Games Overboard

We thought it was cool when someone bought a few Games from Nazi Germany (because of the history.)  Now they’ve found a German game from World War I.  That’s just amazing.

I just received an email from Matt over at North Star Games regarding the recent release of their new game Wits & Wagers Family.  Here’s the story from the press release:

After pooling all the comments, Twitter followers, emails, etc.  After trying (and failing) to figure out what the heck is going on with our comments (something I will fix, eventually) we have a winner for the “Ticket to Ride” giveaway. Congratulations to @Howitzer_120mm from our Twitter followers.  Your name was drawn as the winner of [...]

Alright, I’ve gotten a few emails since yesterday about people not being able to comment.  I’ve tried to correct the issue on my end, and all my tests show that the comments are allowed. I’ve tried logging out, using different browsers (IE7, IE8, Safari, Safari for iPhone, Konqueror, Firefox, and Google Chrome) and all my [...]

I’m not going to say that our first contest has gone perfectly, as that would be a huge lie.  We’ve had some successes, and we’ve had some errors, and we’ve had some moments where we pulled out some of the little hair left on our heads. But I think that’s all been fixed now.  Well, [...]