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Eurogames

I'm a fan of Eurogames - a style of approachable, yet thoughtful board games. I like them because you can usually learn and play one in an evening, yet they provide enough strategic interest to play many times. I sometimes get asked more about them and what and what my favorites are. So here is a short article explaining them and an interactive list of the games on my shelf.

by Martin Fowler

2 Oct 2013

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My favorite musical discoveries of 2023

Six of my favorite new music acquisitions in 2024

by Martin Fowler

3 Jan 2024

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My favorite musical discoveries of 2022

Six of my favorite new music acquisitions in 2022

by Martin Fowler

11 Jan 2023

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My favorite musical discoveries of 2021

Six of my favorite new music acquisitions in 2021

by Martin Fowler

26 Dec 2021

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A Cherry Picker's Guide to Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a long-running TV series, but you don't have to invest too much time to start enjoying it. It's easy to cherry-pick excellent stand-alone episodes.

by Martin Fowler

19 Jun 2015

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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

An engrossing mix of cartoons in a steampunk pocket universe, and informative footnotes about the pioneers of computing and their real Victorian world.

by Martin Fowler

20 Nov 2016

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Coup 53

A short review of Coup 53: a documentary of the coup in Iran in 1953.

by Martin Fowler

30 Aug 2020

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The Death of Goldman Sachs

A misleading title to draw readers into an occasionally true story

by Martin Fowler

1 Nov 2020

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My favorite musical discoveries of 2020

Six of my favorites new music acquisitions in 2020

by Martin Fowler

22 Dec 2020

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Five Midsummer Nights

A while ago Cindy and I, together with a couple of neighbours, began a long quest that who knows if we will finish. The quest is to watch every play of Shakespeare, in every reasonably available video version. It's been a lot of fun, although we aren't able to cover as much as we'd like as I'm so often traveling. We are doing them in rough chronological order, and have just finished with A Midsummer Night's Dream.

by Martin Fowler

2 Sep 2011

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Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard is a media channel dedicated to board games, run by Edward Uhler. I first ran into it when it was purely a podcast, enjoying it because it reviewed the kind of games I was interested in, and gave enough depth to the reviews that I could get a good picture of whether the game would interest me. It then added a video channel, streaming live games on Youtube. I rarely watch the live games, but often found watching a recording useful to see if I would like a game. I also find Edward's teaching of the rules, which he does before every stream, an effective way to learn how to play a game. I liked the show enough to become a patron, and enjoy the patron-only slack channel. It's a useful discussion forum and one of the most pleasant online groups I've been involved in.

by Martin Fowler

2 Dec 2019

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Music2005

The RIAA may say the world is ending, but despite my embrace of digital music with my Slimp3 I don't see my music budget getting any smaller. Indeed I think I need more of the stuff to keep my ipod's hunger satisfied.

by Martin Fowler

21 Dec 2005

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Once Upona Time In The West

My friends are all geeky, so many of them were looking forward to the day in November 2003 when the extended DVD of The Two Towers came out (and among my friends the extended DVD was the only one worth having.) But for me that day marked another release that was in many ways just as important, Sergio Leone's great western finally made it onto DVD.

by Martin Fowler

26 Dec 2003

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Podcasts

A few weeks ago, a friend asked for recommended podcasts. It's taken me a while to answer, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to suggest what I like listening to.

by Martin Fowler

4 Aug 2011

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Singing Detective

The Singing Detective is a TV series (6 one hour episodes) produced by the BBC in the 1980's. Many people, including me, consider it the finest piece of television they've ever seen. It's a complex piece, possibly one of the most original pieces of art ever made for television. As such it isn't everybody's cup of tea, but I've watched it many times. It's most noticeably associated with the writer Dennis Potter, who made many challenging television programs. It's recently become available on DVD.

by Martin Fowler

30 Jul 2003

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