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Quirkworthy’s Ramblings: A Primitive Cult

This article reprinted by kind permission of Ravage magazine. A Primitive Cult I’m always surprised that anthropologists don’t hang around gamers more. We are a superstitious lot, much given to watching for signs and portents, careful ritual and lucky talismans. … Continue reading

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Quirkworthy’s Ramblings: It’s All Mine!

This article reprinted by kind permission of Ravage magazine. Gamers like stuff. Me too, and sometimes I wonder why the draw to the latest shiny thing is so strong. When I say “stuff” I don’t mean the games themselves. Of … Continue reading

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Quirkworthy’s Ramblings: Oh Dear

This article reprinted by kind permission of Ravage magazine. I have too many games. Maybe you do too. My study is one of the largest rooms in the house and yet I hardly have room to move. Games and games … Continue reading

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Quirkworthy’s Ramblings: New & Shiny

This article reprinted by kind permission of Ravage magazine. Whether you play board games or miniature games, if the system you are using has a battlefield or board to fight over then it shares a common set of stages of … Continue reading

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Quirkworthy’s Ramblings: A Golden Age

This article reprinted by kind permission of Ravage magazine.   We live in the Golden Age of Gaming. Look around and you find more companies than ever before producing games and games paraphernalia: vast libraries of board games, acres of … Continue reading

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A Nice Surprise

I’d half-forgotten about them, so when a message from the French postal service landed in my inbox this morning I was a bit confused at first. Google confirmed my schoolboy translation, and my parcel of European obscurity is preparing to … Continue reading

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