Monthly Archives: April 2012

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Thing of the week: Maths Trades

I concluded my first ever Maths Trade this week. “Maths Trade?…” Well, basically, a Maths Trade works like this: A group of people make a big list of stuff that they would all like to get rid of (in this … Continue reading →

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Thing of the week: Bride of Pinbot

Farsight’s Pinball Arcade has quickly become my favourite video game release of the year, and this week they released the first monthly DLC pack: Bride of Pinbot and Medieval Madness. Bride of Pinbot brings back happy memories… the real table … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers, 14th April

Attendance figures seemed back up to normal, with 6 or 7 games running simultaneously during the busiest stretch. Here’s the customary round-up of things I played this time: Meridian A fairly dry area-control/abstract game, with a paper-thin theme pasted onto … Continue reading →

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April Travels

This month’s adventures have included: A trip to the World Clog Cobbing (i.e. throwing) championship in Lancashire. It was pouring with rain, and they didn’t have many entrants… so, for a brief (and glorious) time, I held the number three … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers – 31st March

Quite a long gap since the last Newcastle Gamers meeting, due to March 2012 having too many Saturdays in it (boo!)… and despite the 3-week break there seemed to be a smaller-than-normal turn-out, with quite a few regulars missing. Maybe … Continue reading →

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