Games Overboard

WElcome back folks.  I told you that you’d be seeing more of us.  REcently youtube upped their maximum time limit for videos from ten minutes to fifteen minutes.  This means that there are a couple of videos that didn’t make the time cut before, that I can now post.

Mark and I recorded this video for Tobago back in the spring in AZ.  It’s a great explanation of the rules and it’s a game I really like.  I hope you enjoy the video.

Wow! We’ve been gone for a long time. I know that all of you have been crying yourselves to sleep wondering when we were going to post a new review, and we’re here.

We just moved to Colorado this year and bought our first house. we’re finally settled ina nd have been inspired to start making videos again.

Enjoy this newest review of a game we really like called Jet Set. It’s great to be back and we’ll keep em coming if you keep watching.

Unless you’ve been too wrapped up in World Cup fever, you’ve probably noticed there were a few news stories about E3 and all the new gaming options that are coming out in the near future.  One of these stories is the release of the Xbox Kinect (formerly Project Natal) and the Kinect series of games.

Kinect (pronounced: connect) is an auxiliary device for your Xbox that allows you to use your body as the controller in order to play games.  To drive a car you just put your hands out like they’re on a steering wheel.  To ride a skateboard, you stand sideways and lean back, forth, forward and backward.  You are literally part of the game.

So what is this fancy new tech device doing on a board game site?  Well, my friends, the Kinect has one other capability that has not been discussed all that much.  Kinect allows you to connect with other Xbox users and play games, chat, and interact with them in an almost Skype or Apple Facetime way. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ticket to Ride World Championship will take place on June 19 in the Musée de la Carte à Jouer (Card Game Museum) in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The national champions will play several games on the various maps of Ticket to Ride – the best of them will then be declared Ticket to Ride World Champion and win a trip for two on the legendary Orient-Express! Read the rest of this entry »

Who wants a free iPad.  I know I do, and if you’re like me you might be able to win one.  Not from us this time, but from our good friends over at Days of Wonder Games.

OK, here are the details in quick form.  They’re going to give the iPad (pre-loaded with their Small World App) away to the winner of the 2,000,000th game on their online gaming area.  They’re already above 19,800,000 so if you’re not signed up with them yet, I strongly recommend you get over there quick.

If you’re not the winner of the 2millionth game, fear not.  The other players in that game each get an iPod Touch.  Alright, good luck to everyone, and get gaming.