I'm Gonna Need A Bigger Cup

The other day – in a post about shuffling cards with dice – I typed "12-siders," which autocorrect "helpfully" changed to "12-spiders." And then it proceeded to make the same tweak to every die I tried to type out. Within the span of a few minutes, I was confronted with...

Our Own Little Tariff Rebate

         You might recall our tariff adventure with Munchkin Big Box. To recap: Mr. Trump announced his superhigh China tariff after Big Box had left the printer and before the ship docked. There was literally nothing we could do except pay it, and we did. How much? "High...

Liberty Con And Ring Of Fire

I'm just back from Liberty Con in Chattanooga. It was an especially great year for a great convention. Of special interest to me was the Artist GoH . . . none other than John Kovalic. Everybody loved him and he sure seemed to be having a great time. I also...

Coding At The Club

I love discovering new music, and this may be some of the newest music around.   A few weeks ago, one of my various social media algorithms spit out a video from Switch Angel. I was instantly impressed, and as I watched more of her videos and dug a little...

The Roll Big Or Go Home 2 Bundle Extended

The Roll Big Or Go Home 2 Bundle from Humble Bundle was supposed to end on June 25. However, demand was so overwhelming that they've extended it by a week! So now it should be ending in a few more days, on July 2. Depending on the tier you hop...

GURPS Ring Of Fire Podcast Interview

I talked with Mitch Reed of No Dice, No Glory about Ring of Fire. Well, that was where we started. We talked about a LOT of things. It was a good interview.  Guest co-host was Doug Glover of the Lead Pursuit podcast. Enough fun was had that we ran over...

Evil Plans For Gen Con 2026!

The team from Steve Jackson Games is headed to Gen Con next month, and you can visit us at booth 1401!
 At our booth, you can pick fan favorites like Car Wars, Wanderhome, and Munchkin, plus newer releases like Brigand's Bluff and Purrfect Potions. We'll even have custom cat ears (FREE!)...

Generative AI? A Hard No!

I have just revised our illustration contract with a flat prohibition against the use of generative AI. I'll work on our writing contracts next. The problem is carving out a clear exception for those old-school spelling and grammar checkers which don't try to write the next dozen words for you....

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