Articles of Note
The State of Games, Ep. 188 – The One About Milk
Chris sits down with Josh Mills, designer of Milkman
The State of Games, Ep. 187: The One About Unpub 2023
Chris, Darrell, and TC talk highlights from the Unpub con.
The State of Games, Ep. 186: The One About Our Robot Overlords
Chris, Darrell, and TC talk the impact of AI on gaming
The State of Games, Ep. 185: The One About Crossing the Line
Chris and TC talk about games and bad behavior
The State of Games, Ep. 184: The One About Catching Up
Chris, Darrell, and TC catch up after a long hiatus
The State of Games, Ep. 183: The One About Works in Progress
Talk of upcoming projects; importance of adapting
The State of Games, Ep. 182: The One About Getting the Brand Back Together
Darrell, TC, and Chris talk the separation of DHMG and GTG
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – and it’s time again for my favorite annual tradition, the Dice Hate Me Holiday Gift Guide! This guide comes to you a bit late in the season this time around, what with all the traveling to cons and wrapping up Kickstarter campaigns and whatnot. But there’s nothing I love more – and nothing that gets me more into the holiday spirit – than sharing some of my favorite easiest-to-recommend games to all of you, Dear Readers!
This guide will be great for those of you who are still looking for that special gift of cardboard for the hard-to-shop-for significant other, friend or relative. So sit back, relax with a cup of eggnog or three, and enjoy! Happy Holidays!
We love gaming conventions, and thankfully con season wasn’t over quite yet as thousands of geeks gathered in the Big D for BGGCon 2013. Origins and GenCon are great, but you’ll never find a more concentrated collection of hardcore board game enthusiasts than here – and we attended! And now we’re going to tell you all about what you missed. You’re welcome.
Dice Hate Me Loves Card Games!
11.19.13
Dice Hate Me Games and Unpub want YOU… to design a game! The challenge? Create a fun, engaging game using only 54 cards and then put it in front of a bunch of strangers to see how you fared! Interested? Here are the details!
The holidays are upon us, and that means it’s time to gather friends and family for fun gaming festivities. And what better way to celebrate the diversity that comes with these gatherings than with a party game? Whether your group has a tradition of egg nog and Pictionary, the underrated party game is often the hero of the holidays.
Ah, October. The best time of the year. Fall leaves, decorative gourds as far as the eye can see, cool temperatures… oh, and board games. Lots and lots of board games. Especially if you happen to be in Germany. Essen, to be exact. You see, that’s where the world’s largest board game convention is held each year – and it is awesome.
Yep, beer. We has it. Come and gets it.
Hello, dear Shmoes! Some of you that follow @dicehateme on Twitter or listen to The State of Games and The Geek All-Stars podcasts have heard mysterious mentions of Shmoes and Shmoecon over the past few weeks. What exactly is a Shmoe and what does it have to do with a con? Well, a Shmoe is just a regular gamer who wants to play games with other Shmoes – so if you love playing games, you’re already a Shmoe! More specific to our gaming group here in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, the Shmoes came together for the first official time this past weekend at Shmoecon 0.5. Some Shmoes were invited to a local con while other Shmoes were left out. So, we did what any sensible Shmoes would do – we held our own con in the hotel lobby!
Over the course of five days, we Shmoes played a lot of games, got little sleep, and generally had a great time. The following is a breakdown of the games I personally played and a few brief words about some of the more memorable games to hit the tables. Enjoy!
Games played at the con:
- Black Spy
- Gravwell
- Belle of the Ball
- Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
- Nothing Personal
- Copycat
- Downfall of Pompeii
- Lords of Waterdeep with Scoundrels of Skullport expansion
- DC: Deckbuilding Game
- Castle Dice
- Compounded
- Holiday Wars: Slugfest
- VivaJava
- Nefarious
- Hot Rod Creeps
- Firefly
- Last Will
- Trollstigen
Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
When this two-player version of Agricola was introduced to the gaming world last year, I was a bit skeptical. The game promised rich and fulfilling Euro-style gameplay in under thirty minutes – certainly a tall order. Having played Agricola: ACBS three times over the course of Shmoecon I can say, definitively, that it delivers on all promises – plus, there are animeeples! Agricola: ACBS basically distills all the fun bits of big brother Agricola into a tiny package that plays fast, easy and yet surprisingly deep. It is certainly one of the best two-player games I’ve had the pleasure of playing, and it makes me want to check out Le Havre: The Inland Port as soon as possible.
Impression score: 
6 out of 6
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