With Gateway 2007 starting at the end of next month, we look back on Gamex 2007 and the terrific experience we had there. Matt joins me on the microphone to chat about If Wishes Were Fishes, Vexation, Burg Appenzell and Midgard. Edited from the show are our long discussions about Notre Dame and Guatemala Cafe (which may just end up as another podcast later).

Remember that Gateway 2007 runs on Labor Day Weekend and the Special Guest is Tom Jolly. More details will be noted in BGB v39, which is right around the corner. I'll be running tournaments of Colosseum, Stack Market, Owner's Choice, Saboteur, Midgard and an extra special event that will take a heck of a lot of work this next month...

Also - I will be at Gameology in Claremont, CA this Saturday to show off Stack Market and Owner's Choice in the morning and again in the afternoon. Come on out and say 'hi' and learn these two new cool games!

Show Notes:

Strategicon (Gateway Pre-Reg opens at the beginning of August)

Games mentioned:

If Wishes Were Fishes   Burg Appenzell   Midgard

Silverton   Vexation   Stay Alive

I'm happy to report that my cousin Steve managed to recover my crashed hard drive, which contained at least four recorded Boardgame Babylon episodes. I'll be getting around to editing them soon, but at the moment, I'm focusing on a couple of new shows so I'm not sure how soon they will be out.

One is a Rectangular Table Discussion about Kid's Games, another is the RTD on the Games Workshop board game line in the 80's and I think there are two additional session review shows.

If you ever need a great hand in data recovery, check out my cousin's business at: http://www.burgessforensics.com/

...Sheylon
www.boardgamebabylon.com

Just a quick note for game publishers out there that are interested in sending review copies of games for discussion on Boardgame Babylon: I really appreciate the honor of getting a review copy of your games but I'd respectfully ask that you please contact me ahead of time to see if it is a game I'd like to play and talk about. My taste is pretty heavy on euro/designer games and doesn't really stray in the realm of war or role-playing games (excepting some fantasy miniature games) so I'm less inclined to review this type of game.

I realize I've gotten myself into this by putting the mailing address on my business cards but if you just send me a quick inquiry ahead of time, I can make sure you don't waste your money sending me a game I might not want to play and I won't feel guilty if I take a long time to review it. If you confirm with me ahead of time, I'll be happy to review the game and ask you to be on the show - although I always want to find an interesting angle for including you (and not just a straight advert), like my recent show about High School Drama, which was also about game design and self-publishing. Thanks in advance for your consideration!

Thanks...ERB