Board Games, Card Games, Role Playing Games, Computer Games…
Books aren’t all that great for a mobile lifestyle. They’re heavy. Awkward to store. And those glorious displays of leather, or matte and glossy spines on open shelves would never survive the four point magnitude earthquake of going from place… Read More ›
When adventurers are carted in by the wagon load to stem the tide of an unspeakable malevolence, can it still be called heroism?
Another weekend, another game night. A friend of mine enjoys hosting board game extravaganzas. He’ll invite everyone he knows to a board game night in hopes of playing DJ at some kind of Mountain Dew fueled rave where everyone’s slinging… Read More ›
Sold a couple books yesterday. An animal or wild toddler happened to poop in the neighborhood pool and our residents were all over it on our neighborhood Facebook group. I offered an indoor option for summer entertainment instead of swimming… Read More ›
Lots of geekery as of late. Last weekend it was the renn faire. There, I saw a landing party that was either really far off course or had slingshot around the sun and travelled back in time. Either way, interesting… Read More ›
When I’m not writing, or spending time with the family, I’m geeking out in one fashion or another. Last Saturday was International Table Top Day, a day to celebrate a quintessential form of geekery – board games. After a late… Read More ›
If you didn’t know, I’m a total geek. I have dice with more than six sides which I use to play games other than Craps or Monopoly. I have a small collection of metal miniatures which I use to represent… Read More ›
Surf on over to You Tube and check out Wil Wheaton’s webcast called “Table Top”. He has an excellent episode about an RPG rules-light game called Fiasco. And yes, that’s a writer or two at his table (John Rogers, the screenwriter for… Read More ›
One of the many diversions in my life is role playing games. I’m not talking about computer games here either. I am mainly referring to pen and paper RPGs. Yeah, the ones where you sit around face to face with… Read More ›
RUSS LINTON 