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Promobilia and the Accessibility Stack for Board GamesPromobilia and the Accessibility Stack for Board Games
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A Free Training Workshop for Cardboard PrototypingA Free Training Workshop for Cardboard Prototyping
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Top Ten Best Board Game Apps 2019
Top Ten Best Board Game Apps 2019
Oct 21, 2019
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Games with Great Design Lessons for Accessibility
Games with Great Design Lessons for Accessibility
Jul 22, 2019
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How We Should Talk about Plagiarism and Professional Malpractice
How We Should Talk about Plagiarism and Professional Malpractice
Jul 11, 2019
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17 Min Read
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Misleading with Play Counts
Misleading with Play Counts
May 30, 2019
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15 Min Read
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The Fun of Inaccessibility
The Fun of Inaccessibility
Apr 24, 2019
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12 Min Read
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Three Years of Meeple Like Us
Three Years of Meeple Like Us
Apr 8, 2019
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17 Min Read
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Unwon and Unwinnable Causes
Unwon and Unwinnable Causes
Apr 2, 2019
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Stay in your Lane
Stay in your Lane
Mar 13, 2019
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16 Min Read
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The Soft Power of Word of Mouth
The Soft Power of Word of Mouth
Feb 25, 2019
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19 Min Read
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Behind the Scenes of A Game Blogger’s Patreon
Behind the Scenes of A Game Blogger’s Patreon
Feb 15, 2019
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The Accessibility of House Rules
The Accessibility of House Rules
Jan 28, 2019
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14 Min Read
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Mindful Jargon
Mindful Jargon
Jan 23, 2019
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12 Min Read
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Social Advocacy in Game Reviews
Social Advocacy in Game Reviews
Jan 7, 2019
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14 Min Read
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Meeple Like Us Top Ten Board Games, 2018 Edition
Meeple Like Us Top Ten Board Games, 2018 Edition
Jan 2, 2019
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53 Min Read
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I’m A Fraud – The Signed Confessions of Michael Heron
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Dec 16, 2018
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14 Min Read
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Board Games and Social Isolation
Board Games and Social Isolation
Nov 27, 2018
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14 Min Read
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In Defense of Game Review Scores
In Defense of Game Review Scores
Nov 13, 2018
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16 Min Read
byMichael Heron
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2019 - A Commitment to A Year of Depth
2019 - A Commitment to A Year of Depth
Nov 7, 2018
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12 Min Read
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The Universal Inaccessibility in Board Games
The Universal Inaccessibility in Board Games
Oct 26, 2018
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13 Min Read
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Reviewer Isolationism for Hobbyist Reviewers
Reviewer Isolationism for Hobbyist Reviewers
Oct 15, 2018
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16 Min Read
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Dealing with the Inaccessibilities of a Luxury Hobby
Dealing with the Inaccessibilities of a Luxury Hobby
Sep 25, 2018
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23 Min Read
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Bloom's Taxonomy of Game Reviews
Bloom's Taxonomy of Game Reviews
Sep 14, 2018
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18 Min Read
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Making Game Accessibility Sexier
Making Game Accessibility Sexier
Aug 27, 2018
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Some Honest Reflections about Patreon as a Game Media Creator
Some Honest Reflections about Patreon as a Game Media Creator
Aug 17, 2018
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20 Min Read
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Meeple Monthly Roundup, May 2018
Meeple Monthly Roundup, May 2018
Jul 15, 2018
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byMichael Heron
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Board Game Accessibility Seminar at UKGE2018
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Jun 21, 2018
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Meeple Monthly Roundup, April 2018
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Jun 5, 2018
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Eighteen Months of Meeple Like Us: An Exploration into the State of Board Game Accessibility
Eighteen Months of Meeple Like Us: An Exploration into the State of Board Game Accessibility
May 14, 2018
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31 Min Read
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Meeple Centred Design: A Heuristic Toolkit for Evaluating the Accessibility of Tabletop Games
Meeple Centred Design: A Heuristic Toolkit for Evaluating the Accessibility of Tabletop Games
May 2, 2018
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27 Min Read
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The Terrible Twos – The Second Anniversary of Meeple Like Us
The Terrible Twos – The Second Anniversary of Meeple Like Us
Apr 9, 2018
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Meeple Like Us, March 2018
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Meeple Like Us, February 2018
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A New Games Journalism Reader
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