http://blog.eastwindgames.com bringing games to the masses Mon, 19 May 2008 20:43:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've had a CafePress account for years (closing on 8 years, I think). In that time, I've sold next to nothing. Ok, so I've sold things, but they were to myself. I'd already done these new designs and they have been in my CafePress store, but I was dissatisfied with how ... http://blog.eastwindgames.com/index.php/2008/05/19/cafe-press-or-zazzle/ I've been in the process for some time now, of writing a book of dice games. Although time has been my enemy on more than one occasion, I feel that there is definitely light to be seen at the end of this very long, very dark tunnel. Here is a ... http://blog.eastwindgames.com/index.php/2008/05/09/dice/ One of the games that came to my attention during the 2007 fiscal year, and thus to East Wind Games, was Skallywaggs by Bent Castle Workshop. I love this game, and have never introduced the game to someone who didn't, in their turn, also love it. It's an immensely satisfying game ... http://blog.eastwindgames.com/index.php/2008/05/05/skallywaggs-scarborough-harbour-rules/ Some time back (many months in fact), I stumbled across a game called Scottish Billiards on a site dedicated to obscure pool & billiards games. Since I'm a) Scottish in heritage and b) love pool & billiards games, I read the rules. I did not, unfortunately, print them or otherwise ... http://blog.eastwindgames.com/index.php/2008/05/01/scottish-billiards/ Chess. It's one of those infuriating games for me. I enjoy it, but truth-be-told, I'm just no good at memorisation. So, no matter how I try I can't memorise all those opening moves that everyone uses. It's that same memory problem that plagues me later in the game, too. It ... http://blog.eastwindgames.com/index.php/2008/04/29/storm-tossed-chess/   Bagatelle is an indoor game related to pool. Although sources vary on whom deserves credit for the first Bagatelle game, they do all agree that Bagatelle is most likely the result of attempting to move outdoor games, such as croquet & shuffleboard into the parlour. The earliest known Bagatelle-like ... http://blog.eastwindgames.com/index.php/2008/04/29/a-brief-history-of-bagatelle/