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Skip Maloney, formerly of Boston with a 15-year layover in the metro NYC area, is a freelance writer, currently plying his trade in Wilmington, NC. He writes for a variety of regional and national publications, including GAMES Magazine and Knucklebones, both about the hobby of board gaming.

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Board to Death TV: Videographers take to the air waves with board game reviews

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 · 1 comment

In response to my 100th entry on these pages, I received a comment from someone or some thing called “The Board to Death Team.” They were...
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Play more board games

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 · 2 comments

As any of you who have been following these pages for any length of time will have noticed, there are not a lot of board game Examiners. Virtually...
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Keeping it all straight with Grass

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Hold on. . . just need to light this up. . .gotta be in the right frame of mind to talk about this, and what with poking around in search of the, uhh,...
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Silverton: The solitaire experience

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Game: Silverton Designer: Phillip John Smith and Dori Smith Publisher: Mayfair Games Age Range: 12 & up Number of Players: 1-6 Game Time: 4-6...
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Atlantis: A simple game with a few surprises

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Game: Atlantis Designer: Leo Colovini Artwork: Michael Menzel Publisher: Mayfair Games Age Range: 10 & up Number of Players: 2-4 Game Time: 30-45...
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Metro: laying track for a Paris subway system

Game: Metro Designers: Dirk Henn Publisher: Queen Games (1997) Age Range: 8 & up Number of Players: 2-6 Game Time: 30 minutes Mechanics: Tile...
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Venture: A look back at a Sid Sackson classic

Game: Venture Designer: Sid Sackson Publisher: 3M/Avalon Hill (out of print) Age Range: 12 & Up Number of Players: 2-6 Game Time: One hour (more...
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Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean - Hard work, but worth the effort

DESIGNERS: Andrew Parks & Jason Hawkins ART: Jason Hawkins, Jessica Ney, Stephen Graham Walsh PUBLISHER: Z-Man Games (2005) AGE RANGE: 12 & up...
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Royal Palace: GAMES Magazine's 'Family Strategy' runner-up

GAME: Royal Palace Designer: Xavier George Artwork: Michael Menzel Publisher: Rio Grande Games Age Range: 12 & up Number of Players: 2-4 Game...
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The 2010 Traditional Games 100 published in December issue of GAMES Magazine

Games are just hard to keep up with. They publish so many of them in a single year, and then, of course, the years mount up and you wonder how any one...
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