What Board Games Taught Us About Journalism

Brian Bankler

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United States
San Antonio
Texas

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Please add games that deal with media, and your interpretation of the lesson learned...

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:27 pm

1. Board Game: Extrablatt [Average Rating:7.16 Overall Rank:1371]

Brian Bankler

(Bankler)

United States
San Antonio
Texas

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The most difficult decision is how many column-inches to allocate to each story. Also, layout is a bitch.

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:16 pm

Robert Rossney

(UhhhClem)

United States
San Francisco
California

Also, the most effective way to hurt competing newspapers is to place advertisements in them.

Posted Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:18 am
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Michael Webb

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The People's Republic of Ann Arbor
Michigan

for male prostitutes.

There's always a race to use up the male ads in our games...I particularly enjoy slapping down the Roberto ad.

Yes...we're a bit strange. laugh

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Posted Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:17 pm
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2. Board Game: Illuminati: Deluxe Edition [Average Rating:6.71 Overall Rank:626]

Brian Bankler

(Bankler)

United States
San Antonio
Texas

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Big media doesn't care about you. They're just a tool of the man. Or Aliens. Or Gnomes. Well, really anyone more powerful than the consumer.

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:18 pm

3. Board Game: Here I Stand [Average Rating:8.10 Overall Rank:34]

Brian Bankler

(Bankler)

United States
San Antonio
Texas

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It never hurts to have some extra printing presses, although you may just be amusing the nobility when you think you are trying to change minds.

Still, burning heretics sells ad space.

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:24 pm

4. Board Game: Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization [Average Rating:8.30 Overall Rank:4]

Brian Bankler

(Bankler)

United States
San Antonio
Texas

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Journalism does lead to advancement ... at least when compared to Alchemy.

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:26 pm

5. Board Game: Paparazzi [Average Rating:2.50 Unranked]

Brian Bankler

(Bankler)

United States
San Antonio
Texas

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Everyone hates the Paparazzi (2.12 average rating!)

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:29 pm

6. Board Game: 1960: The Making of the President [Average Rating:7.66 Overall Rank:52]

David Kahnt

(DKahnt)

United States
Upper Gwynedd
Pennsylvania

It's fun, it's healthy, it's good exercise. The kids will just love it. And we put a little sand inside to make the experience more pleasant.

You know, they say there was a man who jumped from the forty-FIFTH floor? But that's another story...

Journalism can sway elections.

-DK

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:35 pm

7. Board Game: Arkham Horror: Kingsport Horror Expansion [Average Rating:7.53 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.53 Unranked]

E Decker

(E Decker)

Austria

Journalists make great snacks!

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Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:59 pm

Brian Bankler

(Bankler)

United States
San Antonio
Texas

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They're really tough on your liver. Not good for GOOs with high cholesterol, either. But like all things that are bad for you, they're pretty tasty. Can't eat just one.

Posted Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:14 am
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