Checking Out A New FLGS In Austin
We're very fortunate in Austin to have a number of awesome game stores, so I know it comes off as spoiled to say the following: I wish there was one that was within WALKING distance of me! Well, now there is . . . with Bat City Games & Comics,...
Today's Recommendation: Walking
This is a post where I recommend walking. This is no doubt old advice, perhaps existing since the moment walking was invented (circa 1987), but I don't recall ever plugging it myself. I've been walking more-or-less daily for nearly the past 20 years. It's nothing too intense: about 20-30 minutes...
Book Tape!
Here's a quick DIY recommendation: book tape. Libraries and other bibliophiles rely on this sort of tape to make repairs and keep spines happy. (Book spines, that is . . . I'm still working on my own long-suffering bony counterpart.) Of course, book tape works great on books, but I've...
Your Best Gaming Haul?
I still remember my best gaming haul. I was an early teenager, visiting my dad as part of the child-of-divorce visitation package. My dad liked to go to garage sales; they were rare in my childhood south Florida, so they were pretty novel to me. At one garage sale, I...
Evil Genius Games Sues Netflix
The world of roleplaying games is no stranger to legal issues; pretty much any company in the space has dealt with its fair share (including us!). However, this may be one of the highest-profile lawsuits in recent memory, with Evil Genius Games laying down the law to Netflix, so to...
Unconventional Storage
This advice might be a decade or two out of date, but you all are clever souls, so this suggestion may still be of use to someone out there. The simultaneously goofiest and most practical storage solution we have in our house is this unassuming wooden unit. It's 29 inches...
On Demand Prices NOT Going Up!
"Does the lack of a price increase warrant an exclamation point?" you might ask. It seems like we're constantly not raising prices; what makes this noteworthy? You're absolutely right, rhetorical question-asker. I need to unpack that a bit. In recent years, we've spent a lot of effort to offer as...
Now Available In Print: Game Design Vol. 1: Theory And Practice
The print-on-demand revolution is amazing and allows for long unavailable material to join the physical realm again. Case in point: Game Design Vol. 1: Theory and Practice. Written by Steve Jackson and Nick Schuessler, this is a snapshot of gaming advice that began life in the pages of Space Gamer...