How to Model Greed

Welcome back to the popular and frequent series where I write about games I like. This is the second one, the first one was last year some time. The game I will be talking about this week is John Company, Second Edition. This game gives players control of investors in the East India Company andContinue reading “How to Model Greed”

Retelling the Odyssey

The piano is Penelope. This week I was thinking about one of my favorite songs.  Disco Ulysses by Vulfpeck. The piece is a nice groove and I love a band of talented musicians who are with it. I’m bringing it up here because I like to think of it as a retelling of the Odyssey.Continue reading “Retelling the Odyssey”

Stories in Games

How Twilight Imperium tells stories: We are living in the golden age of board games. Well, we were before tariffs. If you thinks that board games are Monopoly, Risk, or Sorry, take a look around now because games can do such much. Twilight Imperium 4th edition is a game I’ve played probably about 40 times.Continue reading “Stories in Games”