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[eHalcyon]

play Dominion using slices of cheese, drawn on with food coloring.

Whoa hey, did Jay give you the go-ahead to reveal this upcoming Dominion product?

[Jack Rudd]

I play with the cheese. It does not play with me.

[Co0kieL0rd]

Dear Dr Vaccarino,

Lately I've noticed that I like talking about board games, reading about board games and arguing about board games much more than I like actually playing board games. What is wrong with me?

Confused
Albuquerque

It's not uncommon to find your game life missing a little spice as you get older. Here are some handy tips to help you out in the game room.

- Put on mood music. Perhaps the Queen album The Game, or something from Game Theory.
- Wear a special outfit. You could dress up like that guy from Monopoly, or a meeple.
- Get scented dice.
- You can make a game out of playing a game. Whoever wins the game, wins the game.
- Try playing games in public. It can be a real rush.
- Try unusual positions. In a game of Chess, group all of your pieces on the right side of the board. See where it leads you.
- Incorporate food into the action. Use gummi bears for meeples, or play Dominion using slices of cheese, drawn on with food coloring.
- Take a bath first. Man. I wasn't going to say anything but really. You don't have to fit a stereotype to be a gamer.
- Roleplay. "I go to my village... I visit the smithy..."
- Videotape yourself playing. Then you can put it online later as a podcast.

Wow. You just came up with all of this out of your head, didn't you? I am constantly amazed and bedazzled and captivated by your unique written style. Also, there is lots of great content for the "taken out of context" thread here.

[Ozle]

Dear Dr Vaccarino,

Lately I've noticed that I like talking about board games, reading about board games and arguing about board games much more than I like actually playing board games. What is wrong with me?

Confused
Albuquerque

It's not uncommon to find your game life missing a little spice as you get older. Here are some handy tips to help you out in the game room.

- Put on mood music. Perhaps the Queen album The Game, or something from Game Theory.
- Wear a special outfit. You could dress up like that guy from Monopoly, or a meeple.
- Get scented dice.
- You can make a game out of playing a game. Whoever wins the game, wins the game.
- Try playing games in public. It can be a real rush.
- Try unusual positions. In a game of Chess, group all of your pieces on the right side of the board. See where it leads you.
- Incorporate food into the action. Use gummi bears for meeples, or play Dominion using slices of cheese, drawn on with food coloring.
- Take a bath first. Man. I wasn't going to say anything but really. You don't have to fit a stereotype to be a gamer.
- Roleplay. "I go to my village... I visit the smithy..."
- Videotape yourself playing. Then you can put it online later as a podcast.

Wow. You just came up with all of this out of your head, didn't you? I am constantly amazed and bedazzled and captivated by your unique written style. Also, there is lots of great content for the "taken out of context" thread here.

Don't be too impressed, he has a team of writers standing beside him feeding him jokes and writing his lines.

The funny ones he keeps, the unfunny ones he sends to make NPH stand in his underpants.

[Witherweaver]

- You can make a game out of playing a game. Whoever wins the game, wins the game.

We can go deeper...

[Ozle]

- You can make a game out of playing a game. Whoever wins the game, wins the game.

We can go deeper...

DAMNIT, just lost the game

[Asper]

Dear Dr Vaccarino,

Lately I've noticed that I like talking about board games, reading about board games and arguing about board games much more than I like actually playing board games. What is wrong with me?

Confused
Albuquerque

It's not uncommon to find your game life missing a little spice as you get older. Here are some handy tips to help you out in the game room.

- Put on mood music. Perhaps the Queen album The Game, or something from Game Theory.
- Wear a special outfit. You could dress up like that guy from Monopoly, or a meeple.
- Get scented dice.
- You can make a game out of playing a game. Whoever wins the game, wins the game.
- Try playing games in public. It can be a real rush.
- Try unusual positions. In a game of Chess, group all of your pieces on the right side of the board. See where it leads you.
- Incorporate food into the action. Use gummi bears for meeples, or play Dominion using slices of cheese, drawn on with food coloring.
- Take a bath first. Man. I wasn't going to say anything but really. You don't have to fit a stereotype to be a gamer.
- Roleplay. "I go to my village... I visit the smithy..."
- Videotape yourself playing. Then you can put it online later as a podcast.

Wow. You just came up with all of this out of your head, didn't you? I am constantly amazed and bedazzled and captivated by your unique written style. Also, there is lots of great content for the "taken out of context" thread here.

Don't be too impressed, he has a team of writers standing beside him feeding him jokes and writing his lines.

It's funny that at some point i wanted to claim you had this, but forgot.

[Ozle]

Dear Dr Vaccarino,

Lately I've noticed that I like talking about board games, reading about board games and arguing about board games much more than I like actually playing board games. What is wrong with me?

Confused
Albuquerque

It's not uncommon to find your game life missing a little spice as you get older. Here are some handy tips to help you out in the game room.

- Put on mood music. Perhaps the Queen album The Game, or something from Game Theory.
- Wear a special outfit. You could dress up like that guy from Monopoly, or a meeple.
- Get scented dice.
- You can make a game out of playing a game. Whoever wins the game, wins the game.
- Try playing games in public. It can be a real rush.
- Try unusual positions. In a game of Chess, group all of your pieces on the right side of the board. See where it leads you.
- Incorporate food into the action. Use gummi bears for meeples, or play Dominion using slices of cheese, drawn on with food coloring.
- Take a bath first. Man. I wasn't going to say anything but really. You don't have to fit a stereotype to be a gamer.
- Roleplay. "I go to my village... I visit the smithy..."
- Videotape yourself playing. Then you can put it online later as a podcast.

Wow. You just came up with all of this out of your head, didn't you? I am constantly amazed and bedazzled and captivated by your unique written style. Also, there is lots of great content for the "taken out of context" thread here.

Don't be too impressed, he has a team of writers standing beside him feeding him jokes and writing his lines.

It's funny that at some point i wanted to claim you had this, but forgot.

Nope, I am an automated reply machine

You just failed the Turin test!

[LastFootnote]

You just failed the Turin test!

Is that the test where you try to determine whether the entity in the box is a human or the burial shroud of Jesus?

[ashersky]

You just failed the Turin test!

Is that the test where you try to determine whether the entity in the box is a human or the burial shroud of Jesus?

No, it's the test where you state whether you are a fan of Juventus or not and if you are you get a dirty look.


 -- edited because I felt bad --

[werothegreat]

Is there a gaming convention that Adventures will be released at, as has been done with expansions since... well, I think all of them?

[Ozle]

Is there a gaming convention that Adventures will be released at, as has been done with expansions since... well, I think all of them?

<Donald X Voice>
I only know as much as the rest of you. I guess Jay will announce it when he is ready, because, well, its up to him.

</Donald X Voice>

[jsh357]

Is there a gaming convention that Adventures will be released at, as has been done with expansions since... well, I think all of them?

<Donald X Voice>
I only know as much as the rest of you. I guess Jay will announce it when he is ready, because, well, its up to him.

</Donald X Voice>

Now that is just eerie

[pacovf]

Agh jsh what happened to your face!?

[Ozle]

Agh jsh what happened to your face!?

<Donald X Voice>

Squeeze: Messed Around

</Donald X Voice>

[Witherweaver]

Agh jsh what happened to your face!?

He got Promoted.

[Donald X.]

Is there a gaming convention that Adventures will be released at, as has been done with expansions since... well, I think all of them?

I'm looking at a chart of cons, and not seeing one. There might be a small con, but Jay is less likely to go to one of those.

It will still be at cons though. That's a thing about cons. It will be at Origins and GenCon and whatever. It won't be new as of the con but it's still good to have it at the con.

[Asper]

Sorry if this was brought up before, but did you intentionally name Altar as a pun on "alter"?

[Donald X.]

Sorry if this was brought up before, but did you intentionally name Altar as a pun on "alter"?

No. Originally it was Foundry. At some point I renamed it to Tinker, then learned that tinkers worked with tin (hence the name) and were not around in the appropriate time period. I changed it to Altar specifically so that you could sacrifice Cultists on an altar.

[werothegreat]

Sorry if this was brought up before, but did you intentionally name Altar as a pun on "alter"?

No. Originally it was Foundry. At some point I renamed it to Tinker, then learned that tinkers worked with tin (hence the name) and were not around in the appropriate time period. I changed it to Altar specifically so that you could sacrifice Cultists on an altar.

al-tar or awl-turr?

[LastFootnote]

Sorry if this was brought up before, but did you intentionally name Altar as a pun on "alter"?

No. Originally it was Foundry. At some point I renamed it to Tinker, then learned that tinkers worked with tin (hence the name) and were not around in the appropriate time period. I changed it to Altar specifically so that you could sacrifice Cultists on an altar.

al-tar or awl-turr?

all-tər

[Witherweaver]

I'll tour.

[AJD]

Sorry if this was brought up before, but did you intentionally name Altar as a pun on "alter"?

No. Originally it was Foundry. At some point I renamed it to Tinker, then learned that tinkers worked with tin (hence the name) and were not around in the appropriate time period. I changed it to Altar specifically so that you could sacrifice Cultists on an altar.

I like the name "Altar" because it continues the minor subtheme of religious trashers from Chapel and Bishop.

[spiralstaircase]

You've given your reasons, here and elsewhere, why you wouldn't consider another expansion with potion-cost cards.  Is there a chance we'd ever get a potion-cost promo card?

[Tables]

You've given your reasons, here and elsewhere, why you wouldn't consider another expansion with potion-cost cards.  Is there a chance we'd ever get a potion-cost promo card?

I'm not DXV, but the issue there is that it'd be a promo card dependent on another expansion, which means it would be useless to a lot of people. Not to mention many people disliked Potion cost cards, for one reason or another. Or in other words, as a promo it has mostly the same issues it would have in an expansion.

You could have it interact with Potions in a way that doesn't depend on them, maybe (similar to Apprentice), but that's about it.