The events are coming thick and fast these days! Here’s another one, International Tabletop Day, a mix of virtual and physical get-togethers for tabletop gamers all around the world. The explanatory video says everything that needs to be said, so take it away, Felicia Day! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3m0PIWqkfQ]
There are quite a few long-term magic players at LXG, and players who played in the early years but rarely duel these days. Eaither way there’s a few people who will be interested by this project on Kickstarter. The Gathering: Reuniting Pioneering Artists of Magic is a book featuring many of Magic’s early artists. The..
2013 is going to be a good year for Nerd Conventions! With CanCon past, there is PAX and now Epic Diem to look forward to! Epic Diem will take place at the USC Sports Stadium on Queensland’s Sunshine Coat on Sunday 21 September. Eagle-eyed readers will not that this clashes with LXG’s September club meeting,..
We’ve previously linked to an interview about game design with Alex Norton. Alex is a Brisbane-based game developer, and his indie game project is soon to enter beta testing. If you like old school rpg games you’ll be interested in this. While Alex is based in Brisbane, his team is scattered around the world, including..
ICv2 has an article covering their list of the Top Ten Hobby Games Business Events of 2012. The article has a number of events specific to certain businesses, but the industry wide events are more interesting, including: 1. Kickstarter’s emergence as a major force in hobby games funding. For board and miniatures games, Kickstarter is..
I saw this linked to from Slashdot, and I wanted to share. Alex Norton, lead developer of Malevolence: the Sword of Ahkranox is talking about things they don’t tell you as a game developer. It makes for a fascinating read. Malevolence is a CRPG made in the ‘old school’ style, that uses procedural content generation..
CanCon is on again in 2013! Held each year at Canberra, the next one will take place January 26-28 at Exhibition Park, Flemington Rd, also known as EPIC. CanCon is free to enter (though there is a cost to play in organised tournaments. In addition to the tournaments there are many demonstration games that are..
There is a new program on at The Edge, starting in December. Called Converplaytions it’s a series of talks all about gaming, followed by some playing of games. From the website: “Gaming stereotypes have led us to believe that gaming is the domain of the introverted, male geek. This couldn’t be further from the truth…
An interesting quarterly update from the people at ICv2. The hobby game boom that kicked off earlier this year has continued and looks to be sustainable as far as these things can be: “Longtime industry insiders are comparing the current market to the Pokemon boom era around 2000, but with the difference that sales are..
For Anyone Travelling to London I have just recently returned from a holiday in the UK. While in London, I found a board games club called ‘London On Board’. It was quiet on the night I rocked up, announcing, “Hi, I’m from the League of Extraordinary Gamers in Brisbane, Australia.” This certainly broke the ice..
