math trade
First Math Trade on the Moon, a Carnage 21 No-Ship Math Trade
By Tyler on October 1, 2018
The annual no-ship math trade at Carnage returns once more, hosted by longtime facilitator, Matt Golec. You can browse offerings and add your own over on the geeklist hosted on BoardGameGeek. A math trade is a way of swapping games you no longer want, aided by a computer program which constructs a web of trades […]
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Carnage No-Ship Math Trade: The 20th Anniversary Edition
By Tyler on September 29, 2017
Carnage’s traditional no-ship math trade is now live on BoardGameGeek, guest-helmed by Carnage’s own board game field marshal, Rod Sheldon, while Matt Golec takes the year off to be a gadabout. A math trade is a way of swapping games you no longer want, aided by a computer program which constructs a web of trades […]
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The Name is Trade — Math Trade: a Carnage Royale No-ship Math Trade
By Tyler on October 12, 2016
The annual Carnage annual no-ship math trade, in which game swaps are arranged in advance and made at the convention in Killington, is now open on BoardGameGeek, thanks to host Matt Golec. Putting games on offer runs until October 23rd. Traders have until October 30th to compose their want lists, with results posted shortly thereafter. […]
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Trading in the Land of the Lost, Carnage of the Lost World’s No-Ship Math Trade, Is Now Open
By Tyler on October 12, 2015
As previously foreshadowed, Matt Golec is coordinating the now-annual Carnage math trade, wherein people offer games up for trade, compose want lists of what others are offering for trade, and then a computer program sorts it all out to optimize the trading. It’s pretty cool, and a fun way to turn over your game library. […]
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Prepare for Trading in the Land of the Lost This November at Carnage
By Tyler on September 28, 2015
One of Carnage’s newest traditions is the no-ship math trade, an opportunity for gamers to swap away unwanted games for something new and fresh. What, specifically, is a math trade? This Boardgamegeek geeklist explains it nicely: “In Math trades people offer the games they want to trade and then say the games they want to […]
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The Game With No Name Math Trade
By Tyler on October 20, 2014
The Game With No Name math trade is now live on Boardgamegeek! Organizer Matt Golec lays out all the details in the opening post of the geek list. The short version is that a computer program orchestrates trades among a large number of people, all offering and desiring to receive various games. From now until […]
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A Fistful of Carnage Math Trade Coming Soon!
By Tyler on September 20, 2014
Matt Golec, friend of Carnage, trusty organizer of math trades past, and co-designer of Penny Press, asked we pass on the word that the Game With No Name, a no-ship math trade coinciding with this year’s A Fistful of Carnage at Killington, is indeed in the offing: The Carnage no-ship math trade will return! The […]
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Ski You at Killington: The Carnage on the Mountain No-Ship Math Trade
By Tyler on October 17, 2013
The Carnage on the Mountain no-ship math trade, dubbed Ski You at Killington, is now live at BoardGameGeek. Prospective traders have until October 27th to make their offers. Want lists are due November 3rd. The trade, of course, happens at Carnage on the Mountain at Killington the next weekend. What’s a math trade, you ask? […]
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Here’s Trading With You, Kid: A Carnage Noir No-Ship Math Trade
By Tyler on October 9, 2012
Thanks to the efforts of Matt Golec, Carnage-goers once again have the opportunity to participate in Here’s Looking At You, Kid, a no-ship math trade with their fellow conventioneers. As Matt explains, “Math trades are a great way to swap games you no longer play for games you’d love to add to your collection. You […]
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The Curiouser and Curiouser Carnage Math Trade
By Tyler on October 14, 2011
The rapidly approaching traditional Carnage math trade has launched on Boardgamegeek.com. Again helmed by Matt Golec, the Curiouser and Curiouser Carnage Math Trade provides an opportunity for Carnage-goers to offer up unwanted games in hopes of getting something they’d prefer in return. Matt’s introductory post goes into the whys and hows of a math trade, […]
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