Eric M. Lang Q&A from FanExpo....

I plan to do a full write-up of FanExpo this year including pics from The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz and Eric Lang's clever new game Trains & Stations which was a hit with a lot of new people.  But until I get to that, check out this Q&A session with Eric Lang (who co-designed Quarriors, amongst other great games) who actually hails from right nearby in Guelph, Ontario.  Lots of great design talk.

This was filmed by my buddy Matt at The Busted Couch v-blog who seems to have taken a shining to board games now, too.  Thanks, Matt!

FanExpo 2013....

If you're in Toronto this weekend and happen to be attending FanExpo, Canada's largest fan convention, I recommend you check out Stephen Sauer's booth A27 in Artist's Alley (Stephen co-designed the fantastic and soon-to-be-published Londonderry with DOM co-blogger Daryl Andrews.)  This year Stephen has designed some delightful prints for sale including the 'Sherlock playing Settlers' piece you see below.

And while you're there come stop by the Rue Morgue area and catch me selling my partner Vincent Marcone's spooky artwork at booth 1624.  Unless it's Saturday from 11-5.  If it's Saturday, I'm at the Great Canadian Board Game Blitz finals with Daryl.  Come play some games with us there! 

Hot tip of the day....

Any new Days of Wonder release is a reason to get excited (although I must admit I have yet to play a few of them....)  Up and coming this fall is a new game entitled Relic Runners which looks nothing short of spectacular thanks to the usual DOW gorgeous production and what looks like really interesting gameplay. And there's path-building.  I LOVE path-building.

I recommend you check out the full rules online here, if only to ogle the pretty plastic relics.  But also in the ruleset is one particularly good tip for those of us constantly unboxing and punching out pieces for games:

If this is the first game you play, punch out all the pieces from the game’s punchboards. Rather than discarding the empty frames, insert them under the vacuum tray inside your game box; this will help your tray stay flush with your game’s box top, preventing pieces inside from spilling over when storing your game.

Well, I never thought of that.