Prairie Gamer

Your friendly neighbourhood boardgamer. Musings on boardgames, boardgamers and beer.

[Cole Wehrle @colewehrle]

Over the past two years, Drew and I have been slowing rebuilding John Company from the ground up. Though there's still months of work ahead of us, I am so happy to finally be able to share it with you all. https://t.co/gVR0zVOLUS

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@josephnschmidt Would have loved for RBR pull off the win to shake things up a bit, but the gap between Mercedes and them looks to be slim so I’ll take it!

[Geoff Engelstein @gengelstein]

Interesting conclusions, but I have a number of concerns with the methodologies used. (short thread)

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@elektrotal ||Om Ganeshaya Namah||

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@canibeblue @NakedMeeple ..just found it strange that it was his Covid post that kicked all this off, when he's been making arguably more reprehensible statements for years. Either way, I'm glad he's being rightly called out now by many more people now. Better late than never. 2/2

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@canibeblue @NakedMeeple That's fair. My comment was referring to people who had read it, knew about his views on a variety of topics and continued to support him. I've seen a number of comments like, "oh he's just like that old harmless uncle without a filter", which is disappointing. I guess I...1/2

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@turnorder @NakedMeeple Yea, people have come down in all sorts of different ways on this. It is ultimately whatever they are comfortable with, and for me that was to not give him my money directly or indirectly.

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

With the deadline now passed, is there any more information you can share @ZenobiaAward ? Excited to hear how many applications were received, and if a wide variety of ideas have been put forward as expected? Excited...and impatient 😁

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@MorganeGR25 @YunaHuhWong @ZenobiaAward *sheepishly lowers hand and sits back down* Haha my apologies. Totally missed that.

[Cole Wehrle @colewehrle]

This morning I've been continuing my weekend tradition slowly working on the new edition of John Company. It seemed like a good time for a little process thread about drawing maps.

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

Interesting thread(s).

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

Excited to see how this goes! A great project!

[Geoff Engelstein @gengelstein]

The @ZenobiaAward is launching today! We are looking to expand the diversity of designers in historical games. You just need to submit a concept, and it does not need to be a 'war game', just historical. Winners get a mentor and cash prize!

https://t.co/gPloi79G4f

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@turnorder ..but pretty math problem packaged up as a game. I’m certain that it is a great analog simulation, not sure it is a great game. I love it. 2/2

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@turnorder I’ve never played 504, but “build your own game” is an impressive take on Friese’s part. The thing I find innovative about LE is how the “problem” is presented. It strips away the layers of complexity (which I love in many other games) and leaves you with an unapologetic...1/2

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@turnorder In my admittedly narrow view on the subject, I think the innovation is coming mostly from “Indie” designers/companies. I don’t play many games or even new games all the time. So the titles I’ve found innovative recently are quite old - Neuland, Leaving Earth and Reef Encounter.

[Prairie Gamer @prairiegamer]

@NakedMeeple @travisdhill @SpielPortugal Jason - I'm sorry...there's been a mistake actually. Moonlight won.