I think every person my age grew up with some kind of knick-knack, curio or printer’s drawer adoring the wall filled with all kinds of random pieces of memorabilia. My mom could recite a story for each and every trinket she had on display in her printer’s drawer and piece of silver or glassware in her China hutch. After we were married, ...
After a long drought, it seems we’ve been finding a lot of Scrabble-like games at thrift. Two weeks ago it was Akumulate, a polyomino-based tile game which used numbers instead of letters. Last week we were playing Plext. It was unique in that you could substitute any number of letters in between the ones you were required to use in order to ...
Along with trivia games, we rarely pick up word games at thrift any more. Like the former, word games are difficult to play with opponents from different generations as the older players will almost always have a more diverse vocabulary. This natural advantage means younger players get frustrated easily and the game will be relegated to the closet ...
There has never been a lack of games that try to expand on the crossword-style of games made popular by Scrabble. Some use unique letter tiles. Showdown Poker uses dice with the various card suits and numbers. Sumoku capitalizes on the popularity of Sudoku by employing numbers instead of letters. There’s even an entire line of Qwirkle games w ...
One of the interesting things about the game industry is that a vast majority of games are designed by individuals who aren’t employees of the company that initially publishes the game. In some cases, the product will later be republished by another company. The are a number of reasons this can happen and in most cases, the customer doesnR ...
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