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    The Portal at Hill House - a review and the beginning of a story.

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    World War 1 Remembered.

    World War 1 Remembered.

    An evening of World War 1 memories: music, food and games. I have been working on providing games for our upcoming event at the Abbey Inn. We want to mark the centenary of World War 1 with 'a bit of a do' on the 11th of November, to raise money for the Royal British Legion and the Bramley War Memorial Fund. Taking retro to it's logical conclusion. No, don't worry I haven't gone all Mighty Boosh on you. In fact, I didn't even realise how retro I was going until I looked at my
    Get Adler: A Game of Two Halves

    Get Adler: A Game of Two Halves

    Agent Adler has done a runner with Top-Secret documents. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to track down and eliminate Adler and retrieve the stolen dossier. You have seven hours... First half Before you can stop to reflect on your success over an orange segment you must discover who Adler is. The game kicks off with each of you assuming an identity, and in the style of Guess Who ascertain who is who by asking a series of cunning questions: do you wear a blue h
    Let them win: why you should let children win at games.

    Let them win: why you should let children win at games.

    I want to begin by clarifying: I am not an advocate of mollycoddling children. Mollycuddling? Yes Coddling? No. When under pressure and outnumbered by whingy teens and moany toddlers, I have uttered the words 'tough', 'life is hard' and 'get over it'. Often in the same sentence. And, I still maintain you must let them win. More specifically they have to start by winning a higher proportion of games than they lose. Losing at games is valuable and character building. We use it
    Monopoly: why do we hate it so much?

    Monopoly: why do we hate it so much?

    Sunday in our house: all three children have independently settled down to a board game. All of my Enid Blyton fantasies are coming true. But before I can don my frilly apron and serve up lashings of ginger beer, I hear snatches of angry conversation: 'No. We NEVER play that rule' 'Well, it is the rule' 'So...' Then, an adult voice. My partner shouting above the melee of three indignant children: 'I don't even know why you've chosen this game!' And then I know. I realise what
    Gobblin' Goblins and the importance of biscuits.

    Gobblin' Goblins and the importance of biscuits.

    I need to start this review by coming clean. People have understandable reservations about trusting the veracity of some reviews, especially when the reviewer got a free copy of the game. It is true, I did get a free copy but it's worse than that. I won. I actually won. I even won the first game! All I can say is - bear that in mind as you read the review. My victory doesn't invalidate the review but it may make it insufferably smug. I've won all the badges! This raises an in

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