A Quarter Century Of Quality – Still Available?!
Our mega-secret master database which I'm not supposed to talk about lists everything the company has ever done. I'm a data geek at heart – I mean, I'm many kinds of geek, of which "data" is one – so I decided on a whim to poke around and see what...
A Spooky Sale For Spooky Season
It's the most frightful time of the year! Halloween is coming in two short weeks, and we're having a super sale on dozens of haunted games and accessories on our online store. Now through November 2, you can save up to 15% when you kick down doors in Munchkin Cthulhu,...
Never Too Soon To Count Down . . . To Countdowns
We were at Costco this past weekend, and we realized that some Advent calendars were already on the shelves. Then I recently heard someone else noting that the cool Advent calendars were probably going to start showing up soon and then rapidly disappearing from Aldi's. I know there are other...
Taskmaster – The Greatest TV Show Ever . . . Or Even Better?
Not to be a decade late to the acolade party, but the TV series Taskmaster is pretty amazing. For those of you who are unaware, the core premise of this British game show is that a Taskmaster (comedian Greg Davies) – usually in conjunction with show creator and Taskmaster "assistant"...
Gamehole Con Is Upon Us!
I will be going to Gamehole Con in Madison, accompanied by Irene, this weekend. This is one of my favorite shows! Many games, many many many games. And people to play with. We would have liked to take a bigger crew, but events eventuated. We will hang out with John...
Crowdfunding Focus: Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution
As readers of my daily movie-essay Patreon may have seen recently, I'm part of another book of movie analysis currently in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign: Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution. More importantly, I'll be alongside a bunch of other cool folks, who are offering their own reflections on films they...
Fragile Game Design
I notice sometimes game designers define a mechanic as "fragile" – and I often catch myself doing this as well. I sat down for a little bit today and thought through what exactly that means. The definition I'm thinking about (and I would be happy for people to poke holes...
Solar Phenomena Are For The Birds!
Remember in happier times last year when the sun disappeared in defiance of all primal reason? Our household had snacks. Well, it turns out that was quite the event for the birds as well. Since most of them didn't have tiny little solar-eclipse glasses to enjoy the festivities (probably because...