Designer Boardgames

I’ve always been interested in games – all sorts and all mediums. I even had a hand in “designing” games during my Secondary School days to play in class with my friends. And of course, we come up with our own rules for games that totally changed the original gameplay. Then of course there were the PC games that brought me into world of IT.

And last year a friend who came back from overseas re-ignited my interest in boardgames. He bought a designer boardgame (Heroscape) and asked me to read up about it.

And that led me to the BoardGameGeek website and the world of designer boardgames. And a few months after that, I bought the following games:

Citadels

Gulo Gulo

Race for the Galaxy

Wasabi!

Once Upon a Time

And I am still thinking of buying more! :p

My list of games owned can be found here. Look for for the reviews on the games – you should not need to wait more than a year for them!

Filed under: Games, Happenings

It’s all about time

Time seems to be constantly in short supply and with my work buzzing up and not being able to really sit down and write… it’s been quite a while since my last post.

Hopefully I will be able to find some time soon to do a more meaningful post.

So what have I been up to recently? I’ve been getting acquainted with TIBCO General Interface – an opensource toolkit for AJAX development. It has it quirks and issues but overall it’s quite an impressive and useful tool to consider if you are planning to do some AJAX applications. Once I can find more time, I’ll probably share more of my thoughts on it.

I’ve also been introduced to Conquer Club. It’s an online game that is somewhat similar to the boardgame RISK but with lots of different maps and variations. Each player is allowed 24 hours for a move in the normal games, speed games are available for paid members.

Until next time then. Bye!

Filed under: Games, Happenings, IT Architecture, Design and Programming, Internet, Software

Game for chess?

If you play International Chess, check out Gameknot.

Games on Gameknot typically take a while to complete as its focus is not on immediate/interactive games. Time controls defaults to 3 days a move. However, if both players are online at the same time, things can move much faster.

Gameknot has a nice interface and features, and usually is easy to join or start a game.

Paid membership subscription is available with extra features but non-paying members, like me, have lots of features available as well, I don’t even make use of all of them!

My user id there is zhiqian, challenge me to a game today!

Filed under: Games, Internet, Notes