PA Political Staffer is a Board Game Guru
PA Political Staffer is a Board Game Guru
June 17, 2008
Okay, so it's not a video game story.
But we couldn't resist today's Philadelphia Inquirer piece on Erik Arneson (left), chief policy director for the Pennsylvania State Senate Republican Caucus. Arneson, it seems is not only a policy wonk, but a board game wonk, as well.
From the story:
By night, [Arneson] is an expert gamer for the online information source About.com... He spends evenings, weekends and even vacations playing games and writing reviews and articles for the Web site.
Not just any games, but the kind played on boards with dice...
Arneson reviews everything from Monopoly's latest offering to Elemento, a chemistry-theme card game, and the latest in the popular board-game series that started with Settlers of Catan, in which players compete to build roads and cities on an island.
Of his board game mania, Arneson said:
I'm completely comfortable with my geekiness. The bottom line is, it's fun... People spend so much time at work interacting with computers and machines that some quality, low-tech entertainment often hits the sweet spot when they get home.
Johann Pro, a spokeswoman for Democratic State Rep. Dwight Evans, couldn't resist a game-themed dig at Areneson, however:
On the professional side, he's obviously in the right position since we all know the Senate Republicans just like to play games.
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Posted 08/28/08 at 10:03pm
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign: right? ack sorry for the long windedness ><
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign: right? ack sorry for the long windedness ><
Posted 08/28/08 at 10:02pm
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:infrastructure, let the states deal with the millions on disability or SSI let states run shanty towns for the great unwashed masses and all the death and disease that will ensue, as long as the middle and rich pay less taxes who cares righ
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:infrastructure, let the states deal with the millions on disability or SSI let states run shanty towns for the great unwashed masses and all the death and disease that will ensue, as long as the middle and rich pay less taxes who cares righ
Posted 08/28/08 at 10:00pm
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:classes, thus government has to regulate business to ensure its not raping the populace and try and get business to aid the lower classes somehow. If government cannot do this then it should go back to worrying about the border and infrast
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:classes, thus government has to regulate business to ensure its not raping the populace and try and get business to aid the lower classes somehow. If government cannot do this then it should go back to worrying about the border and infrast
Posted 08/28/08 at 10:00pm
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:cost of ignoring millions because they do not have to not take a loss on the grotesque, Government by default has to regulate business because business is becoming larger than it and its damaging government indirectly by ignoring the lower
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:cost of ignoring millions because they do not have to not take a loss on the grotesque, Government by default has to regulate business because business is becoming larger than it and its damaging government indirectly by ignoring the lower
Posted 08/28/08 at 09:59pm
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:"Competitive market" is a misnomer as well, in a blind capitalistic setup it creates conglomerates that seek to maxize profit by raising cost on the end user, "profiteering" is a inherent issue when they can make grotesque profit at the co
ZippyDSMlee: Dark Sovereign:"Competitive market" is a misnomer as well, in a blind capitalistic setup it creates conglomerates that seek to maxize profit by raising cost on the end user, "profiteering" is a inherent issue when they can make grotesque profit at the co
Posted 08/28/08 at 09:26pm
HarmlessBunny: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/08/28/election-postmortem.aspx#comment-132072 There we go for you Mattie 5
HarmlessBunny: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/08/28/election-postmortem.aspx#comment-132072 There we go for you Mattie 5
Posted 08/28/08 at 08:50pm
Mattie: @Harmeless Bunny- Could you post the link? I'm having trouble finding it.
Mattie: @Harmeless Bunny- Could you post the link? I'm having trouble finding it.
Posted 08/28/08 at 06:50pm
Tarosan: The truth hurts a lot... a whole lot but then again he's already fucked
Tarosan: The truth hurts a lot... a whole lot but then again he's already fucked
Posted 08/28/08 at 06:49pm
Tarosan: LOL he's attacking a newly elected Judge for calling him unprofessional
Tarosan: LOL he's attacking a newly elected Judge for calling him unprofessional
Posted 08/28/08 at 06:18pm
Mech: Dark Sovereign, you are sorely in need of an economics lesson.
Mech: Dark Sovereign, you are sorely in need of an economics lesson.
Posted 08/28/08 at 05:14pm
HarmlessBunny: Woot! JT is now attacking the newly elected Judge's in Florida. Guess he thought he could use more enemies :P Checking the JAAblog is addictive to watch lol.
HarmlessBunny: Woot! JT is now attacking the newly elected Judge's in Florida. Guess he thought he could use more enemies :P Checking the JAAblog is addictive to watch lol.
Posted 08/28/08 at 05:01pm
Dark Sovereign: @scribe: There is still no adequate reason for the government to run healthcare.
Dark Sovereign: @scribe: There is still no adequate reason for the government to run healthcare.
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:57pm
E. Zachary Knight: I agree that the awards in many cases are to much.I admit that healthcare is complicated and it is hard to find the right formula.
E. Zachary Knight: I agree that the awards in many cases are to much.I admit that healthcare is complicated and it is hard to find the right formula.
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:56pm
E. Zachary Knight: Darn Dennis for flying to PAX today. I wanted some news.
E. Zachary Knight: Darn Dennis for flying to PAX today. I wanted some news.
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:17pm
scribe999: in terms of malpractice and negligence. Tort reform is something I do happen to agree with.
scribe999: in terms of malpractice and negligence. Tort reform is something I do happen to agree with.
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:16pm
scribe999: civil regulations are still regulations. and a major argument for why healtchare is so expensive is the ease of legal recourse
scribe999: civil regulations are still regulations. and a major argument for why healtchare is so expensive is the ease of legal recourse
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:07pm
E. Zachary Knight: If a healthcare provider was neglegent in their duties they could be sued for that neglegence.
E. Zachary Knight: If a healthcare provider was neglegent in their duties they could be sued for that neglegence.
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:07pm
E. Zachary Knight: I am talking more of civil court. Not criminal.
E. Zachary Knight: I am talking more of civil court. Not criminal.
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:06pm
scribe999: just a gap in what you wrote EZK...how does a judicial system enforce regulations without regulations already in place.
scribe999: just a gap in what you wrote EZK...how does a judicial system enforce regulations without regulations already in place.
Posted 08/28/08 at 04:05pm
E. Zachary Knight: where did I say the judicial system would write legislation?
E. Zachary Knight: where did I say the judicial system would write legislation?
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Comments
How quaint, it's like computer games unplugged!
Wonder if he's reviewed chess, I don't think I've ever seen a review of it...
'On the professional side, he's obviously in the right position since we all know the Senate Republicans just like to play games.'
Meeeow!
That said, I still enjoy the odd game of Warhammer or the like, as well painting up the figures, so I can understand what this guy is saying :)
*Must resist nerd urge to point out that warhammer is a tabletop war game & not a board game*
Is that an anorak behind me? AAAAGGGHHHH!!!!
That said, warhammer is freakin awesome, the only games better are blood bowl & warhammer 40000
LOL :p
True, and BloodBowl rocks, I still think that was a great game.
That said, ManOWar actually had potential, but the people who designed it weren't familiar enough with naval combat.
well, duh, he's an Arneson-- as in Dave Arneson, aka co-creator of D&D
No he's not. He's Erik Arneson, the blogger of boardgames.about.com .
Yehuda
He's still an Arneson, which was the point of the previous poster.
Awesome. I love to play board games. I think I tend to play as much board games as I do video games.
Glad to see that people still enjoy the classics.
E. Zachary Knight
www.editorialgames.com
wonk?
-- mostly harmless
old slang for nerd or geek basically
"On the professional side, he's obviously in the right position since we all know the Senate Republicans just like to play games."
Ahh, wholly unjustified partisan mudslinging at its best (worst?). And people ask why I'm a left leaning independant instead of a Democrat. How repugnant.
There’s something to be said for the appeal of board games. And even though I’m primarily a computer game player, once in a while a board game comes along that catches my attention. Right now that game is Arkham Horror by Fantasy Flight games. It’s kind of like the old Call of Cthulhu RPG by Chaosium retooled for a board game format. With four expansions out so far and more promised, I’d say it pretty much now covers the entire Chtulhu Mythos.
Kind of funny and cool. It's kind of interesting knowing what other people do with their non-hobby times. He must be really busy though - blogging and working a f/t job.
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