Board Game Madness: Board Game Madness 3/20

Fun:

What would life be like if Ticket to Ride were real? John Kovalic of Dork Tower fame has imagined it.
About.com is running their awards for best board games of the year. Nominations are:

Strategy: A Few Acres of Snow, Dragon Valley, Eminent Domain, Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, Mage Knight: Board Game
Party: Befuzzled, Crappy Birthday, Dixit Odyssey, Faux*Cabulary, Furt
Family: 1^st & Goal, City Square Off, Kingdom Builder, Say Anything Family Edition, Quarriors!
Children: Angry Birds: Knock on Wood, Bug Out, Color Stix, Hoot Owl Hoot!, Knock Your Blocks Off
Kickstarter Game/Campaign: Carnival, D-Day Dice, Dragon Valley, Eminent Domain, Rise!
iOS/Android: Ascension: Cronicle of the Godslayer, Carcassonne, Disc Drivin’, Ticket to Ride, Words with Friends
Local Game Store: Atomic Games (WI), Gateway Games & More (OH), Myriad Games (NH), Rainy Day Games (OR), Zombie Planet (Albany, NY)
Online Game Store: CooStuffInc, Funagain, Game Surplus, Starlit Citadel, Thought Hammer
Twitter Account: @dicehateme, @thegameaisle, @gamewhisperer
Facebook page: Dice Tower, Fantasy Flight Games, Monopoly
Use of other Social Media: Dice Tower Podcast, G*M*S Magazine Podcast, Game Whisperer: Funding the Dream Podcast

Dominic Crapuchettes is trying to influence your vote by giving out copies of Say Anything Family edition and Crappy Birthday if those games win
The Swiss gaming awards have been given out and game of the year is Glory to Rome, with Castles of Burgundy and Helvetia coming in 2^nd and 3^rd respectively
In case you ever find yourself in a nuclear bunker and are in for a game…
And the world dies. Again.
Beautiful war scene. I may not be a war gamer, but some of the terrains and minis are just amazing.
Someone in my gaming group was asking about 2 player games. This married couple has posted their top 2 player games from 2011 – there’s 40 of ‘em, from all over the map. I think these people do nothing but play games!
Hilarious list of games that if you remove the first letter of their name become something new entirely. My favorite is Uno – “Everyone sits around a table refusing to play”

New Games:

Small World Realms: This got announced as a new expansion for the Days of Wonder area control franchise. Here you get to modularize your map and play a number of scenarios. It’ll work with either the base game or Underground (2012 release)
Wrong Chemistry: This abstract card game has you changing molecules in order to create new elements on the periodic table. (2012 release)
Crooks: Another card game where you are a mafia boss and recruit, steal and amass money. Quick 10 minute game. (March 2012 release)
Project Pandora: Grim Cargo: Sci-fi 2-player dice game where you play either the evil human corporation or the alien rats. Modular board where you move miniatures, explore your surroundings and try to solve scenarios set forth at the beginning of the game
Ascension: Immortal Heroes: New expansion for the Bobby Brady of deck building games (June 2012 release)
Recent Releases: Lords of Waterdeep, Munchkin 8: Half Horse, Will Travel, Nuklear Winter ‘68

iOS:

News:

How do you compare children’s games to the stock market? This Canadian news site does.
How about blaming a Ouija board for stabbing a friend with a knife?
I debated whether or not to give this item “press”. Yesterday it was reported that a Dutch television network posted a downloadable version of Settlers of Catan called Settlers of the West Bank. There’s a lot of anti-Semitism in the game and obviously there’s a lot of anger.
A bunch of girl scouts worked more than 875 hours to create a life-sized Candyland board to promote cancer awareness.

Recently Played:

Core Worlds has become the game of choice in the house with the Mrs.
Played some more Quarriors! with my son
My Blood Bowl team took 2 games this weekend to pull into first place in my division

Happy Gaming!

Board Game Madness