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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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(I am travelling to Spiel ‘23 today - probably in motion as you read!)
The Shed has been getting a huge clear-out and many brutal decisions about accumulated tat have been taken. Hidden amongst a scuffed box of sleeved card prototypes (Fzzzt!, Scandaroon, Bloody Legacy 2 and Guilds of London: The Card Game, Dice Ex Machina) was this mini-expansion for Fzzzt! that only saw the light of (published) day in the Russian edition (!):/pic7764402.jpg)
One peripheral device was drawn at random at the start of each round.
Maybe I should see if anyone would be interested in a reprint license for the whole thing: base game, 5/6 pl boost, peripheral devices and other scrappy notes?!
Life and Games (but mostly games) from Tony Boydell: Father, Grandfather, Husband, Curator of the Museum of Board Games (in Newent) and Independent UK Game Designer.
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
Newent. Glos
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Every homo sapiens needs an outbuilding within the curtelage of their property
Welcome...to my Shed!
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Last night 'the Museum' was on the road, out and about, in the drizzle to pay a visit at the invitation of The Royal Forest of Dean (North) chapter of The Trefoil Guild (https://www.trefoilguild.co.uk/); this is a group of former Girl Guides/Girl Scouts who gather socially and go on various trips / sponsor local Girl Guiding endeavours.
The setup of the evening was like the talk I did for the Womens' Institute a while back: Tony brings along several boxes of interesting exhibits, talks about the general history of gaming over the last 200 years and then gets everyone running about:/pic7767467.jpg)
A static image that belies the scurrying and hurrying that ensued!
The ladies of the North group were joined, for the session, by the ladies of 'the South' and all seemed to enjoy the stories and the games; it was particularly satisfying to tell some of the more eager players of U.P.L's Go To- - a famous cities around the World version of Railway Riot - to "Slow down! No running!", lest they send more senior members tumbling!
I was, as usual, a little tum-wobblingly nervous but my reminder notes saw me through the talky bits unscathed. During the runabout - the Go To cards scattered amongst the table displays - I continued the narrative and helped the seekers on their way.
I should probably gather together a specific 'portable Museum' chest of goodies, a better refined script and a reasonable 'charge' so I can 'grab it and go' as I need to do more of this kind of thing in the community.
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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It’s awfully familiar…
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…but the circular board…/pic7762581.jpg)
…and the exotic names…/pic7762583.jpg)
…make it rather beguiling.
No bull.
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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One of the two pillars of this Season's visit to the fine City of Bath saw Mrs B and I earwigging on a couple of hours of anecdotes and commentary from Mr Adrian Edmondson - someone who, for my generation, looms large in our comedy experiences. Most famously partnered with Rik Mayall, 'Ade' played a series of violent and hilarious characters in series such as The Young Ones, Bottom and Filthy Rich and Catflap. Of course, he acts 'straight' as well and was notable for directing a lot of music videos in the late 80s and early 90s - the latter role complimenting his Vim Fuego for the Comic Strip Presents' "Bad News".
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The price of admission to the cavernous Forum theatre also included a copy of his recently-published autobiography - Berserker - from which he read, and riffed, during the show itself:/pic7758994.jpg)
Contrary to the grotesques for which he is renowned, Mr Edmondson is charming, erudite and funny; it was a pleasure to be in the company of a British Comedy Icon!
During the Q&A, a couple of my own questions were picked up by the submission system and answered; getting a shout out from the man who was "decapitated while travelling to University Challenge" was quite the tickle!
I shall leave you with my favourite episode of The Young Ones because - at the time - my Mum was renting a VHS Recorder from a local Electronics Chain and was the first of my friendship group to have one...oh, how I never tired of my pals calling "Oh?! Have we got a video?!":
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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A bit of fun for Friday:
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Mythical beasts join the Museum's RPG shelves (Fiend Folio is also on its way)/pic7757451.jpg)
An elegant distraction at our local Garage/pic7757450.jpg)
The Entirety of the Universe in a single, 2D chart.
What pleases you the most?
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Anthony BoydellUnited Kingdom
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With a following wind, the Museum of Board Games will be getting a post-Spiel visit from none other than Mr Martin Wallace himself; with a bit more luck, he'll be around for extraordinary gaming at The Kings Arms on the Tuesday evening too.
As if that weren't already enough Kudos for the Museum for one week, yesterday saw a new Patreon member: Mr William Attia OR, as I cheekily referred to him in my "Welcome!" message - "Mr Caylus"! Pleasingly, he replied: "I suppose I am Mr Caylus just as much as you are Mr Snowdonia
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Now, I know for a fact that Mr Tom Lehmann is housed just 15 miles away near Goodrich Castle for Castlecon - could I possibly get him to stop by the Museum this weekend?!
Lawks, I'm all of a tizzy!
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David McCallum, 1933-2023
Yesterday, I heard of the passing of an old school TV and movie legend.
For those of us of a certain age, there are people who seemed ubiquitous in our youth: heroes and heroines that guided our play, adorned our walls and moulded our aspirations. I wanted to be a Spy and loved James Bond but the men from U.N.C.L.E. were warmer and more fun; Illya Kuryakin was cool and beautiful. He and Joanna Lumley also gave us the strangest and creepiest sci-fi serial, too, in Sapphire & Steel; he was ‘in’ everything.
Apparently, at one point, he got more fan mail than Elvis Presley?! For such a quiet and noble man, that must’ve been rather surreal.
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Mrs B and I are preparing for (yet) another of our escapes to the wonderful City of Bath so - today - I'll post this preview of the newly-formatted Jerusalem prototype. After feedback from various 'mature' playtesters, Matt Green and I decided that it would be better to scale up the basic card size - especially since the whole thing is a monstrous table hog anyway, who'd notice an extra square metre?!
Anyway, for those not familiar with our satirical sandbox design, here's a summary:
- play out buildings of various types for one-off effects, scoring 'Footprints' (VPs) and, maybe, end of game scoring;
- upgrade (replace) buildings in play to make them more powerful as 'municipal' properties - most of which are subject to a Vote for Planning Permission;
- drop in one of the large buildings when the conditions are right; and,
- have fun turning a sleepy English village into a black-humoured English Town!A Player's Planning Department Board (with Mansion)::strip_icc()/pic7755976.png)
All of your property markers start on this board; when you build something, choose a marker and use it to show your ownership - removing a marker in this way will give you a particular bonus.Level 1 Municipal Buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755984.png)
A - Planning Department Board Goals
Building will leave spaces on your Planning Department Board; match those spaces to your GOAL card to get a bonus AND a Level 1 Municipal building that could be upgraded to Level 2.B - Geography Goals:strip_icc()/pic7755983.png)
Match your configuration of buildings to the requirements of your GEOGRAPHICAL building to get a bonus AND a Level 1 Municipal building that could be upgraded to Level 2.The Core Jerusalem buildings:Examples of some PUBLIC buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755977.png)
Examples of some RECREATIONAL buildings::strip_icc()/pic7755978.png)
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