The Name of the Wind is Becoming Reality, One Board Game at a Time
"Some expert mathematicians and strategy game players are already trying to break this game," announces the website. "So far, it's held up pretty well." Still, gamers of all types are welcome to try it for themselves, and report back. The rules will leave beta in February of 2016, and a Kickstarter campaign will follow.
Pairs, meanwhile, is really taking off [http://hippocketgames.com/pairs]. A variety of themed decks exist and appeal to any number of players - Fruits; Barmaids; Pirates. Even that one man penny dreadful, <a href="http://www.professorelemental.com/
">the marvelous, the eccentric, Professor Elemental, has a deck devoted to his steampunk hip-hoppery.
Similarly, The Witcher's Gwent is developing a life of its own [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/141155-The-Witcher-3s-Gwent-Recreated-in-Tabletop-Simulator#&gid=gallery_4259&pid=1] outside the video game.
Oh, and that third silence I mentioned? Well, it was not an easy thing to notice. It was in the furrowed brow of a man at the table. The board game was his, just as the third silence was his. It was deep and wide as a game of Mage Knight. It was heavy as Arkham Horror. It was the grumbling, cut-it-out sound of a man who is about to lose. For, like, the sixth time in a row.
Source: Cheapass Games [http://cheapass.com/games/tak]
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"Some expert mathematicians and strategy game players are already trying to break this game," announces the website. "So far, it's held up pretty well." Still, gamers of all types are welcome to try it for themselves, and report back. The rules will leave beta in February of 2016, and a Kickstarter campaign will follow.
Pairs, meanwhile, is really taking off [http://hippocketgames.com/pairs]. A variety of themed decks exist and appeal to any number of players - Fruits; Barmaids; Pirates. Even that one man penny dreadful, <a href="http://www.professorelemental.com/
">the marvelous, the eccentric, Professor Elemental, has a deck devoted to his steampunk hip-hoppery.
Similarly, The Witcher's Gwent is developing a life of its own [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/141155-The-Witcher-3s-Gwent-Recreated-in-Tabletop-Simulator#&gid=gallery_4259&pid=1] outside the video game.
Oh, and that third silence I mentioned? Well, it was not an easy thing to notice. It was in the furrowed brow of a man at the table. The board game was his, just as the third silence was his. It was deep and wide as a game of Mage Knight. It was heavy as Arkham Horror. It was the grumbling, cut-it-out sound of a man who is about to lose. For, like, the sixth time in a row.
Source: Cheapass Games [http://cheapass.com/games/tak]
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