Tag Archives: boardgamegeek

BoardGameGeek widget

Posted on 2011-12-28 by Jim Vanderveen

I finally visited the BoardGameGeek site after a prolonged absence and got to fiddling with the widget generator. Here’s what I came up with: Thumbnails of the 5 games I’ve most recently played (and remembered to log on BGG!) I … Continue reading →

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Facebook

Posted on 2007-06-19 by Jim Vanderveen

I started up a [Facebook profile](http://csus.facebook.com/profile.php?id=588993384) a few days ago, after [Joseph][] linked to the [Facebook platform wiki](http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/archives/2007/06/12/links-for-sat-2-dec-2000-through-tue-12-jun-2007/). Looks like a less juvenile version of myspace. Let’s hope it stays that way. And please, God, don’t allow people to start … Continue reading →

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Sacramento Boardgames Meetup 2005-12-06

Posted on 2005-12-09 by Jim Vanderveen

We had a great turnout for our “1st Tuesday” game night in December! Continue reading →

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Game store database and an improved games rating page

Posted on 2005-12-04 by Jim Vanderveen

Matthew Gray has done some great work on the BoardGameGeek as well as his own site! Continue reading →

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BoardGameGeek wishlist

Posted on 2005-11-28 by Jim Vanderveen

BoardGameGeek feature: Wishlist Continue reading →

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Tigris & Euphrates, f2f and online

Posted on 2005-09-11 by Jim Vanderveen

Last month I stopped by Viking Hobby and bought myself a new boardgame, Tigris & Euphrates. I would have preferred to give the game a trial play at one of the Sacramento Boardgame Meetups, but I hadn’t seen anybody bring … Continue reading →

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Top-rated games on BoardGameGeek

Posted on 2005-08-26 by Jim Vanderveen

I stopped by Viking Hobby today and got to chatting with Mark about the top-rated games on the ‘Geek. Until today, I only knew how to find the rank of a particular game, and there’s no Internet access in the … Continue reading →

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BoardGameGeek feature: session reports by gaming group

Posted on 2005-08-15 by Jim Vanderveen

A few days ago I was browsing the ‘Geek when I found another cool feature: session reports by gaming group. There’s not much to this–it merely allows one to search the session report database by gaming group, but this simple … Continue reading →

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New game at home, “Candamir”

Posted on 2005-08-06 by Jim Vanderveen

Last week I picked up a new game, Candamir: The First Settlers. I’ve played it a few times so far, and it’s pretty good. I thought I would share some analysis I’ve done on the tiles and movement cards.

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My BoardGameGeek profile is active again!

Posted on 2005-08-06 by Jim Vanderveen

I registered a profile on BoardGameGeek (BGG) back in February of 2004. At the time, I was using a dial-up connection which was only reaching about 30 kbit/s. This proved to be painfully slow for the BGG site, particularly when … Continue reading →

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