This one is about some games I own but haven't played yet.

Gaming On a Budget

Here is my promised video about gaming on a budget. I hope you find it useful. Thanks for watching!

Gaming Update: March 2015

Hey, it's been a couple of months since I've gotten back into a habit of updating this gaming blog, so I thought I would throw together a new video to recap a bit of the last two months and talk about what's coming next.

Games I Got In Trade

Hey, just got four new games in a trade. Watch the video to hear all about it.

In case you don't have time/aren't inclined to watch the video, I would still like to get your feedback on a question I pose at the end of the video. The question is: when I review a game, would you prefer to see it done in the form of an article or a video? I think there may be pros and cons to either, so I'm curious to hear what you think. Thanks!

Essential Games in My Collection

Here is the last in my current series of videos. This time I'm talking about some games I consider to be essential to my collection. Again, I apologize for the poor audio quality.

Games I'm Interested In

And now, my video series continues with some games I'm interested in trying.

Games I'm Getting Rid Of

Below is a follow up to the video I posted yesterday. I apologize again for the poor audio.

Catching Up

Hey! I haven't posted to this blog in over a year and a half. Sorry about the long absence. I thought I would catch you all up on what I've been doing, gaming-wise, and figured I would do it in a video rather than an article. Sorry about the poor audio. Thanks for watching!

More New Expansions

Hey! I'm back with more lazy video posts this week. I can't wait until I get back in the swing of things and start doing regular posts with more meaningful content. In the meantime, however, here are two short video previews of a couple of game expansions I just recently got. First up, an expansion for King of Tokyo. Second, is an expansion for Android: Netrunner. Enjoy!

 

New Expansions

Here are preview videos of a few new expansions I got for some card games - a way for me to burn off some excitement about these new products until I get a chance to play with them. This time: Summoner Wars and The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game.

New Games! (A Video Post)

Hey! I was super excited to get some new games the other day, so I decided to do a video in which I open up the new stuff and talk a little about what I got. I've broken it up into five different videos to make it more convenient for you, if you don't have the time or inclination to watch it all in one go. Enjoy!

GenCon 2012: Afterward

August 16-19 was the weekend of GenCon, the biggest non-video gaming convention in the nation. I wasn't able to be there, but I followed a lot of the news and new releases online through bloggers, podcasts, etc. The day before the convention I posted about what I was looking forward to. Now that I've had time to digest a lot of videos and blog posts on the GenCon, I'd like to share what I was excited to see and hear about.

GenCon 2012: What I’m Looking Forward To

I wish I could say I was looking forward to going. Alas, it’s not in the cards for me this year. (Maybe I rolled a critical miss!) Truth is, I’ve never been to GenCon, the nation’s biggest non-video gaming convention held each year in Indianapolis, Indiana. But, each year there are certain things I look forward to about GenCon, even though I won’t be there. The convention starts tomorrow and continues through the weekend. Here are some things I’m looking forward to about it.

A Tale of Obsession: How I Started Roleplaying

So, this will probably be a rather long-winded story, but I know that it will be fun for me to write. Hopefully it will be fun for you to read. I got the idea to write this from a couple of blog articles I read recently that were discussing how a couple of independent game designers were trying to sell their horror-themed RPGs at a horror genre convention. Their efforts met mostly with failure. The subsequent discussion on their blog went on to talk about how hard it is to get an RPG into the hands of a non-gamer, or a non-roleplayer. One of the points of their discussion was basically this: If you saw a book in your local bookstore that said on the cover “Star Wars Roleplaying Game” – or “[anything] Roleplaying Game” – and you had never played an RPG, or seen one played, what are the chances that you would buy that book and play the game? Probably zero. You might even wonder, ‘How is this book a game?’ This got me to thinking: ‘How did I ever get into RPGs myself?’

My Games Library in Flux

I’ve been buying games – board games, card games and roleplaying games – for a while now. At present I own about 70 games in total. At one point I had an extensive wish list of games I wanted to add to my library, but the more games I’ve come to own, I’ve gradually become less interested in owning more.

The Complexity Barrier

I’ve noticed that some people really enjoy simple games, while others like a lot more complexity. Let’s look at some levels of complexity in games.

Random Thoughts: Examining the Role of Randomness versus Skill

Today I want to relate some musings on the role of randomness in games. Many games – be they card games, board games, or role-playing games – include some elements of randomness. Some games contain more than others. The role that randomness plays in a game generally runs counter to the role that player skill has in the same game. For example, games like Chess or Othello contain no randomness and rely entirely on player skill. Games like Candy Land or Left Center Right are entirely random and do not rely on player skill at all. Most games fall somewhere in between these two extremes.

How I Roll: My Approach to Gaming

I approach gaming with what I would like to call “good sportsmanship”. What I mean by that is basically this: When I play a game, I’m going to play as well as I can. I’m going to seek every advantage I can find. I’m going to play to win. At the same time, I don’t really care if I win or lose. That might sound like a contradiction, but let me try to explain.