Comments on: Building a board games website! http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/ We're journaling the development of FastMovingGames, our new online service for board gamers - read on for previews, tech insights, and news of the launch! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:33:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-83 Dan Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:58:18 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-83 Hi Dustin, Nothing in mind for specific games at the moment, but will see how the plans develop. I've been a bit swamped by real work lately that's driven my attention for the last 6 months, so FMG's taken a backseat. Hope to pick this up again in the new year. Kind regards, -Dan Hi Dustin,

Nothing in mind for specific games at the moment, but will see how the plans develop. I’ve been a bit swamped by real work lately that’s driven my attention for the last 6 months, so FMG’s taken a backseat. Hope to pick this up again in the new year.

Kind regards,
-Dan

]]> By: Dustin http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-82 Dustin Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:57:47 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-82 Hi, I like the overall notion of trying to capture the essence board and card games online. I noticed you listed the Nertz card game on one of your pages. Do you have anything special in mind for Nertz? If so, don't hesitate to ask us at playnertz.com for suggestions or help of any kind. Keep up the good Work! Hi, I like the overall notion of trying to capture the essence board and card games online. I noticed you listed the Nertz card game on one of your pages. Do you have anything special in mind for Nertz? If so, don’t hesitate to ask us at playnertz.com for suggestions or help of any kind. Keep up the good Work!

]]> By: The New FMG Games Engine | Behind-The-Scenes of a Board Games Website http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-72 The New FMG Games Engine | Behind-The-Scenes of a Board Games Website Fri, 09 May 2008 23:46:19 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-72 [...] Wow! 25 days since the last post - apologies for the delay in getting this next post up, time seems to fly when you’ve got your head down programming! (For New Visitors, FastMovingGames is a new online service for board gamers that I’m developing - Read more about the vision here) [...] [...] Wow! 25 days since the last post - apologies for the delay in getting this next post up, time seems to fly when you’ve got your head down programming! (For New Visitors, FastMovingGames is a new online service for board gamers that I’m developing - Read more about the vision here) [...]

]]> By: Dan http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-70 Dan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:38:52 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-70 Hi Terry, Thanks for your comment. For me, BGG is a great resource and wealth of information, and rightly so. FMG is something different, more a utility for gamers, and something that BGG doesn't provide. As my post says, this preview site is more a teaser until I've completed the development of the core engine and idea before I release the main concept out onto the web. If you follow the blog postings I am slowly revealing more details about the main function of the site and screenshots over time. I'm still hacking away at the core engine for now, but I've not seen anything like this for boardgamers yet, so appreciate your patience whilst I pull the rest of the site together. I hope you'll check back on the RSS or blog feed regularly to see what's going on. Thanks, -Dan Hi Terry,

Thanks for your comment. For me, BGG is a great resource and wealth of information, and rightly so. FMG is something different, more a utility for gamers, and something that BGG doesn’t provide.

As my post says, this preview site is more a teaser until I’ve completed the development of the core engine and idea before I release the main concept out onto the web.

If you follow the blog postings I am slowly revealing more details about the main function of the site and screenshots over time.

I’m still hacking away at the core engine for now, but I’ve not seen anything like this for boardgamers yet, so appreciate your patience whilst I pull the rest of the site together.

I hope you’ll check back on the RSS or blog feed regularly to see what’s going on.

Thanks,
-Dan

]]> By: Terry http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-69 Terry Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:35:41 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-69 What will this site offer that Boardgamegeek.com does not? What will this site offer that Boardgamegeek.com does not?

]]> By: Funding a Board Games Website | Behind-The-Scenes of a Board Games Website http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-63 Funding a Board Games Website | Behind-The-Scenes of a Board Games Website Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:57:55 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-63 [...] (For New Visitors, FastMovingGames is a new online service for board gamers that I’m developing - Read more about the vision here) [...] [...] (For New Visitors, FastMovingGames is a new online service for board gamers that I’m developing - Read more about the vision here) [...]

]]> By: Milestone Reached - Development::Framework Complete - FastMovingGames | Behind-The-Scenes of a Board Games Website http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-30 Milestone Reached - Development::Framework Complete - FastMovingGames | Behind-The-Scenes of a Board Games Website Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:57:43 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-30 [...] For those that have been following the progress of FastMovingGames and read the website development plan I posted a week ago, then you’ll know that building a site like this requires a significant amount of technical development and programming to achieve. (For New Visitors, FastMovingGames is a new online service for board gamers that I’m developing - Read more about the vision here) [...] [...] For those that have been following the progress of FastMovingGames and read the website development plan I posted a week ago, then you’ll know that building a site like this requires a significant amount of technical development and programming to achieve. (For New Visitors, FastMovingGames is a new online service for board gamers that I’m developing - Read more about the vision here) [...]

]]> By: Dan http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-25 Dan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:26:35 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-25 Hi Jeffrey, I watched the video and looks like a great game - I can imagine this having great replayability. Hope to see the game getting out there and listed on the geek soon! Good luck with the launch. Dan. Hi Jeffrey,
I watched the video and looks like a great game - I can imagine this having great replayability. Hope to see the game getting out there and listed on the geek soon! Good luck with the launch. Dan.

]]> By: Jeffery A. Krueger http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-24 Jeffery A. Krueger Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:14:34 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-24 Dan, It's great to see so many people that have growing Interest in board games, I hope you can find time to go to Google video and search ,"Relapse" 2-player board game and see this,Learn now! in less than 4-minutes to learn, This board game is just starting to be launched by some of my donations..There are some masters of this game that are pretty good !!, nobody has set up Tournements yet..., Anyways Keep gaming ! and Enjoy! Jeff Dan, It’s great to see so many people that have growing Interest in board games, I hope you can find time to go to Google video and search ,”Relapse” 2-player board game and see this,Learn now! in less than 4-minutes to learn, This board game is just starting to be launched by some of my donations..There are some masters of this game that are pretty good !!, nobody has set up Tournements yet…, Anyways Keep gaming ! and Enjoy! Jeff

]]> By: Dan http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-9 Dan Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:16:40 +0000 http://dev2.fastmovinggames.com/blog/2008/02/20/building-a-board-games-website/#comment-9 Hi William, Yes, you're right! Until we launch proper, the games list is really there to help the search engines understand that this site is about board games (and card games!) so may contain a few inaccuracies in the content as the list is mostly generated automatically from our main games database. The <a href="http://www.fastmovinggames.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>, however, is more useful to a human reader, as this gives a few more insights as to actually what's it's all about (to a degree!) and what's happening behind the scenes. Cheers, -Dan Hi William,

Yes, you’re right! Until we launch proper, the games list is really there to help the search engines understand that this site is about board games (and card games!) so may contain a few inaccuracies in the content as the list is mostly generated automatically from our main games database.

The blog, however, is more useful to a human reader, as this gives a few more insights as to actually what’s it’s all about (to a degree!) and what’s happening behind the scenes.

Cheers,
-Dan

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