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SIX OF THE BEST… types of columns I wrote in 2017
Instead of doing a boring “six of the best columns I wrote in 2017”, I decided to present my yearly best-of in a slightly different fashion.
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Tagged best of, books, chuck tingle, column, coping mechanism, fidget spinner, film, gadgets, games, handwriting, mental health, movies, norman spinrad, practice, reading, save the cat, signs, stakes, the defenders, the void captain’s tale, tv, unhappiness, writing
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about playing against the computer
As much as I love playing games with other people, sometimes* it’s not possible to have them around. Sometimes you’re stuck playing a game you love by yourself. Enter the computer player — a reasonably-sophisticated AI that can challenge you, … Continue reading
SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic card games
Because you can’t play Gin Rummy all the time, here are SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic card games.
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Tagged apples to apples, card games, fluxx, games, gaming, gin rummy, go fish, hearts, kurt, mille bornes, monopoly deal, poker, quiddler, skip bo, spades, spite and malice, spot it, uno
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SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic board games
Do you groan when someone in your family pulls out Monopoly, knowing that you’re about to be in for three hours of hell, ending when you all give up because no one is ever going to win? Well, then, this … Continue reading
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Tagged alhambra, bananagrams, betrayal at house on the hill, board games, carcassonne, clue, game, games, gaming, life, monopoly, pandemic, risk, rivers roads and rails, scrabble, seafarers of catan, settlers of catan, sorry, tsuro
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