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		<title>A Roman history of Epic Duels Part 1 of 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 03:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;m preparing to launch my first original game, I got to thinking about just how long I&#8217;ve been involved with Epic Duels and how, at this point, I&#8217;m mostly working with a new group of people that may not know all the history there is to this game.  Epic Duels is probably why you&#8217;re &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unmatched rule book review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 03:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read through the rules at boardgamegeek and while Unmatched is very similar to Epic Duels, there are some interesting differences. Sign up up for our newsletter! Object: Defeat the opposing major, called the hero, or both opposing majors in a 2v2 game.  (nothing new there) Game Board The battlefield is made up of circular spaces &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unmatched details from Rolling Dice and Taking Names</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 04:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out the really excellent podcast by Rolling Dice &#38; Taking Names with Rob Daviau and his business partner (and blog commenter) Justin Jacobson. If you want to see the game in action, you can get a glimpse from Roll for Crit on YouTube. Sign up up for our newsletter! Some highlights: In battle there &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Epic Duels is returning and we couldn&#8217;t be more excited</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 08:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By now, you&#8217;ve surely heard that Rob Daviau and Restoration Games are publishing Unmatched a new, multi-series, tactical dueling game based on the original Epic Duels, per Rob and per Restoration Games. I&#8217;ll post all the official Tweets here: It kicked off with this tweet: Unmatched is a new take on the design of Star &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Board game roundup: Games with high do-something ability</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2018 19:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I write about this concept a lot, and want to spell it out with examples of the games that do it best.  There are many different ways to achieve it, here we go: Building Agricola The Uwe Rosenberg worker placement game is sort of my classic do-something game.  Even if you don’t win, who doesn’t &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keep at it: Rob Daviau Interview Part 5 of 5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview.  He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February.  This is the fifth and final part of our conversation. Roman:  Last thing, any advice for &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rob&#8217;s new games: Rob Daviau Interview Part 4 of 5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview.  He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February.  This is the fourth part of our 10-minute conversation. Roman:  There was going to be a &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a Duel? Rob Daviau Interview Part 2 of 5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 03:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview.  He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February.  This is the second part of our 10-minute conversation: Roman:  I feel like that [Yoda] deck, &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Yoda was the prototype:  Rob Daviau interview Part 1 of 5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview.  He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February.  This is the first part of our 10-minute conversation: &#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Teapots and prototypes: snippets from my Rob Daviau interview</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 23:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at the Toy Fair in NYC and I spent a few minutes chatting with Rob Daviau, creator of Star Wars Epic Duels and many other titles.  I will have the complete interview posted later in the week but I wanted to post a few fun snippets: &#8220;I came up with the Yoda deck first. &#8230;]]></description>
		
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