June 2011
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May 2011
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Kennedy v. Nixon
Tonight was a very special (they all are, really) edition of Ludocracy Now! Not only would I be breaking in a new member but also a new game. I knew everything would have to go just right as Jessica had expressed concern that she wouldn’t “fit in” with Ludocracy Now! because she wasn’t “smart enough.” I assured her that there are plenty of stupider people in...
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Game Overview: Campaign Manager 2008 and 1960:...
(Subtitle: Joe’s photographical incompetence makes a return)
If you’ve met me for at least one second, you know that I am an unabashedly political person. (In some sense, you all are too because politics is life and versa vice.) And now that the legislative session is over, I am looking for something to sate my partisan appetite until Guv Dayton wrangles the “Terrible...
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"Special Session" of Ludocracy Now
(I am already congratulating myself for using a legislative pun)
A good friend of mine came up from Madison, WI and I forced her to play Lost Cities with me. I will say this: As crummy as the political action of our state legislature is this biennium, my friend had mentioned how she had gone to a party where they were playing a game called citadels. This is not a board game I would expect...
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Slice of Humble Pie
It was perfect board game weather: drizzly, muggy, rapture-y, so what better opportunity to while away a Friday night (ok. I know most people are thinking “I can think of about thirty other things to do.” but come on, it’s a board game tumblr!) with some taut two player train track laying action??
I was joined by long time ludocrat Jacob who had suggested we play Ticket to Ride...
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Small World Thursday
I was very much looking forward to tonight’s Ludo-meeting: Jeff had actually asked to play boardgames (spoiler alert: he was hoping I’d pick Dominion. I didn’t. The meeting was over in an hour and a half.) and I had purchased some libations to add to the fun:
Titan IPA (my bottle says 7.1% ABV, but I digress) I was expecting hoppier, I’d rather have a bubblejack then...
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My Collection. Or: Why Jeff is nonplussed
Below is my current collection of games. Hopefully it does not grow any larger. After the name of the game is the number of players, the estimated time to play, the “weight” of the game (1-candy land, 5-Advanced Squad Leader? [the idea is 5 is the most complex]) and its ranking on Board Game Geek.
1960: Making of the President, 2 players, 90 min, 3.2 weight, #44
7 wonders, 2-7...
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What is a kwoon? (kw00n?)
So two new games made the playing table at a new Ludocrat’s house this weekend. 7 Wonders and Dixit. Both highly rated “family” games. I was eager to try them out.
After walking through the 7 wonders rules and repeating things endlessly until they made sense, we decided to just “go for it” as it were and “dive right in” as it, I guess, also, were. It...
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Game Overview: 7 Wonders
So if you’re a normal person, and most normal people are, you probably ask yourself “What the fuck is he talking about” when I bring up the names of some of these games I own. When most people think boardgames, they think Clue or Sorry or Dreamdate or Apples to Crapples. I, however, seem to suggest playing games that sound like a nerd and wizard had a baby and then gave it a...
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It's a world of laughter.
There we were, holding an ad hoc meeting of Ludocracy Now! with Small World on the table and Jake’s expository voice in our ear laying out the special powers of the fairies and sorcerers we were set to employ. I thought it was all pretty ghoul. (Am I the only one who has seen the Miley Cyrus skits on SNL?)
Long story short, the salesman of the group pulled Merchant Elves playing fourth and...
“Board games? Really, Sam? What happened: burglars break in and steal Parcheesi...”
– Sedartives in March/April 2011’s Believer http://www.believermag.com/issues/201103/?read=column_stahl
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Do you have what it takes?
Four deadly diseases threatened to wipe the last vestiges of a depraved human race from the face of the earth, but the members of Ludocracy Now! who were present for the inagural meeting were determined to drink as many Pabst Blue Ribbons as necessary to keep the vicious virii at bay.
Our first meeting of Ludocracy Now included members active on the google group and some who’ve never even...
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
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Ludocracy Now Bylaws
“Whenever two or more are gathered in the name of boardgames, there shall be the spirit of Ludocracy Now.”
I. Governance
Joe will rule as an enlightened despot until the need for a different governance structure. Such need will be determined by the enlightened despot. The enlightened despot will refer to himself in third person occasionally throughout these bylaws.
II. Membership
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Ludo Ergo Sum
I play, therefore, I am.
