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07 Feb
Posted by David Miller as Card Games, CCGs, Classic Board Games, Electronic Games, Gamification, Miniatures, Modern Board Games, Other, RPGs, War Games
Today marks 10 years since Yehuda Berlinger posted the first article on Purple Pawn, a brief story about board games mentioned in the Sally Forth comic strip. I hope in that time that you’ve felt informed and entertained. We’ve tried our best to make a positive contribution. With 8,370 articles published so far!
Purple Pawn presents a unique voice in the game field, covering all types of tabletop games—board games, card games, collectibles, roleplaying games, war games, miniatures, and more. Games with modern movie tie-ins and traditional games played by generations. Games for the dedicated hobbyist, as well as the casual gamer.
Of course we report news of product releases but we also work hard to document the business side of the game industry, provide tips to the game consumer, and highlight the significant role that games play in culture and society.
Purple Pawn would not exist if not for the vision and guidance of its founder, Yehuda Berlinger. Thank you, Yehuda, for letting me keep it going when you decided to move on to other game-related endeavors!
Thank you also to our various contributors over the years: Ben Clark, Thomas Deeny, K.C. Lee, Lory Gilpatric, Phil Kilcrease, Randy Snyder, Richard Bliss, Josh Street, Rob Kalajian, Sam Mercer, and Tracy Tang! In the early days it was Yehuda as the snarky commentator, Josh as the fanboy, and me as the straight-man. Ben provided an amazing inside look at the business side of games with the Paper Money podcast. Sam gave us some cool graphics. Rob—who, other than Yehuda and I, was with Purple Pawn the longest—was of tremendous support to me personally, did a wonderful job of covering the independent publishers, and also solved many technical problems behind the scenes. Thomas, who is still with Purple Pawn, has an amazing knack for identifying the hot trends and controversies.
And of course, thank you to our readers!
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No one else provides the unusual angles to tabletop games that you
provide. Long may you reign.
David, you know my view on this. Purple Pawn provides a valuable perspective on the world of tabletop games. It’s one of the few emails that I look out for in my inbox, because Purple Pawn is always informative and doesn’t just follow the current hype.
Here’s to many more successful years.
Rory
Great job everyone. I look forward to each e-mail!
Thank you all! Your well-wishes mean a lot.
Congrats on 10 great years. I miss the Paper Money podcast. I enjoyed the look behind the curtain it provided.
Me too. I’d love to bring it back.
Thanks David. You’re doing great and so is the site!
Thank you very much, Yehuda!
Always good to hear that Purple Pawn is still kickin’ ass David! And my thanks to you all for some really cool moments in my life as well! Long live the pawn!
Congrats on 10 years!! (a few days late… but it was toy fair season!)
Completely understandable! Thank you. And it was good to see you at the show.