It's another Wednesday Bether for me with Bez Shahriari! We continue examining the different auction systems. A series inspired by...

Surprised Stare Games will be at AireCon Thursday 9 March to Sunday 12 March! To be a bit more precise, we don't have a full exhibitor...

Today (22 February 2023) at 10:00, I'll be blethering with Bez about Multi-Lot Auctions. We may touch on Keyflower, El Grande, and...

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This morning (Wednesday 8 Feb 23) at 10:00 UK time, I will be chatting about Fixed Placement Auctions with the terrifically talented Bez....

A review of Eighth Army Versus Rommel: Tactics, Training and Operations in North Africa This scholarly book by James Colvin analyses the...

Very good to see my game, The March of Progress, in the Tabletop Gaming Magazine's Best Games of 2022! It was also available in the...

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After a brief recovery from GridCon, Charlie and I headed north on the A1 to Nottinghamshire for the Retford Moot, a replacement for our...

In which Bez and I get an overview of auction mechanics through games such as Skull, Modern Art, For Sale, No Thanks!, High Society,...

Charlie and I went off to GridCon 3 last week. For the uninitiated, GridCon is Paul Grogan's south west annual board gaming convention....

I've never been a great one for advent calendars - just give me a Topic (showing my age!) and I'm happy, rather than a daily dose of...

I'll be talking with Bez about daily highlights, brilliant things, and boardgames this morning (Wednesday 2 Nov 22) at 10:00. Come along...

See earlier blog post. After reading BA Friedman's On Operations, I would slightly modify my musings to remove any hint that 'operations'...

Some readers may remember that I was a guest, with Ralph Anderson, on the Restless Kaiser's Modelling For Advantage live show way back in...

Surprised Stare Games is now back from Essen's Internationale Spieltage and has had a couple of day's rest. I was especially pleased that...

In an attempt at a return to normality, Surprised Stare Games will once again have a stand at Essen Spiel! We've already shipped our...

This is the eighth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...

This is the seventh post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...

This is the sixth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...

Yesterday I was chatting to Bez about the Area-Impulse mechanic. The recording is here: YouTube Stuffbybez.

This is the fifth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...

This is the fourth post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...

This is the third post in a series about Alan Paull's re-development of Andrew McNeil's game Kingmaker for Gibsons Games. Posts: Basic...