Why would you do this to us Ticket to Ride? Why?

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Board game, business analysis, games, User Experience, UX

Recently the otherwise excellent Ticket to Ride app on the iPad had an “upgrade”. The most noticeable change was this:

New Year Boardgaming With Thanks, The 2016 Edition

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A Fake Artist Goes To New York, Board game, board games, Castles of Burgundy, friends, games, Just Desserts, Nations: The Dice Game, photography, photos, Starship Merchants, Tiny Epic Galaxies, Wildlife

The houseboat arriving at Mandurah to pick us up.

This year the annual boardgaming gathering was held on a houseboat around Mandurah / Ravenswood. Some friends hired it for a week or so, and ran it most effectively.

Apart from the usual good food[1] and good games in the company of good friends, the setting was very relaxing in and of itself.

SwanCon 40 Report (Easter 2015)

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Board game, games, John Scalzi, sf cons, Splendor, SwanCon, Tsuro!

SwanCon 40 was, as always, a great weekend for me, and ended with a pleasant shock that I won’t be forgetting any time soon.

New Year Boardgaming With Thanks

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Board game, games, Seven Wonders, Terra Mystica

I have some very good friends in Perth who host a catered gathering for the purpose of boardgaming and socialising after Christmas. I’ve been attending for several years and it’s often the highlight of the holiday period.

2014 in Review

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Akatsuki no Yona, argevollen, Board game, Bodacious Space Pirates, BTOOOM!, Encouragement of Climb, Feminism, gamergate, games, Girls Und Panzer, GLASSLIP, Hamatora, Hanayamata, Locodol, Log Horizon, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Nagi no Asukara, Say "i Love You", Shin Sekai Yori, Shirobako, Sword Art Online, Taisho Baseball Girls, The Pilot's Love Song, Tonari no Seki-Kun, Yama no Susume, Your Lie In April, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru, YuYuYu

Here’s the final “in review” post for 2014 with the top 5 for the month, the quarter, the year, and all time, plus some bonus commentary on best/worst of the year.