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"The Master and his VASSAL" an interview with Rodney Kinney
Today the Boardgame News (http://www.boardgamenews.com) publishes
an interview with Dr. Rodney Kinney, the designer and administrator
of the VASSAL game engine (http://www.vassalengine.org)
VASSAL began as a basement project, but Dr. Kinney's
java-based, cross-platform, open-source engine has
become a gaming phenomenon boasting modules for 350
different games and with 300 new players signing up
every week. "If you poke around for games on the
Internet," says Dr. Kinney in this interview, "you
c… Continue
an interview with Dr. Rodney Kinney, the designer and administrator
of the VASSAL game engine (http://www.vassalengine.org)
VASSAL began as a basement project, but Dr. Kinney's
java-based, cross-platform, open-source engine has
become a gaming phenomenon boasting modules for 350
different games and with 300 new players signing up
every week. "If you poke around for games on the
Internet," says Dr. Kinney in this interview, "you
c… Continue
Posted on January 23, 2009 at 4:35am —
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Oh yeah, The author of Hexes has a blog, in which he continues to pursue a career in a hobby he pronounced dead 16 years ago. uhh...yeah.
The majority of Hexes article is long winded rant about TSR not honoring subscriptions, over 10 years aftter the fact this guy is wailing over it. Yeah it was bad, but this was the final nail in the coffin of a hobby still in existance over 10 years…
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Hours away...
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