First published in Fandomfest blog 5/6/13 Things are rocking and rolling at the fandomfest offices after we got back from C2E2! Fandomfest rocked the con and made appearances and contacts with several celebs, writers and artists at C2E2. Yours truly was busy as Ash in a Pokémon gym at the gaming room, but I also got to talk [...]
This post was originally published at Fandomfest blog on March 14 The hits of the 2013 convention tour keep on rolling! Your intrepid gamer spent the last few weekends at Cincycon in wonderful Cincinnatti, Ohio and hung out with his new friends at the Louisville Arcade Expo! Cincycon is, in the humble opinion of yours truly, [...]
First published in Fandomfest Blog Site February 26,2013 This past weekend was a great time for me at my friendly neighborhood gaming shop, Bluegrass Magic, as we gathered for our weekly meet up. We planned it to be centered around some Fandomfest promotions as we put together some games to give out for a drawing as [...]
March is just around the corner, and with that come the conventions. Yes, those wonderful, glorious conventions where one can meet their favorite celebrity, author, writer, or…puppet, cosplay as their favorite celebrity, author, writer, or…yes, puppet, play their favorite game, reenact their favorite battle, LARP till their heart’s content, party like the rock star they [...]
Many people say Christmas is their favorite time of year. I say the weeks after Chrismas is mine! I get to play with all my new games I got for Christmas! This week, I’m reviewing Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG from Fantasy Flight Games, and a fine fantasy-themed strategy Demo, Four Taverns from [...]
As Election day rears its head today, I am reminded of how the election is perhaps the greatest game we can play, with the risks being our very future! My good friend, Criss Walker, local Vampire: The Masquerade LARP organizer for Louisville has brought to my attention a great new boardgame coming soon due to [...]
Curicon is a social network for all things nerd. It provides collectors of nerd culture with simple organization programs to keep track of their expansive collection. It also provides opportunities for collectors to get in touch with other collectors all over the world to talk obsessions and to get that one piece they need to [...]
All wings report in! Last year, right before GenCon, publisher Fantasy Flight Games announced that they had secured the Star Wars Gaming license after Wizards of the Coast chose not to renew it due to various business and economic reasons. At the show, they had early hands-on demos of two of the games that they [...]
Settlers of Catan is a household name in board games, especially for serious board gamers. While it wasn’t the game I cut my teeth on, hundreds of other gamers have traded more sheep for wood than they probably care to admit. (Not to mention it’s probably the only time in polite conversation shouting “I’VE GOT WOOD [...]
