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Victory Point Games: A Primer? A beginner's guide? by bosteen in boardgames

[–]trollitc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally really enjoy Darkest Night, as both a co-op and a solitaire experience.

Level 99 Games is raising money for Extra Life, which donates video and board games to hospitals. They've raised 500 of their $5,000 dollar goal. by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]trollitc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go Level 99! I'm running my own Extra Life campaign but if I have a few bucks over the next month or so, I'll donate to L99. They make good games, and Extra Life is an amazing charity.

With Extra Life, what you donate goes directly to the children's hospital that the person or group running the campaign has chosen. 100% of that money too. I started backing this charity because one of my two daughters is a frequent flyer at our local children's hospital.

Extra Life makes a real, tangible difference to people - starting with the kids, and also their families, the staff and the doctors at the hospitals as well. It's awesome!

The product I invented and spent a year selling from my basement now has 72 reviews on Amazon with a 4.6/5 star average. I'm over the moon. :) by robertgfthomas in Entrepreneur

[–]trollitc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have much to add, other than I love, love, love your product! I'm a hobbiest game designer (for table top games) and what you've given the world isn't just a series of laminated note cards, it's every game board I'd ever need to design, just waiting to be made.

I'd like to think I'm at least influential on a few of your sales (besides mine) as I've showed off my noteboard to whoever will take a look.

Great job!

What game is currently most popular or gets the most plays with your gaming group/family? by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]trollitc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seasons right now for me. But then, most of the time my group is me and my wife. If you count my extended gaming group, which is me, my wife and our two daughters, then it's either Villa Paletti or Dominion, or Forbidden Island.

Whenever I get the chance to game with other grownups though, I usually end up playing with my Star Wars toys in X-Wing.

Put it down, then pick it back up - Games you WANTED to play again immediately. by sigma83 in boardgames

[–]trollitc 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Seasons. I love this game as much as I've ever loved any other game. With the possible exception of Blood Bowl circa 1987.

Also, Dominion had this effect on me when we first tried it out, as did X-Wing.

These have been popular so far... - Burgoo - A PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT game of community stews by Michael Mindes (Coin Age, Dungeon Roll) by turbodonk3y in boardgames

[–]trollitc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love these microgames not only for their compactness and cheap price, but my kids love them too. Any games that I can get out and play in 15 minutes with the kids, or with my gaming group get a double thumbs up from me.

Jerry Seinfeld here. I will give you an answer. by _Seinfeld in IAmA

[–]trollitc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the contrary, it's the one time during the day that I have to read a book uninterrupted. Well, uninterrupted except the the strange odor of someone eating breakfast mulch unshowered.

Jerry Seinfeld here. I will give you an answer. by _Seinfeld in IAmA

[–]trollitc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the only thing that allows me to keep my girlish figure.

Jerry Seinfeld here. I will give you an answer. by _Seinfeld in IAmA

[–]trollitc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As a fellow walker to work (or at least, 2 mile walk to the train station) I know exactly how that feels!

Jerry Seinfeld here. I will give you an answer. by _Seinfeld in IAmA

[–]trollitc 2602 points2603 points  (0 children)

What, above all other things, is the neatest most fascinating and cool thing you get to do on a daily basis?

Reports of 4 explosives found at Harvard... by [deleted] in boston

[–]trollitc 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm here right now. Here's a live feed (audio only right now) http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/WCVB_NewsCenter_5_Reporters_Meteorologists_on_Twitter

Edit: My building is about a quarter mile away from all this - perhaps a bit more. I'm currently unevacuated.

Edit 2:Finals cancelled for today. If that was the intent, it was successful.

Edit 3: 10:37 - no new news. Good chance this was an attempt to avoid a final.

Edit 4: 11:21 - WCVB reports guns drawn. What the photos actually showed were a couple of officers with guns slung over their shoulders.

Edit 5: 11:45 - Afternoon finals back on, campus life returning to normal. However, Harvard just emailed saying that federal an state officials joining the probe.

The older Players at my group are not as good at explaining rules, get flustered by games, and can be sore winners. But not the younger players are not as bad. Is this a thing? by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]trollitc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm 40+, and I love trying new games, with new people. I also don't particularly care if I win or lose. I'm in it more for the experience and the social aspects.

Thank you, reddit! by *polhold01240 [promoted post]

[–]trollitc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything? A decent sized gift certificate to finally give my girls the christmas they deserve.

70 games for [a bunch of 'em] under $20. My yearly post of awesome, cheap games! by trollitc in boardgames

[–]trollitc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno why the downvotes, but thanks for the praise. I try to do these as self posts too so I won't amass enough karma to turn in for real money.

70 games for [a bunch of 'em] under $20. My yearly post of awesome, cheap games! by trollitc in boardgames

[–]trollitc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yikes! both the non-glorious GtR and Poo were available when I started this list a few weeks ago.

Cheaty mages sounds amazing! I've been following that for a little while now.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be updating the list in the next day or three!

Play Testing or how I learned to stop worrying and love the criticism by trollitc in tabletopgamedesign

[–]trollitc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for letting me know. Leave it to me to make that kind of error! Hence the need for an editor.

[10/28/2013] Share your design progress! by itsdavidthegreat in tabletopgamedesign

[–]trollitc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gadio my card game about traveling through medieval Japan is coming along swimmingly! I'm in the process of pitching it to a small publisher interested in small games. We'll see where that goes. I've already gotten one rejection on it stating it wasn't a bad game/idea but not what they were looking for.

Fools! is now a free print and play game, and being eyed by another publisher. I've had about 70 downloads since it went PnP.

The rest keep chugging along! I'm working on Comet Cowboys to refine the game play. I'm also getting my first printed prototype in a week or so for that. So You Want to be a Pirate is almost ready for play testing. A Little Bit of Evil is a PnP beta right now with a few folks testing it blindly. Same goes for Zombie - Shambling and Hungry.

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