Dana Severance

I’ve started using an application on my iPhone known as Gowalla. The premise is similar to FourSquare’s, which I was never quite sure about. The entire app is based on the idea that someone wants to know where you’re at or have been and that you want to make a game out of it.

Ah, I so do love gaming. Every once in a while there’s a game that grabs me not just because of the Game Master’s description, but because of the world and concept alone. Eclipse Phase is one of these.

I’ve been playing World of Warcraft since beta. Characters have come and gone in the five or so years the game has been around. I’ll get tired of servers, sick of role-player drama, or just sick of the game itself. Even though I quit, the cycle always seems to start itself again.

Since the resident board gamer is in town, I’m getting exposed to all sorts of new games. This last one was Witch of Salem. Like anything good in the Cthulhu mythos, your choices are die terribly or go insane. Winning is not generally an option. That’s what makes it fun, right?

Recently, I got to play a board game named Endeavor. It is built for three to five players with an hour and a half to two hours to spare. There are more pieces in the box than I’m comfortable with.