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Keeper Jon · Post by **Keeper Jon** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:39 pm

So BGG also has RPG listings, and I just saw yesterday that they have a placeholder spot for Timeless Sands of India, but not only that, but that I have a creator page on BGG!!! That was so weird, and very exciting!

Tariq · Post by **Tariq** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:52 pm

As with most academic institutions, it is usual for senior faculty to be published in their respected field of expertise.

trevlix · Post by **trevlix** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 2:02 am

I actually submitted it to RPGGeek.

What is your user ID on the site?

Keeper Jon · Post by **Keeper Jon** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:42 pm

trevlix wrote:I actually submitted it to RPGGeek.

What is your user ID on the site?

Thanks man! My ID on BGG is: JonHook
(I'm not very imaginative when it comes to online handles.)

Dr. Gerard · Post by **Dr. Gerard** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:30 pm

Just went to the game store with the intent to buy a good zombie board game like Night on Earth...but I ended up getting Smallworld instead, based on advice from a rabid pack of store clerks. They ganged up on me.

Has anyone played Smallworld? I have heard good reviews previously...but did I make a terrible mistake?

Keeper Jon · Post by **Keeper Jon** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:22 pm

Dr. Gerard wrote:Just went to the game store with the intent to buy a good zombie board game like Night on Earth...but I ended up getting Smallworld instead, based on advice from a rabid pack of store clerks. They ganged up on me.

Has anyone played Smallworld? I have heard good reviews previously...but did I make a terrible mistake?

Nope! Smallworld is lots of fun. Watch the YouTube video of Wil Wheaton playing it on his TableTop series. It's a fun game. I don't own it, but a friend does, and I've played it four times this year. Good purchase.

Dr. Gerard · Post by **Dr. Gerard** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:57 pm

Keeper Jon wrote: Nope! Smallworld is lots of fun. Watch the YouTube video of Wil Wheaton playing it on his TableTop series. It's a fun game. I don't own it, but a friend does, and I've played it four times this year. Good purchase.

Excellent. Part of my thinking there was that I have a pool of family players with a range of levels of interest/obsession with games. So I'm hoping the fun illustrations and casual feel will help to draw the non-gaming members to the table. Looking at the rules, it seems pretty teachable and not as...shall I say, "fiddly," as a game like Arkham Horror or Last Night on Earth.

Keeper Jon · Post by **Keeper Jon** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:37 am

Good observations. Smallworld is generally thought of as a gateway game.

Dr. Gerard · Post by **Dr. Gerard** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:51 am

You know, it just now occurred to me that this thread was about the Timeless Sands of India posting on BGG, not general board game chat.

Thread foul.

I also realized we accidentally turned the Macabre Tales thread into a billboard for TSOI.

Oh well!