Mag Roader

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I am a professional video game developer working for Electronic Arts Tiburon as part of the EA Sports label. I am credited in a variety of Madden NFL Football, NCAA Football, NASCAR, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour titles.

I loves me some games.

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Mar 29	comment	My god, they've taken the … that I've got to get to! It didn't occur to me that the "or cannot enter it" bit would re-evaluate when the building's state changed. Thanks!
Mar 21	comment	What happens if you reach an end card with both doors? Of course, I guess the Profiteer also wins.
Nov 26	comment	What size card sleeves should I buy for Penny Arcade - Gamers vs. Evil? Though I finally found a ruler and actually measured the cards. It appears they happen to be the same size (by my measurements, 63mm x 88.5mm, which is hopefully close enough).
Nov 26	comment	What size card sleeves should I buy for Penny Arcade - Gamers vs. Evil? This is a fantastic answer, but is unfortunately for the wrong game! This game from Fantasy Flight: fantasyflightgames.com/… is different from this game from Cryptozoic: cryptozoic.com/games/penny-arcade-game-gamers-vs-evil
Jul 31	comment	Can I sell properties in Monopoly with houses to another player ? I'm not sure I understand the last bit about "w/o mortgaging." You can't mortgage a property with houses on it.
Jun 20	comment	How many spins does it take to complete a game of Hi Ho! Cherry-O? Your "lose all" option is always -10 cherries. I think the line adding to current_game_val needs a max in there to ensure it doesn't go negative.
Jun 20	comment	How many spins does it take to complete a game of Hi Ho! Cherry-O? @Aryabhata By "for a given spin" I meant: "I have 3 Cherries - how many would I expect to gain?" This should be well defined for all Cherry counts 0-9.
May 14	comment	Use of Executive Order in Battlestar Galatica @Todd Hm, perhaps you could read it that way. For some reason I assume that "You may not" always trumps "You may" (not just in this game but others I am used to).
May 3	comment	Battlestar Galactica vs. Shadows over Camelot @Skadlig The general opinion seems to be that the Cylons always win the first few times you play, after which it gradually switches the other way. That's anecdotally how it's working for my group as well.
Mar 24	comment	Effectiveness of 1000 BWC in practice It being a random novelty, you probably don't want to play it too often or it'll lose its magic a bit. We played a huge game once a couple years ago, and still talk about it now and then; it was awesome! If we played it more often I suspect it'd be less awesome.
Mar 5	comment	*What happens when playing Throne Room / King's Court twice* with Caravan?** So in my examples and your additional 2 examples, how many cards would be drawn on the next turn?
Mar 5	comment	*What happens when playing Throne Room / King's Court twice* with Caravan?** @Pat By "on" I meant "choose." Changed wording for clarity!
Feb 28	comment	Limiting the number of silver and gold cards available in Dominion This sounds like you want to change the rules to solve an issue your group is having. But I'm wondering: what issue are you trying to solve exactly? Is it just "these cards are weird special cases and I don't like that" or is it "too many people are playing Big Money?" Or something else?
Dec 17	comment	What are good games to play during a one-hour lunch break? I like this answer a lot, but I'd prefer if it were actually many smaller answers so I could upvote the games individually.
Dec 6	comment	How can I play Pandemic with 6 players? I have tried 6 player, and will confirm that a rules variant (or lowering of difficulty) is very important. With so many people, any one person is very slow to react to anything - it may well take 5 turns before the Medic can clear out that danger zone, plenty of time for horrendous epidemic timing. I don't have any suggestions though; we always play something else with 6.
Nov 19	comment	Dominion - Using Stash Putting them below the top would not help much with Thief, Pirate Ship, etc. because generally you shuffle with intent to immediately draw 5 more cards for your next hand.
Oct 26	comment	If an Outpost is played during a Possessed hand, is the Outpost hand played next? I guess the wild ride would be for the one who got possessed in the first place. Outpost twice in the same turn is possible (like via Golem), it just doesn't help you normally. But now I'm curious what happens if you do play Outpost Possession Outpost. Meh, this isn't a conversation for comments.
Oct 25	comment	Good games for playing in a bar Here it is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess
Oct 25	comment	If an Outpost is played during a Possessed hand, is the Outpost hand played next? Just be careful if you are Possessing someone and you have them play an Outpost, then a Possession, then another Outpost. You're in for a wild ride.
Oct 25	comment	How can I beat “Big Money” in Dominion? @JSBangs Why, yes! code.google.com/p/dominionsim For programmers only; you'll need to build it. It doesn't have all the cards implemented, but it's still fun to play with.