UALR Game Resources

Guide to board games on iPad.

We might want to check this out at some point. Its narrative and trading mechanism might give us some good ideas.

Here's a page with a link to the Princes of Florence ruleset.

Interesting board game reviewed on RPS. I linked it mostly because of the wooden pieces.

Pretty amazing example of what is essentially a virtual game environment used as a learning tool. 

It seems this post has been taken down :(

Weird. They're breaking the internet.

"Previous centuries have been defined by novels and cinema. In a bold manifesto we're proud to debut here on Kotaku, game designer Eric Zimmerman states that this century will be defined by games."

Great site with older games at discount prices. Similar to Steam and Humble Bundle. Great deals on a lot of old faves and games that you probably never got around to playing. 

This is basically Josh's game, right? It looks super cool.

Holy COW!! One guy made this! Damn, I'm lazy. 

So easy, even I could use. :) 

It reminds me a bit of pencil for firefox. Only a very souped up version.

Indie Boards & Cards game publishing page. 

Classic D&D meets deck-building

I got my beta key for it last week. It's pretty fun. They've done a great job of mimicking the table-top game experience online. I like the way that a character is a pretty basic set of stats that level up as you advance, but that the real variability and strategy comes from the items that you equip your characters with in the form of action cards. So if you equip your mage with one wand, it will have 3-6 actions with it like lightening bolt or fireball. But a different item will have a different set of cards. So much of how you play depends on how you configure your items.

"Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games"

Worth checking out for the mechanics it shares with your game (people as turn actions; building a family).

I've got the iPad version. It kind of... busy. I think it would be easier to follow if I'd played the table-top version first. I do like the people-as-turns model, though.

This is pretty a pretty quirky use of digital maps. A guy in the UK created a map service that divides the world into 3-meter squares and gives each square a 3-word tag. It's much easier to remember than numerical GPS coordinates. Could this be used as a name/clue key in a real-world city game? 

Hey Brad- I think this might be your absolute dream city sim!! Check out the video on the homepage :-)

Gamespot's "Game Series of the Decade." It's down to The Elder Scrolls and GTA. Interesting to see the early losers and how the matchups worked. Poor Red Dead Redemption never stood a chance against Zelda in the first round. 

Skyrim "made crafting relevant and extremely easy to access."