I am an addict ... i can admit to that. If the wife (and my fellow gamer spouses) would allow me to i would probably play boardgames every night of the week.
Oh, by the way.. Name is Kyle. I hail from the moderately north-ish reaches of western Canada.
Umm.. where was I. Oh right, gaming everyday. Due to a oversight on my parents part, i am alas not independently wealthy and i still have to make a living as a teacher. In my spare time though (and perhaps some times when i should be focusing on other things) i play boardgames. I will play most anything. Some of my favorites are Xia, Pillars of the Earth, Caverna, Wasteland Express Delivery Service, Great Western Trail, Lords of Vegas, Netrunner the CCG (the original, not the Android one... and yes i realize it is a CCG, not an actual boardgame) .. and my all time favorite, Robinson Crusoe.
I have a tendancy towards epic style games (i SOOO want Twilight Imperium, but that wife wont let me have it out of fear i will take it down to the basement to play ... never to be seen or heard from again)
But as i was saying earlier, because i am not allowed to play all the time, i spend most of the rest of my time designing games. Well... hopefully at least. I have several ideas started which i hope to post about elsewhere). Having not yet designed to the point of marketability, i do struggle with certain areas of game design .. which is why i have poked my head in here... to see if the fine folks here can help me see some of these designs into existence.
Hey Bottercot,
Always nice to meet a fellow Canuck.
I have played Through the Ages on the App. I did enjoy it, but i found it pretty repetative after a while.. haven't yet had a try at Star Wars: Rebelliion though i do want to .... just too many games and not enough money to buy them all kinda problem.
I do wish i lived down your way ... my daughter is in Calgary and she's taken me to the Hexagon Cafe (which was awesome), but alas Fort Mac has no such place.