Leafing through Wisden
May 31, 2009
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Leafing through an old Wisden, as one does, and discovered something interesting and quite unusual for the old tome. It was Wisden 2006. Turn to p62.
Archive for May, 2009
Graveyard or open source?
May 25, 2009
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I sometimes think of my ever growing collection of cricket board games as something of a cricket game graveyard. Rarely do games get reprinted and those that do are mostly aimed at kids. So Test Match and all its variants are probably going to get re-printed for ever more. Most games get printed once, sell [...]
New cricket game nears alpha stage
May 14, 2009
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I’ve been in touch with Nigel Collier, who is developing a new cricket board game. He’s let me know he is still a little way off releasing the game for beta, so we are keeping the names of everyone who has volunteered and will be in touch soon. Anyway, I’m happy to say I’ve seen [...]
Bowling change worked a treat
May 12, 2009
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The well designed Howzat game, International Cricket, can be quite a marathon to play. Occasionally, however, there can be moments of replay cricket genius as the subtle nuances of the game capture cricket perfectly.
Ouch!
May 02, 2009
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If you want to see how not to post an opinion you have about a replay game, check this post out at the Home of British Sports Replay forum where one user criticised the design of some Owzat games. I visited the forum for the first time in ages last night as a result of [...]
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