Board Games - Creation And Play

For many years I've been referring to new games by a codename that stands as a working title while the game is in development. It's ...

I've spent thirteen hours at hospital this week including travel time, which has obviously had an impact on the amount of progress I...

Yeay! 400th post! I went round to Paul W's this afternoon for a games day. I missed the morning, so I turned up halfway through a very...

My first week at home is nearly done. It's felt good, but also slightly strange. It feels a bit like taking a week off, in the past I...

It's amazing what counts as work these days :-) Yesterday I spent the morning starting to go through the rules of the submissions I ha...

Dramatic enough for you? It's true though, today I'm no longer employed, I'm self-employed. It's going to take few weeks to ...

Big month for me! As usual, play first. Play By the numbers, it was a fairly average month, but in the flesh it was a great one. I spent...

Friday night at the pub we played Jenga . Our local is great - not only does it have a good range of constantly changing guest ales, it also...

So, I've handed in my notice, I've four weeks (minus a few days holiday) left at work - then what? First up, I need to get my comp...

Last weekend I was in Newcastle visiting a bunch of friends I see far too infrequently. Mal had raised some concerns about Jorvik, which he...

I didn't get to play many games in February, but I did loads of creation, so all in all it was a pretty good month. Play Yeay! I fin...

Last night I had Paul W and Paul G round to playtest Codename: Jorvik and Codename: Network. Neither of them had played either game before s...

Four days of game-related busy :-) On Saturday, Dave & Pip came round for a game of Twiglet with The Wife and I. It's the first t...

It's been a while since I last posted so here's a brief update of goings on Chez Jack. The It's Alive! competition got around ...

January was quite an exciting month. Lots on new games (though nothing that really grabbed me), but more importantly lots of progress on gam...

... remember me? It's been a hectic week at work, and as a result my blogging has suffered, but I've still managed to get some work ...

I've got a few copies in stock so I've been pressing on with my accounts. I've done up to last July now, and seeing as this fina...

I'm considering re-printing games that are now out of print as a different avenue for Reiver Games. I've started a Geeklist on Bo...