This was the year I was going to do it. I was going to Gen Con. If you have kept up with this blog, you know I am not much of a convention guy, but the last couple years at Geekway to the West have accelerated a change […]
Life sometimes feels remarkably like a worker placement game. Undoubtedly I am not the first to say it, nor do I think I will be the last, but it is true none the less. In a good worker placement, one of the challenges is that there is always […]
Dead of Winter, by Plaid Hat Games, remains at the top of my want to play more list. What tends to keep it from being on the game table more often though, is the set up time. A lot of my game nights are prefaced by a mad dash […]
(With utmost apologies to Clement Clarke Moore.) ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a meeple was stirring, mystic or mouse, The dice bags were hung by the table with care, In hopes that 5th Edition soon would be there; Gamers all […]
Click here to listen to me talk about the game on The Dukes of Dice Podcast: King of Charity. I was fortunate enough to get in a charity auction bidding war with a gentlemen by the name of J. Thomas Lowell, for a chance to be a Duke […]
“Home where my thought’s escaping, home where my music’s playing, home where my love lies waiting silently for me.” – Simon & Garfunkel It’s a cold, rainy morning. The first of several forecast days. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, really. I’m at the time of year where the […]