Category Archives: /gamers (oblique gamers)
Register for a FREE Cafe Five T-shirt
Registration is now CLOSED. Thank you for registering! You can now download the application for your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android devices for FREE. You may also purchase the application in the Mac App Store. Available only to US … Continue reading
The End Is So Close
Posted by Mitch, gamura compeditorus. The Set Up So I was working on some stuff while sitting at my computer the other day, and I thought that I would take a little break and play some Dungeons & Dragons On-line … Continue reading
Its Good To Have A Plan
Posted by Mitch, gamura compeditorus. A game that requires a plan Since getting back from Gen-Con about a month ago, I have been playing a lot of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. I find myself drawn to … Continue reading
When we were gods . . .
Posted by Rick, gamura regulis legisperitum. There is nothing as limitless as a young child’s imagination. As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, I started my gaming hobby in the early 1980s, and sometimes the rules weren’t always as clear to … Continue reading
My Dinner With Jim
Posted by Mitch, gamura compeditorus. The Gamification of Life With apologies to Shakespeare, sometimes I think “All of life is a game, And all the men and women merely players.” Or at least it should be, and with the recent … Continue reading
And Sometimes You Lose…
Posted by Jesse, gamura bibliophileous. It is funny how quickly you can get used to winning. My gaming group has been playing a lot of a cooperative game called Castle Ravenloft. It is pretty fun, but I have played it … Continue reading
The Collector Makes A Sale (or two)!
Posted by George, gamura collecitalius. I love to collect things. I rarely part with things. Such is the nature of collecting. This year, my annual trip to Gen Con was unique in that I spent more time selling than buying. Don’t … Continue reading
Dungeon & Dragons Board Games
Posted by Mitch, gamura compeditorus. I have recently enjoyed playing three very similar games: Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game, Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game, and Dungeons & Dragons: Legend of Drizzt. These games are cooperative … Continue reading
Eurogames vs. Ameritrash
Posted by Rick, gamura regulis legisperitum. Games come in many shapes and sizes and have a great diversity of feel and philosophy of play. There are broad categories that most games fit into, such as role playing games, card games, … Continue reading
We are the story
Posted by Jesse, gamura bibliophileous. As a gamura bibliophilious, I seem to always be looking for the story in the games we play. But I realized something at our gaming night last night, after some Gen-Con reminiscing: As we play … Continue reading
