Monster Show For Monsters
Every third Monday, after the sun goes down, the Red Light Cafe in Atlanta, GA comes alive with a primal howl. This is the traditional opening of Monster Show for Monsters, the world's only variety show exclusively by and for monsters! This devilish revue is hosted by Boris Karhop, a...
Take Me To Your Ruler(s)!
One site I find myself visiting more often than I'd expect is PrintableRulers.net. It does what it says in the URL, providing a variety of ready-to-print rulers for various needs. Sure, I could stretch the truth and say that I used them when I don't want to lug around a...
Help Us Steer Car Wars In The Right Direction
Hello, Car Wars fans! Do you have opinions about Car Wars Sixth Edition? (Of course you do!) Let's hear 'em! We want to be sure we're creating games that people love, but we can't do that if we don't hear from you. To that end, we've created a survey to...
Bring Back Knightmare
One of the fun things about being married to a European is that you learn about elements of nerd culture you never knew existed. My husband first introduced me to the British show Knightmare many years ago, back when we were having a moment of television nostalgia. Airing from 1987...
Add-icted To Math?
Electronics company Casio has apparently tapped into desires I didn't even realize and made available a line of affordable calculator watches. Sporting a look and feel that evokes their 1970s and 1980s brethren, these watches are available in a few different colors and styles. For those who didn't live in...
I Miss Book Covers
When I was a schoolboy – last millennium – I remember being somewhat enthralled with book covers. These were either "official" store-bought covers, or homemade ones crafted from paper grocery bags. I'd put them on my schoolbooks, as well as my beloved paperbacks and hardcovers. I recall my now-disintegrated Advanced...
What's In The Box?
Our household has a game collection that goes back decades (and encompasses a before-times era when we were two households). It's always an interesting time-capsule treat to open a boxed game from bygone years and discover something else in there: promo pieces from past Gen Cons, bits of ephemera, scraps...
Who Goes First?
I'm always amused by the way boardgames determine who goes first. Often it's left to the dice ("roll to see who goes first"). Sometimes it's left up to the players ("figure out who goes first"). Sometimes they make a joke out of it, like with Munchkin's rules: "Decide who goes...