Vox Republica 005: Player Engagement

Episode 005 Length: 24:03 Subscribe to Show Link:       Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast! We’ll be posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 – 30 minutes long. I talk...
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Weekly Roundup 8/8/13

Weekly News 8/8/13 Site News: We’re going to be at Gen Con this year. If you’re interested in doing meetings, interviews, or just getting in some games with The CR, let us know!   New Games: It’s sort of a...
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Evil Eyes and Bad Omens

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about good luck charms. Well, I’m back, and the situation isn’t so rosy today. I know that as gamers, we would neeeevvveeerrr wish ill fortune on our fellow players, right? Of course not....
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Previewing: Magnum Opus

Magnum Opus is a challenge in your alchemical prowess. You can try for immortality! But don’t quit your day job just yet. You’ll need the income to supplement your research. It’s been amazing in the last couple years both in...
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Commander Spotlight: Puppet’s Verdict

Magic has a lot of rules. By a lot, I don’t mean ‘a big box board game of 30 pages with pictures’ lot. The PDF of Magic’s Comprehensive Rulebook is just shy of 200 pages. It reads like a law...
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Settlers of Catan

The Neoclassics: Settlers of Catan   It occurred to us here at the Cardboard Republic that for all of our conversations on the matter, we haven’t touched upon the original Settlers of Catan. In part, it was because we didn’t...
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Previewing: King’s Forge

For quite some time, the prevailing thought with dice games was that the only mechanic that worked was the variety. That notion is changing. In the last few years we’ve seen, slowly, a rise in a new breed of dice...
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Vox Republica 004: Kickstarter Failures

Episode 004 Length: 24:23 Subscribe to Show Link:       Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast! We’ll be posting new episodes every Thursday, and each episode will be about 20 – 30 minutes long. Ryan LaFlamme...
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Weekly Roundup 8/1/13

Weekly News 8/1/13 Site News: We’ve managed to (finally) activate our Glossary tool. Hopefully it’ll prove useful in some of our articles going forward. In more important and exciting news – we’re going to be at Gen Con this year!...
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Previewing: Mechanika: Empires of Blood and Steam

E.E. Cummings once wrote, “Listen: there’s a hell of a good universe next door; let’s go.” Mechanika: Empires of Blood and Steam picks this line of thought up and runs with it. Mechanika promises to be an ambitious and engaging...
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