Shermin’s Blog #7: A Viking Goes to Seoul

After a month hiatus (due to family trip to Korea followed by exam leave and then a recall to serve the nation), I am finally back!

As mentioned, I went on a family trip to Korea and guess, who followed along for the trip? That’s right. A Chaos Warrior.

His name is Lars Wulfrik and he is not shy in front of the camera.

This is a picture of Wulfrik in the hotel room. Being a viking, he gets a bed while my bro and I had to share the other one…

Light Euro Games Recommended by the Games Maestro

Apart from being a Racist (as in Race for the Galaxy fan) every Wednesday nights at PI Midpoint, I have been playing quite a number of light euros. Mainly as I am seeing quite a number of new faces bellying up to the table each Wednesday, and also as I have been running several workshops on games design, which requires me to:

1. Teach fast
2. Simple Steps
3. Fun
4. Strategy and not luck based
5. Interaction amongst players

It has definitely made me realize how easily such games are effective in getting your friends involved in eurogames, and hey, even join you in the 145th game of Agricola! So running down the list, these are what I am recommending:

We Have No Theme This Week!

2012-05-11: We Have No Theme This Week!

New things here now!

Games we are playing!

Goings’ on this month!

Coming in July 2012!

Tentacled monsters from water and outer space, hungry hippos, aerial warriors, the game of thrones, and manga thievery are all here this week!

We’re playing a fantastic quartet of games this week, in which we pretend to be Mythos investigators, FPS warriors, Orks, and nuns! Yes, nuns!

Board Games Wednesday@Midpoint and the WH: Invasion LCG Demo Day tomorrow! Plus, more SPORE 2012 info, and the old Citadel paints sale!

Tolkien’s hobbits and mages from every school imaginable adventure and battle in two highly anticipated games this July!

Champions of the Universe, Collate and Unite!

2012-05-04: Champions of the Universe, Collate and Unite!

New things here now!

Games we are playing!

Goings’ on this month!

Coming in July 2012!

Heroes and villains dominate our new releases this week, from the Avengers to robots, to zombies… to robot zombies!

Our hero worship does not stop at the new releases! Some of our favorite games feature heroes and villains too, even the Munchkin kind!

Free Comic Book Day and the AGoT LCG 2012 Regionals are tomorrow! Plus, the SPORE 2012 Photo Contest, and the old Citadel paints sale!

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and from any time period! In this case, they come dice- and X-shaped, and from two months in the future!

Sentinels of the Multiverse Review by Kenneth

Sentinels of the Multiverse

“I am hardly amused at your worthless attempts at competence” – Baron Blade

Trust me… if your attempt at sleeving goes anything like mine, it’ll take a while…

An insane scientist holds the world hostage with his mighty TerraLunar Impulsion Beam … A tyrannical alien warlord leads his armada of genetically engineered warriors to enslave the Earth… A sentient robotic factory carves a swathe of destruction on its mission to eliminate organic life… A solar powered conqueror seeks to remake the world in her own terrible image…

Welcome to the working week…

Necron Pre-Orders!

Pre-order the latest Necron miniatures, due on 5 May, by downloading this form: Store Order Form – GW 2012-05 Necron2

All pre-orders must be in by 4 May!

The One End-of-the-World Scenario We Weren’t Prepared For: Death by Dice!

2012-04-27: The One End-of-the-World Scenario We Weren’t Prepared For: Death by Dice!

New things here now!

Games we are playing!

Goings’ on this month!

Coming in June 2012!

New expansions and supplements for RPG and tabletop games, plus one new Euro board game to enthrall us, and more cowboy Munchkin!

Four of our favorite board games are back in stock, so come on down and start shipping coffee, laying tiles, telling stories, and building cities!

The AGoT LCG 2012 Regionals are upon us! Plus, Roleplaying 101, the SPORE 2012 Photo Contest, and the old Citadel paints sale!

Quarmageddon is upon us a whole six months before the Mayan prediction! Plus, Uwe Rosenberg’s new two-player Agricola, also in June!

Nuclear War review by Kenneth

Nuclear War

Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth both for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nation. Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now to make a choice, to choose between two admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless *distinguishable*, postwar environments: one where you got twenty million people killed, and the other where you got a hundred and fifty million people killed. – General “Buck” Turgidson, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Up To Our Gills in Cards, Books, and Boards!

2012-04-20: Up To Our Gills in Cards, Books, and Boards!

New things here now!

Games we are playing!

Goings’ on this month!

Coming in June 2012!

Card game expansions galore this week including Saboteur 2, plus deck boxes to keep them safe, and two new sourcebooks, including Dust Warfare!

Alter-marines, insane chefs, vanguards, and COGs are just a few of the thing we’re pretending to be this week, as we play some games!

Kenneth Kooi hosts Roleplaying 101, which is gonna be just as great as it sounds! Plus, more SPORE 2012 info, the Photo Contest, and the old Citadel paints sale!

Tell stories and sing songs to gain points, and bring offerings to the gods while developing your city in June!

The Empires Strike Back!

2012-04-13: The Empires Strike Back!

New things here now!

Games we are playing!

Goings’ on this month!

Coming in June 2012!

Empires in space, the Old World, the 20th Century Pacific, 15th century Garmany, and the Marvel Universe compete for your wallet this week!

Empires of various sizes, ages, and statures compete for our attention this week, and they’ll compete for yours too!

Reminders on the Citadel Paints Sale and SPORE 2012 Photo Contest, plus Board Game Tuesday and a Warhammer: Invasion demo!

Command a skyship and evade Wind Pirates, or escape from the temple with your treasure! Or both! Coming in June!