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Westeros in Miniature

01 Mar

Posted by David as Miniatures, RPGs

grrm-wildling With the imminent release of A Song of Ice and Fire roleplaying game, you might want to check out the George R. R. Martin Masterworks series at Dark Sword Miniatures. The line has figures for Ser Jaime Lannister, wildling warriors, Jon Snow, Ser Loras, the Night’s Watch, and others. The three latest are Hedge Knights and Theon Greyjoy.

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Cheating Allegation at the Aeroflot Open

01 Mar

Posted by shadejon as Classic Board Games

The Aeroflot Open is another international Chess tournament, this one held in Russia and attracting many strong players.

Top seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan lost to Igor Kurnosov of Russia. Mamedyarov accused Kurnosov of cheating, as Kurnosov went to bathroom between each move and took his coat with him. He must be using a computer program through a wireless device, alleged Mamedyarov.

Mamedyarov (I just like to type the name) said that Kurnosov’s moves matched the recommendations of the computer program Rybka until move 16. Referees found only cigarettes, lighter, and pens in Kurnosov’s pockets.

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Angel Wars, Redemption, and uberGamer Christians

01 Mar

Posted by shadejon as CCGs, Modern Board Games

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One of the few survivors from the early CCG period is Redemption.

Redemption is not considered a particularly good game by the game cognoscenti, but it has a number of things going for it: it’s cheap, its higher luck element makes it easier for children to win occasionally, and it’s Christian-themed. The Christian theme includes artwork and figures from all over the scriptures. There is no way for evil forces to win: each player plays a good guy, throwing bad guy hazards in the way of the opponent.

Angel Wars is a Christian-themed anime fighting series about angels (available at Amazon as a DVD Box Set). Rather than create their own CCG, they simply created an Angel Wars Booster Pack for the Redemption game line. There is also an Angel Wars Board Game, which looks like it has some abstract strategy potential.

Both Angel Wars games are published by Cactus Game Design, “makers of quality Christian games for all ages.” They publish additional Christian-themed CCGs, and Christian-themed versions of other board games, such as Blink and Apples to Apples.