Actually, I wrote the above articles. While I actually submitted my entire GenCon series of articles to SlashDot when they were posted, they weren't accepted at that time.
The above blurb comes from someone not associated with the GamerDad site (as far as I know...)
-Matt (not GamerDad, but I write all the boardgame & RPG coverage for the site....)
Interesting you should suggest space aliens. At a major conference on abiogenesis about 5 years back (no Creationists or ID folks attending, it was a standard science convention like a Gordan Research one, or some such thing) the conclusion of the conference was that the Earth was not a suitable place for life to begin. It had to have its origin off-planet.
In other words... aliens. (Or, to put it less sensationally we _are_ the aliens.)
Umm, to my knowledge, there are no RTS board games in existance. (I wrote the aforementioned article.) There are a number of real-time card games out there. Speed is played with normal cards, Blink is similar with a special deck, and then there are a number of other card games as well. I hope to cover them in a future article.
Except for the RTS part, yes Civilization (I prefer Advanced Civilization) has some minor similarities to the computer Civ game, but not that many. This board game is far more reflective of the original.
(Oh, and regarding "Frag!", yes its pretty much a PC game gone board game, but there isn't currently a computer or console game called "Frag". There is an upcoming Doom game, though.)
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Unplugged: GenCon 2007 Indianapolis, invaded!
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Unplugged: GenCon 2007 - There's always a first time Boardgamer and family man, Larry Baxter, describes his first visit to a game convention.
Unplugged: GenCon 2007 - Boardgames, Boardgames, Boardgames An alphabetical tour of publishers from Asmodee to Z-Man Games
Unplugged: GenCon 2007 - And more Boardgames The second half of our alphabetical tour
Actually, I wrote the above articles. While I actually submitted my entire GenCon series of articles to SlashDot when they were posted, they weren't accepted at that time. The above blurb comes from someone not associated with the GamerDad site (as far as I know...) -Matt (not GamerDad, but I write all the boardgame & RPG coverage for the site....)
Interesting you should suggest space aliens. At a major conference on abiogenesis about 5 years back (no Creationists or ID folks attending, it was a standard science convention like a Gordan Research one, or some such thing) the conclusion of the conference was that the Earth was not a suitable place for life to begin. It had to have its origin off-planet. In other words... aliens. (Or, to put it less sensationally we _are_ the aliens.)
Here's the 2004 edition of the GamerDad Gift Guide to Board and Card Games
Keep yourself amused by looking at last year's - http://www.gamerdad.com/modules.php?op=modload&nam e=News&file=article&sid=424&mode=thread&order=0&th old=0 They're all still good games.
Umm, to my knowledge, there are no RTS board games in existance. (I wrote the aforementioned article.) There are a number of real-time card games out there. Speed is played with normal cards, Blink is similar with a special deck, and then there are a number of other card games as well. I hope to cover them in a future article. Except for the RTS part, yes Civilization (I prefer Advanced Civilization) has some minor similarities to the computer Civ game, but not that many. This board game is far more reflective of the original. (Oh, and regarding "Frag!", yes its pretty much a PC game gone board game, but there isn't currently a computer or console game called "Frag". There is an upcoming Doom game, though.)