Happy 250th Birthday, U.S.A.!
Today we celebrate an incredible milestone in the history of our country – the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence! To read more about the significance of this meaningful day, check out this article from the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute. Sandra Day O'Connor was a...
GURPS Turns 40
The GURPS Basic Set, First Edition was released at the 1986 Origins Game Fair in Los Angeles. That took place July 3-6, meaning that GURPS is 40 years old this week! (Man to Man was released the previous year in Baltimore, but that was strictly the combat system, so we...
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...