Recap: RinCon
This post was written by Ian Stedman of G.U. Games and awesome volunteer who facilitated the event. Special thanks to his wife. Trish, as well, for helping to bring Unpub to RinCon! The RinCon 2012 Unpub ProtoZone was a great success, attendance looked like it was going to be low, but we pulled some strings and got an […]
Recap: Congress of Gamers (Part 1)
Today's post, a recap of this weekend's ProtoZone at the Congress of Gamers, is written by Darrell Louder. (Much Thanks to Darrell and TC PettyIII for taking the reigns of this event onsite.) This past Saturday morning (October 6, 2012) a Congress of Gamers was held in a little senior center Rockville, Maryland. Unpub was […]
Recap: Escapist Expo
The Escapist Expo in Durham, North Carolina was our first official ProtoZone. We were at the event at the invitation and guidance of Game Salute and the residency assistant of DiceHateMe and Monkey238. We're always grateful to be part of a Game Salute area, they provide us with plenty of players and activity all weekend […]
Unpub Preview: Fixed Le Mans
As we move towards upcoming Unpub events we’re going to preview some of the games which will be exhibited. What type of game is it? What was your inspiration for this game? My daily bicycle commute to work What is your favorite part of this game? a continuously altering game board of obstacles. What has been […]
Preview: Mars Needs Mechanics
I've been waiting a while to post this review. I'm really excited about this game and you should be too. Mars Needs Mechanics was designed by Benjamin Rosset and has been a part of no less than 5 Unpub events! It's a game we've had our eye on for over a year. We've seen it […]
GenCon: The Unpub Perspective
Wow. Yes, it's taken me the whole week to get to the point where I could talk about GenCon! I arrived in Indianapolis Friday afternoon. Prototypes were already being played all over the place. A lot of what I got to see was at the Game Salute Booth (2035) where every time I stopped by […]
WBC Recap
Over the weekend I attended the World Board Gaming Championships in Lancaster, PA. This event is put on each year by the Boardgame Player's Association and is basically a week long gaming extravaganza. They run tournaments for 100 or so games and that's their main thing, but they have a beautiful open gaming room that […]
Recap: Unpub Mini at 7th Dimension Games
What an awesome time we had on Saturday! I even had a chance to sit down and play some games!That's pretty much my first thought about our Unpub Mini on June 23rd at 7th Dimension Games! Glen and the staff of 7th Dimension were awesome to work with. Their is a beautiful game store in […]
Too Many Games Convention Notes!
Thanks go out to Jason Tagmire for inviting me to help judge a 24 hour game design competition at the Too Many Games Convention this past weekend in Oaks,Pennsylvania. It was a really fun experience for me (despite being exhausted after a long week.) My girlfriend, Katherine, and I drove up on Sunday for the […]
News Brief!
It is with great pride and a little trepidation that I report Unpub.net and our recent shenanigans at Origins are featured on the new Dicehatme.com State of Games podcast. The podcast isn't up yet, but it will be soon. Check back for an updated link... or bookmark them and check back in over there. I'm […]