http://www.downtimetown.com The Board Game Show Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:29:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am mentally ill. I am. I can't stop buying games. Last week it was Hive. This week it was Court of the Medici, Chaos Marauders and Cosmic Incursion. I even bought a Risk game. I hate Risk. Why did I buy Risk? It was that two-player Risk: Balance of Power effort. ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/02/13/help-im-mentally-ill/ Oh, one more thing. I know I promised that episode 2.1 of the show would be available a week ago. I apologise for yet another delay. I wasn't happy with the approach I'd taken, so I ripped it up and will start again when I'm home from London. I'm an ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/02/06/wheres-2-1/ Well, today (yesterday, I suppose - it's two in the morning) a trip along the Thames by boat took me to Greenwich, and a trip into Greenwich Market. Wherever I go these days, it seems that fate intervenes to ensure that some type of board game or other is there ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/02/06/river-insects/ Do excuse me if this blog post is a bit on the rough side, but I'm doing it all from an iPhone app, and doing it while on the move - I'm in London! The big city! The London! London town! Does London have any nicknames? I'm struggling here. Londonium ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/02/04/the-blog-begins-london/ With the launch of series 2 of DowntimeTown, we're removing the news section and switching over to a Gaming Blog, where I'll be talking on a more casual basis about what I'm playing games-wise. News might sneak in to the blog too, so don't panic! ZOZ http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/01/27/goodbye-news-hello-blog/ I'm pleased to announce that the new series of DowntimeTown starts next week. This is definite, so pencil it in. This time next week you'll be able to sleep soundly in the knowledge that you've witnessed the start of series 2 of the weirdest board game show on the web. There'll also ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/01/21/downtimetown-episode-2-1-next-week/ If you haven't heard of Dominion, then you've probably just accidentally stumbled onto this site while looking for Sasha Grey videos. Anyone who has even a passing interest in tabletop gaming will almost certainly have heard about this juggernaut, this behemoth, this Dominion. [caption id="attachment_654" align="aligncenter" width="299" caption="I like this game. ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/01/20/dominion-review/ Is it a game? Or is it a toy? It's certainly an elephant. [caption id="attachment_650" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Elephant fun. Elefun."][/caption] Elefun is, as the box tells us, "The frantic butterfly catching game!" Or "El divertido juego de cazar mariposas!" It's a big blue plastic hollow elephant that blows air like a confused vacuum cleaner. ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/01/13/kids-stuff-elefun-review/ The Darkest Reach is an RPG campaign that I've started running, and it's probably the most ambitious one I've ever put together. I'm going to be writing up campaign reports for the site for two reasons. One - I'm hoping that it will be entertaining for those of you who ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/01/13/the-darkest-reach-prologue/ Runewars. It's the latest big box game from Fantasy Flight, and now you can download the rules for free and get yourself all prepped for playing it. It's a great thing, getting the rules in advance, particularly when the rulebook is 394 PAGES LONG! (It isn't). Go straight to THE SITE for ... http://www.downtimetown.com/2010/01/13/runewars-rules-available-now/