How About Not-Quite-Advent Calendars?
Our household is currently enjoying a few different Advent calendars, with daily treats from IKEA, cheeses and hot sauces from Aldi, and Professor Charlie's World Tour. And I've drooled over the various LEGO Advent sets in stores. For gamers, I know of companies who offer their own "dice set a...
BGG.CON 2024 Post-Convention Report
I recently attended BGG.CON at the Hyatt Regency Reunion Tower in Dallas, and there were over 2,500 players present! A few of our team members staffed a booth in the exhibit hall, and we featured demos of some of our newest/coolest releases, including Car Wars Orange/Purple, Pathfinder Revolution!, and Hack &...
Aquatic Dinosaurs?
If you're anything like me, you've called Elasmosaurus or Mosasaurus a dinosaur only to be immediately excoriated by the nearest paleo nerd, quick to tell you why that's dead wrong. You see, those are merely dinosaur-like reptiles (big ol' fossil guys with names ending in "saur"). There weren't any aquatic...
The Joys Of The Non-Digital
A recent article notes that automaker Hyundai is planning to move back to physical buttons in cars, after customers seem to be rejecting touchscreen controls. Speaking as someone who doesn't much care for tapping on a screen while I'm driving 70mph on the interstate (and owns a Hyundai!), I'm intrigued...
The Great Game Escape
World War II history has always fascinated me, as have tales of spycraft and subterfuge. That's why it's been so cool to learn how Monopoly was essential to the Allied war effort. Yes, that Monopoly. It turns out that a game about acquiring property and getting rich was a...
Check Out Games At The Library!
If you're a gamer on a budget – or just want to try before you buy – see if your local public library loans boardgames. Speaking personally, my own nearby library has dozens of great games: a diverse collection of various themes, play styles, and complexity. A library checkout was...
A Shanty For Your Table
A Drop of Nelson's Blood (also known as Roll the old chariot along) is a well-known sea shanty with a catchy melody and a ridiculously simple structure. If you want to get the vibe, I really like the Longest Johns version. Just one warning: this is an earworm that won't...
Get Gruntled!
Apparently I've never recommended this site that's been pinned to my Bookmarks Bar for over a decade?!? Weird . . . Anyway, are you feeling disgruntled? There's a website to help. Gruntle.me will serve up a cute animal picture to help you get un-disgruntled. As an aside: As I was...