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The war begins tomorrow...

News Update.

Here is an update on the current local gaming scene. One of the local gaming shops the Game Vault is going to be closed till the 23rd of this month and no one reading this blog is to know about it. This basically means that if you are a regular there, I would not see you tell sometime next year.

They got a few new games there at the Game Vault. There seem to be an open box of Citadel, Haste Bock, and El Grande.

Finally. I'm just too lazy to put up the Session Report for the Saturday game today. My last game there for the year! I did however update the Web Album. For those who know me the pictures should explain it all.

I hate CCG/TCG game/gamers... ZZZzzz...

Do Not Think!

I am back with the games. This will be a short post as I have 3 new 360 games right now. If you ever, ever think of buying Carcassonne, there is nothing to think about. Just buy it. The game is just that good.

Later!

Carcassonne Big Box

I am in KL and I have in my possession a copy of Carcassonne Bog Box. But it is in German. Why the hoopla did they not tell me that the game game is in German is beyond me. Big box, excellent components. Truly a must have.

Carcassonne Big Box

The Carcassonne Bog Box edition is now in Malaysia. And I just booked us one! Yup this limited edition version of Carcassonne plus 5 expansions in a box is now available at Imagine Games for only RM209. A freaking bargain!

So if you want one I'm heading down south and picking one up. Will post a review soon! Also look out my review of Niagara and its expansion Spirits of Niagara sometime next week.

BBG CON 2006

The Board Game Geeks own BGG CON 2006 is on next month. I wish I could go.

I heard that there is going to be plenty of giveaways from free games to free expansions. Check out the FAQs for some details and check out their game library for something to drool at.

Perplexcity Game Of The Year

It takes hard work for a board game to get the game of the year award like Spiel des Jahres. A board game must be family friendly, reasonably competitive, reasonably challenging and has good components to win the game of the year award. A board game with the game of the year award almost guarantees a good fun time.

Out comes Perplexcity. Perplexcity is not exactly a collectible card game. You collect the cards, you sometimes trade them, and they do have rarity but that is where the similarity ends. You do not play duels with it but there is a game to be played.

On each card is a puzzle, and on its back is a piece of a clue usually a map. The puzzle if solved gives you points on the Perplexcity web site. The clue on the back leads to the location of a stolen object. A stolen object from the imaginary Perplex city. Who ever finds this object can win 20,000USD.


Because of the success of the game they decided to release a board game version of Perplexcity. A board game without an entry on board game geek (the moment I am writing this post). A board game that gave itself the game of the year award.

Is this the first kink in the integrity of board games awards amour? I hope not. I think such marketing ploys should be stopped.

Salam Eid-Fitr

Salam Eid-Fitr to all muslim gamers out there! May your Ramadhan be accepted and your Eid be safe.

For some odd reason the local game store here want to keep it a secret that they are going to be open for gaming today on Eid and tomorrow. So do not tell anyone in the mood to game to come by ok?

Resurrection

It is done. We have upgraded to Blogger Beta. I am sorry that to do this I had to remove everyone from the blog and re-invite everyone. Now we can categorise our posts. Something that I have always wanted to do. And we have a Web Album where we could put up pictures of our gaming activities.

Blogger Beta has many new features we have yet to try. So accept the invite to those who got it and let us try this Blogger Beta out.

Food for Gamers!

Yo gamers!
I know you guys have been having fun during Friday Games so good for you! But are you always gaming hungry? Is that dinner enough to sustain hours of gaming?

Check it out: McDonalds like every year in the month of Ramadan, holds a buffet dinner. For about Rm20 you could have as many of any McDonalds food you want. In Ipoh it is only available at the town Mcdonalds. It is not that far out of the way for cheap food is it?

So check it out.

New games have arrived!

Heya people,

Just a quick post to let you know that several new games have arrived at the Vault:

1. Power Grid
2. Power Grid expansion
3. Amun Re
4. Tempus
5. Byzantium
6. Railroad Tycoon
7. Conquest of the Empire
8. Attika
9. Samurai

We were also expecting 'In the Shadow of the Emperor' but unfortunately it missed the shipment so it'll be delayed for awhile.

Cheers!

EuroGame Retreat ON!!! - Copied And Pasted From Imagine Games

Finally, the EuroGame Retreat is ON!!!

Now scheduled for Awana Resort, 15 minutes before Genting Highlands, we have 12 confirmations after the first day, and more are expected in the next 24 hours.

Here is the schedule:
Saturday, 7 October
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830-900: Arrival.
900-1100: Game #1 (including tea break).
1100-100: Game #2.
100-200: Lunch.
200-400: Game #3.
400-500: Game #4 (including tea break).
500-600: Game #5.
600-800: Break & Dinner.
800-whenever: Free Play.

Sunday, 8 October
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800-900: Breakfast.
900-1030: Game #6.
1030-1200: Game #7.
1200-1230: Wrap Up.

Game nominations will be mailed out tonight to all confirmed participants, who will then be given 48 hours to nominate 7 games they would like to see played in the 7-game tournament.

Participants will then be mailed the final nomination list for voting.

Rules for the 7 games will then be mailed to all participants one week ahead of the retreat.

Total cost for 1 night twin share accommodation, lunch, dinner, breakfast and 2 tea-breaks is only Rm200!

Please email now to confirm your place if you haven’t done so already :0

Originally posted on Imagine Games

Want To Buy A Game?

I am in the mood to get some new games. So if you want to save some money and pool orderes with me then head on to Imagine Games and choose your games. My pooling our order you will get free shipping. The price of each game is as printed on the site. I'm ordering somewhere in the begining of next month. The order, if in stock, will arrive the very next day.

Ticket to Ride - Online

Days of wonder web site lets U play 4 games online and T2R is one of them. The game interface is well laid out, all one has to do is drag and drop. The best thing is, "IT's FREE".

Yup! its not a typing mistake......"IT's FREE". One may register for a free account at www.daysofwonder.com, with limitations of course. One can only join a game created by other players.

The downside of this online version:-
1. 1st time loading is gonna be hell. (My advice, prepare some snacks and drinks cause U gonna need it).
2. People there usually don't speak English. Lotz of Germans.

Other then the 2 points mentioned above, all in all I think its ok.

Guild of Board Gamers

Since when are we a League?

UPDATE!

Arthas will not be joining us for a while and no Bortacks you do not need to know why.

Ipoh gamers still have problems using e-mail mainly because it is easy to use and completely free.

I will change this...