Sunday, March 18, 2007

My Blog....Why I decided to start it:

I thought I would begin by providing you with my reasons for starting this blog:

1)I have recently gotten back into the world of board games after an absence of several years and have found it rather easy to re-ignite my passion.  I have been busy buying copies of my favorite games from the past (on Ebay and via the BGG) while picking up some newer games that look excellent as well.  Therefore, this blog is going to be an outlet for me to express my love of games, while informing others of any interesting information I might stumble across. 

2)I wanted to write a blog with a wargame focus that isn't burdened by the Ameritrash/Eurogame debate.  As such, this post is the last time you will hear me use the term Ameritrash.  This is not to say that I won't talk about Eurogames as I feel no ill will toward those games but they just aren't my thing. 

3)I want the opportunity to reminisce about many of the games that don't seem to be talked about anymore.  I find it strange that some of my favorite American made games have fallen by the wayside and have yet to be replaced in the gaming culture.  I'm someone who wants to conquer the world (by dominating 4 or 5 friends) and am willing to free up a weekend to do it.....but for some reason the games that facilitate this just aren't made anymore.  So as I await the release of Reins of Power I want to draw some attention to great games that have been forgotten of late.

 Canadian Gamer (Jason)

Posted by Jason at 06:32:41 | Permanent Link | Comments (3) |
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1 - Hello and Welcome to the 'Blog' WORLD! I was looking over your gaming interests, and find quite a few of which I am fond of recollecting "Glory Daze" for these. For the benefit of any others also 'interested', then I'd like to expand for some of them even further to then create an "enhanced" ability to bring those within the 'sphere' of looking closely upon and get such BACK into "gaming circles" yet again. It can be a daunting taskmaster for some, what with the variety and amount of 'pieces' that many seem to crave. I've always liked the VARIANTS that were crafted for many of what we BOTH happen to have enjoyed in the past, as it was just another excuse to BRING those onto the "playing tables" and have another 'go' with any, and this was a GOOD 'thing'! (Comment this)

Written by: GROGnads at 2007/03/22 - 10:32:11
2 - Thanks for the comment. When I review games I'll be sure to mention any variants that I use. Hopefully others will contribute their ideas for variants via comments. (Comment this)

Written by: Canadian Gamer (Jason) at 2007/03/22 - 14:47:02
3 - Hey Jason,

We're just starting to expand our gaming section and are looking for links. I've put you up on our blogroll.

Please feel free to stop by and check us out.

Also, we're giving away some board games as well - stop by and check out our contest: http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=1216 (Comment this)

Written by: ArsGeek at 2007/03/23 - 18:47:50
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