Quick And Easy Idea: Locks
For tabletop gamers in a mystery-type campaign, here's a simple and probably cheap way to add some tactile and visual pizzazz to your game: common locks. If you've lived as long as I have, you've quite possibly acquired a drawer of various locking-type mechanisms over the years . . ....
Desert Bus For Hope And Gamers For Cures Give Back
We at Steve Jackson Games are honored to have the opportunity to partner with several great organizations who are using gaming for good. Desert Bus for Hope is an annual livestream event which raises money for Child's Play. This year, Desert Bus streamed around the clock for just under seven...
A Saturday In November
The Saturday before Thanksgiving was supposed to feature relaxing fun and games at a small party. That did happen; it was fun, great people, great food, and the attendees got to see something very, very unusual: me in a skirt. And thereby hangs this tale: You see, I left the...
A Holotype Deal In Warehouse 23
In an Illuminator here, I wrote about Holotype, a game which I enjoyed very much. Long story short, it's a worker-placement game about digging fossils and doing dinosaur science. All the game mechanics fit together very nicely and it's a lot of fun. (And here, I offered some optional rules...
Download Digital Delights
The Digital Delights sale on Warehouse23.com has begun! If you're looking for some extra fun this holiday season, you can score big savings on hundreds of digital games. Now through January 2, spend $20 or more on qualifying titles, and you'll get 10% off those titles. Spend $50 or more,...
All They Want For Christmas Is Games
The holiday shopping rush is getting even wilder! While Black Friday may be the busiest day of the year, Super Saturday – the Saturday before Christmas – is in the top five and just a few short days away. The suggested shipping deadline to have the best shot of gifts...
Christmas Shopping From Warehouse 23? It's Not Too Late! (Maybe . . .)
If you're the sort who likes to wait for the last minute to do your Christmas shopping, then – depending on when you read this – tomorrow may be that last day . . . if you're ordering from Warehouse 23, that is. Taking the USPS's and other major shipper's guidelines...
BoardGameGeek Con 2025
Just before Thanksgiving we loaded up the car and took a road trip up to BoardGameGeek Con in Dallas to show off some of this year's new games. (Stopping in West on the way for some kolaches, of course). If you've never been to BoardGameGeek Con, it has many...