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Post by IndySligo on Oct 23, 2014 17:31:45 GMT -5
I have arrived safely to Madison!
I'll do my best to report on my activities while here, but typing on this tablet is slow-going, so we'll see how it goes.
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Post by IndySligo on Oct 25, 2014 8:05:17 GMT -5
Day 1 was great! 4 of 6 games played all with great feedback. Gotta get ready for day 2 now...
I took lots of pics. I'll get them posted next week for sure.
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Post by IndySligo on Oct 26, 2014 1:45:51 GMT -5
Day 2 done... actually played more other peoples' games, but still got good tests of my games in. Some are getting huge overhauls - Harmony, Dead Hordes, and Pricinct. Arcana college is seeing a lot of fixes, but the only major change will be the game board. Spell Master is only getting minor tweaks. Going to adjust the player boards, fix typos on cards, and turn the short optional game into the basic game and make the full game the 'advanced' game. Thinking about making 2 versions of the player board, one standard (after some adjustments to the current configuration) and an extreme difficult version.
Took more pictures of course. Can't wait to share.
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Post by IndySligo on Oct 27, 2014 0:44:29 GMT -5
Day 3 done. Drive home done. Now to relax and decompress a little. Good thing I took Monday off work! No way I'd be able to get up in the morning and be functional.
Today finally played Soda Wars, the only game that hadn't made it to the table. Played well, within the time frame. Some good suggestions for enhancements that I'm looking forward to implement.
Spell Master. I thought we were close to done. Today I made what I thought would be a few tweaks to speed up the game and add tension. The game time was less, but the tension that was added wasn't what I want and totally unexpected when one player decided that the game was hopeless for him and left the table. I took over his hand, then about 10 minutes later, another player won the game, jumping ahead from 3rd place.
Fortunately, the fellow returned to offer advice and suggestions. Guess what: Major re-haul! Basic mechanics stay in place, but the changes we'll see... Nah. I'll talk about it in the Spell Master section, not here. Give you a reason to go there and comment.
Tomorrow I'll be doing a lot of typing as I basically review all my notes on the games and type them up here. Since most of the games I took don't have stories and explanations, I guess I'll have to do that, too.
I took lots of pictures, of course. Another task on my list is to post them up. Much to do. Much to do. For now, priority on my list is SLEEP.
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Post by IndySligo on Oct 27, 2014 8:30:10 GMT -5
I took 40 pictures while at protospiel. Most are of games, but a few general pics I'd like to share here. (Let's see how well this works...) Here we go... Here's the room we were in at the Madison Radisson. Friday morning before anyone could show up and trash the place. This is the free stuff table. I wasn't greedy. I promise. Really! Tavis (not Travis), one of the Game Crafter guys, was getting a close-up. Check out their site for more pictures. The Game Crafter Go to their News page and look for pictures of me! And finally, a couple pictures of the games I brought. Check out the threads about these specific games for more details.
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