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[via Newsweek] A review of Sesame Street's wobbly future.

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Notes from Origins '09

So, I attended Origins for the first time since 2006. While held in the same venue as years past, this year's edition drew roughly 1/2 the crowd I'd seen in my last trip. This made for a very relaxed con, with pleasant gaming in and around the convention center. Games and such The 'new' big hit of the convention was Dominion; one could find this game being played all over the con, all weekend. I've played Dominion a few times earlier this year, and I summarize this style of game as: inverted CCG Draft. Instead of building a deck from random cards drafted from packs, then playing the game, Dominion involves building a deck from a randomly-selected stacks of a fixed set of cards. I plan on ordering this game before end-of-summer. I got my first look at Race for the Galaxy, and given the link's explanation of this game as a richer version of San Juan, I'll probably place an order for this game as well. (Actually, those cards make sense) I also played the Zombie version of Fluxx over beers...the game is playable slapstick. Much fun! Food find of the weekend: Thai chili peanut butter ice cream, at Jeni's Ice Cream booth in North Market. The cold of the ice cream holds off the chili fire juussst long enough to let the peanut/pepper/sugar tastes play. As for V:tES? I turned my brain off on Wednesday, and was lucky to remember how to tap cards, much less keep track of interactions. I scored 0GW / 4VP in 8 rounds of standard constructed play, and 2 GW / 3.5 VP in 3 rounds of Rapid Thought.

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