Here’s a selection of photos from Winter Retreat. You can click to enlarge. Our humble abode for the week-end. Beautiful sunny days, cool, but not too cold. The gaming hall was large enough for all 53 of us, with room to eat as well. Let the gaming commence! Straight into the gaming. In the foreground..
Ticket to Ride is the latest game to get the Tabletop viedoe treatment. The video gives you a playthrough of the game, along with an explanation of the rules and what each player is trying to achieve. Right near the end of the video there is a great illustration of what you should never do..
Following from yesterday’s Small World video review, The Penny Arcade report has a very interesting article up. It is an interview with Days of Wonder covering their strategy of releasing their more successful board games (club favourites Ticket to Ride and Small World) as apps on the ipad. Apparently app sales have given a measureable..
CanCon report It had to happen one year. I’ve heard about the first and largest board and miniatures convention in Australia, but have never been. Reports of board game aisles made from board games, and miniatures and accessories previously seen only on obscure websites meant I had to go. This was the year. Time to..
Multiple Sclerosis/Young Care Board Game Event LXG has had a relationship with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Queensland for the past three years. The club runs a fortnightly games night for the residents of the MS Granston Lodge facility at Dutton Park. MS has assisted LXG by supporting our grant applications for such things as..
The guys at Days of Wonder have made online playable versions of some of their board games, including club favourites Memoir 44 and Ticket to Ride. For all you fans of Memoir 44, Days of Wonder has launched a great new on-line version of the game at their site, located at: http://www.daysofwonder.com/memoir44-online/en/ Jeremy Norton has..
Legends of Winter took place over this meeting, with the main feature being our Warhammer Fantasy Battles tournament. Twenty-five players competed for the sword but there could only be one winner. Congratulations to Matt Kelly for finishing top of the pile with his Skaven army. Our usual array of board and card games were also..
This post comes courtesy of our Club President, Keith Done. Merry Christmas everyone! The December meeting was another well-attended meeting. Despite the close proximity to Christmas, there were fifty-five people present at midday. Thanks to everyone who brought a plate of goodies to share and for Jason and Ado for organising the free pizzas. Two..
