Comments on: List of games ported from video to tabletop

By: Tina Anderson

Tina Anderson — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:52:17 +0000

Hey, game developers have to get their ideas from somewhere. It makes sense to use things like toys and board games to inspire video game ideas.

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Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:42:53 +0000

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By: Michael Chui

Michael Chui — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:26:16 +0000

I turned my Magic: the Gathering decks into chess. Ish.

There weren’t actually any rules, though. Then I ran out of people who knew what M:tG was.

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gaming city blog » A history: Video games to board games — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:20:43 +0000

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By: argonaut

argonaut — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:03:31 +0000

FWIW, as a kid, I did board game ports of Pengo and Q*Bert.

Is is a common trait among game developers? I remember making a dice based “Spy Hunter” with Hot Wheels and a game based on “Yar’s Revenge” made out of Lego bricks and the missile-launcher from a Battlestar Galactica toy.

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A history: Video games to board games - Joystiq — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:44:08 +0000

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By: Sean ' Arrakiv' Bulger

Sean ' Arrakiv' Bulger — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:05:45 +0000

Yeah, that is certainly a lot of CCGs – which has certainly come to be popular, wouldn’t you say? There’s definitely a fair number more of them than I had actually expected. It is interesting to glance over the list – a few on there that I wouldn’t have expected.

By: PS3Star.com

PS3Star.com — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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The Virtual Hub | Online Gaming Community — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

us all the way from the strong beginnings in the ’80s to the modern seventh generation in gaming. Definitely a gasp-inducing bit of nostalgia for any kid whose parents thought buying the board game was a reasonable equivalent to the video game. [ViaRaph Koster's Website]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By: Yehuda

Yehuda — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

is up. Games played: Odin’s Ravens, Notre Dame, Lost Valley. We still love Notre Dame, but we think that Lost Valley needs an overhaul. Welcome to any new visitors from Boing Boing, Kotaku, Joystiq,Raph Koster, and others. Check out the highlights on the right sidebar. (Actually, this is not my first time getting linked from any of these sites (maybe Kotaku), but it’s the first time I got linked from all of them at once. So much for Tracksy.)