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Foxes at Play

Welcome to Vulpes Ludos, a blog of opinion pieces about games - Both digital and tabletop - from someone who likes foxes.

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Animal Blogging - Days 1 and 2

Day 0 Checking in at the airport I was greeted by, Timmy and Tommy. Answering a few questions - Even which of their islands (How many...

Knotted Thoughts on Tiebreaks

It is difficult to define what a tiebreaker is without sounding redundant. It breaks ties. It's in the name. And it is not hard to see...

Countdown

Here is a jumble of nine letters. In 30 seconds, try and find as long a word that you'd be able to find in a standard English dictionary...

Taste Makers

Here's a quick description of four video games that I think had a big impact on my taste in games growing up, and what it is about those...

Exploring the Unmappable

I leave the console room, the door closes behind me. I go through the door in front of me, next to a chest of some kind, and... I'm back...

Just A Game

Who cares if you wind up begging for food in Agricola? It's just a game. We should look critically at what messages about politics are in...

Same sex relationships in board games

Whenever someone suggests that board games could use better, more visible, representation of same-sex relationships, a response I often...

Can Legacy Go Further?

Board games, traditionally, sit on a shelf, with no knowledge of when they were last played, or what happened in the last session. They...

Some thoughts on Pokémon Sword

Having just finished the main game of Pokémon Sword, I have some thoughts on it both in isolation and compared with prior iterations of...

An Introduction and Personal Background

I'm Stephen, and this blog is an attempt to get a piece of writing out about games once a week during 2020, sometimes serious, sometimes mor

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