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Winter is coming!
At least for those of us in the upper half of the northern hemisphere. It's starting to get chillier, and it's time to start thinking of curling up by the fire with a game to pass the time. To that end, I'd like to cast a spotlight on punnort's aptly-named Fireplace Poker, and my own Vobabu-War-y (which was actually developed next to my own fireplace). Enjoy!
Also, remember that nominations for our first contest close this Wednesday - don't let punnort win it by default! Competition is good for the soul!
One more week for contest submissions!
We're a week into the first GrassRoots Gamer contest and there's one pretty intriguing submission so far. I know there are more of you lurking out there, though, you've been asking questions!
Because of that, I wanted to send out a couple of clarifications:
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Want to win cash for your game idea?
I'm excited to announce the start of the GrassRoots Gamer Contest Series! Here's the deal:
1. Every month or so, I'll announce a theme here, and open the floor for submissions.
2. Post your game idea here on grassrootsgamer.com.
3. Once your idea is posted, you'll see a link at the bottom allowing you to nominate it for any of the contests which are currently running. Click that.
4. After a couple of weeks, the voting period will start. Anyone with a membership may vote.
5. After a couple of weeks of voting, the submitter of the game with the most votes will be declared the winner, and I'll send them a $25(US) VISA Gift Card. US Funds are what I have, but if you live in another country we'll make sure it works there.
Now that the ground rules are out of the way, here are the specifics for this month:
Newest Games
| Title | Teaser |
|---|---|
| Dark Kingdom/Endless Nations, A Board Game Card Game Hybrid... | ...that I just can't get a good name for. Now this one is actually in an interesting state you see... |
| Inversion, An Attempt At A Role Playing Focused Game With A Deep Combat System | well, as the title says this is Inversion, version 0.0.1 or something. I'm going to try to get all... |
| Cable! | While communicating between continents is commonplace, even trivial now, laying the first telegraph... |
| For all the possibly soon to be single ladies in the room tonight | You've just found out that you're married to a douchebag (and by that I mean, probably your friend... |
| Hidden Identity | Many players 1 Master/player Preparation: When players arrive, they will be handed six pieces of... |
| Jackal | Jackal is a partnership card game where conventions play a huge part. Equipment: 4 players Standard... |
| Bluffing Trivial Pursuit | Bluffing Trivial Pursuit is a Trivial Pursuit variant, where the players are encouraged to bluff if... |
| Double GM's | We have sometimes played Paranoia with two GM's. The GM's shared the duties so that one GM played... |
| Should have remained silent | Fringe-type scenario: 1 Master 2-8 Players |
| Tricky | TRICKY A trick-taking dice game for two to five players by Clark D. Rodeffer, February 2006,... |
