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Comment on Balticon 2012 Appearances by Scrablble Hints

Scrablble Hints — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:18:17 +0000

Nice article. I’d love got go to Balticon sometime. I’m from the Philly area so it’d be pretty close.

Comment on The Vintage Gamer #27: The Fool’s Errand (VG) by The Vintage Gamer » Blog Archive » A Fool and His Money Released!

The Vintage Gamer » Blog Archive » A Fool and His Money Released! — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:24:23 +0000

[...] by: Jim in Computer games I’m a bit tardy on this, so I apologize. In Podcast 27 I covered a great old Mac puzzle game called The Fool’s Errand. Well, about three weeks ago [...]

Comment on Balticon 2012 Appearances by Eduardo Alvarez

Eduardo Alvarez — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:14:12 +0000

Great news hearing about the return of the podcast. Any ideas of what games you plan to discuss?

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scrabble online against computer — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:36:44 +0000

Interesting take on “Movember”. I like it better than the original!

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Scrabble Online Against Computer — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:52:37 +0000

The sunday 4pm topic looks very interesting. Something I would have been interested to hear/learn about.

Comment on Vintage Gaming Links for Feb 01, 2010 by Nintendo Legend

Nintendo Legend — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:12:03 +0000

I am not sure if you accept unsolicited links, but:

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Comment on Balticon Appearances by DJ Hastings

DJ Hastings — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:48:22 +0000

Are you planning to record any of your panels?

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weekly rounds « Saint Nickanuck of the Tundra — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:14:28 +0000

[...] threatened to hit us with a weekly dose of critical gaming links on The Vintage Gamer, and he is making good on said threat. The only thing more interesting and awesome than the information he’s [...]

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115-Year-Old Board Game Found « Game Authoring — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:44:26 +0000

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Comment on The Vintage Gamer #14: M.U.L.E. (VG) by The Vintage Gamer » Blog Archive » Vintage Gaming Links for Jan 11, 2010

The Vintage Gamer » Blog Archive » Vintage Gaming Links for Jan 11, 2010 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:47:56 +0000

[...] time listeners will remember my very early review of M.U.L.E. Well, there’s another version out there, this time at http://www.planetmule.com/. I [...]

Comment on Monte Cook critiques Original D&D by The Vintage Gamer » Blog Archive » Some Links for the New Year

The Vintage Gamer » Blog Archive » Some Links for the New Year — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:00:25 +0000

[...] Related to this is Monte Cook’s most recent article at the aforementioned The Escapist magazine about the original supplements to D&D record the evolution of the rules. This is a follow-up to his previous post on D&D, already covered here. [...]

Comment on Monte Cook critiques Original D&D by Eduardo Alvarez

Eduardo Alvarez — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:42:04 +0000

I’ve decided to take your post as an indication that a new podcast is on the horizon. Hooray! I know perhaps I’m pushing more than I should, but, any estimates on when we’ll have a new episode?

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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:10:06 +0000

[...] The Vintage Gamer Â» Blog Archive Â» Monte Cook critiques Original D&D http://www.thevintagegamer.net/2009/10/18/monte-cook-critiques-original-dd – view page – cached I had planned at some point to cover the original version of Dungeons and Dragons on the podcast. Itâ€™s pretty unlikely at this point that this will happen â€” I planned it all out and found that I… (Read more)I had planned at some point to cover the original version of Dungeons and Dragons on the podcast. Itâ€™s pretty unlikely at this point that this will happen â€” I planned it all out and found that I really didnâ€™t have much to add to the mass of critique and commentary that the game has received. In fact, Iâ€™d say itâ€™s safe to say that this episode, which was to be the next one, has been a factor in the long delay of the podcast in general. I keep trying to rework it and it just doesnâ€™t happen. So in the interest of moving on, check out Monte Cookâ€™s brief critique of the original three books. (Read less) — From the page [...]

Comment on Traveller Revamp by RolePlayGateway

RolePlayGateway — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:53:50 +0000

I was actually just looking over an upcoming Judge Dredd RPG that was based on the Traveller ruleset. It looks… interesting.

@Jim: yes, I’ve seen Traveller one-shots. They require some tender care, though.

Comment on The Vintage Gamer #22: DragonQuest (RPG) by adam long

adam long — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:43:50 +0000

i first played dragonquest when i was about 4 or 5 yrs old, which was over 30 yrs ago. i have recently got my children into rpg’s, is there anyone who has a second hand rulebook of dragonquest in or around melbourne who would mayby part with it for some cash? ad&d? i’ve never played it, but loved playing dragonquest. and think my kids would enjoy it too.

Comment on The Vintage Gamer Special #04: Origins 2008 Interviews by BrainWyrms » Blog Archive » Podcasts for the days where my computer was unplugged due to moving from one room to another, December 2008

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:33:43 +0000

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Bookmarks about Infocom — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:15:11 +0000

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Comment on Traveller Revamp by Brian

Brian — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:38:43 +0000

They don’t kill you during CC, but you do have to make a ‘Survival’ roll, and if you fail, Bad Things Happen, and you are ejected from your career. Also, they do make a nod to the old game, and note an Iron Man option where you can use the Survival roll in the old fatally familiar way.

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Books and Magazines Blog » Archive » Playing for Keeps — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:27:14 +0000

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Comment on The Vintage Gamer #33: Illuminati by Jason

Jason — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:41:41 +0000

Great review! However, I’m surprised you didn’t mention that fact that the rules actively encourage you to cheat…as long as the rest of the players don’t catch you at it! Of course that might just be a sinister rumor started by the mighty Power Gamer Cabal. Good thing I have the Rules Lawyers in my network!

Comment on The Vintage Gamer #32: Chess Variants by Joel

Joel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:09:55 +0000

Hello Jim –

Glad to see you’re back. I’d thought you’d taken your show to the abyss where many a good podcast ever return.

In this episode, you repeatedly refer to a game being “solved”. I was wondering if you could clarify that.

Do you mean there is an optimal strategy for either side?

Theoretically, every game of perfect information (including chess) has a saddlepoint. That is that each side has an optimal strategy, and if all sides adopt an optimal strategy (and why wouldn’t they?) then the outcome is fixed. To my knowledge, what that outcome is for chess has never been determined, much less what those optimal strategies are.

The fact that a computer could beat a human (or fail to beat humans) does not prove anything – either theoretically or intuitively. AFAIK, the best algorithms are still non-deterministic, relying on heuristics instead. That’s a far cry from proving that any position has an inevitable outcome.

Thanks for the show -
-Joel

Comment on The Vintage Gamer #32: Chess Variants by Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:15:44 +0000

Jim,

I agree with your recommendation of Yasser Seirawan’s series. I do have one small update–it’s no longer published by Microsoft, but is now published by Everyman Chess. Furthermore, he has written a seventh book recently which was never published by Microsoft (much to my delight for the book and chagrin that I now have one mismatched cover in the series).

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115 year old board game | Information Blog — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:39:27 +0000

[...] 115-year-old Board Game Found in Independence, MO Closet5 hours ago by Jim A rare copy of Zimmerâ€™s Baseball Game was found in a small closet in the Bingham-Wagner estate in Independence, Missouri. The game â€” only 1 of 10 known to exist â€” is an early dexterity game and features images of turn of the century …The Vintage Gamer – http://www.thevintagegamer.net [...]

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Comment on The Vintage Gamer #33: Illuminati by cOnSpiRacyNuT23

cOnSpiRacyNuT23 — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:10:29 +0000

Jim, I think I have the answers we’ve been seeking! My contact within the Goldfish Fanciers has put me onto a Semi-conscience Liberation Army secret study that PROVES the ideal aluminum foil-hat shape for protection against the Orbital Mind Control Lasers! It turns out that the pyramid shape isn’t the best as I assumed. The fool I’ve been! The answer has been right in front of me! In actuality it’s *CENSORED*

Enough for now, I think “THEY” suspect. I’ve probably endangered both of us as it is. Let’s change the drop-point to the secondary location at ‘you know where’.

All Hail Eris. Fnord.

Comment on The Vintage Gamer #32: Chess Variants by Jim

Jim — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:40:48 +0000

Very, very soon. And not chess-like at all. Stay tuned!