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Category Archives: Board Gaming

Amsterdam Adventure

A couple of months ago, I got a strange phone call from someone in the Netherlands. Apparently they had seen my (crappy) Open Academia website, and were impressed enough that they wanted to fly me over for a job interview.
I agreed, and in January I spent a week in Amsterdam. It was… interesting.
My first impression [...]

Reminder: ICON 2008

Just a reminder: ICON 2008 starts on Friday, 11 July! Details on their website.

UPCON, Hacker Diet and Star Trek Minicon

Just a reminder - UPCON 2008 starts tomorrow. I’m really looking forward to mingling, seeing new Anime (hosted kindly by Otakumag), and finding out about this Legend of the Five Rings game I’ve been hearing about. (Yes, I’m a convicted Japanese Fanboy. So sue me.)
If you are attending, you might not recognize me. I’ve lost [...]

WARFAIR Gaming Venue

I’ve got good news for all you wargamers, cardgamers, chess players, Go players and all round Players of Games. Fabio Costa has opened a gaming venue called WARFAIR in Joburg. It is located at 35 Langerman Drive in Kensington (near the Eastgate Mall).
Fabio is providing a venue for all kinds of gaming events, so if [...]