You and your friends are a bunch of possums and I am a scavenging racoon. But we seek to understand each other so using items I have dug out of the trash and a selection of random words, let’s work together to communicate!
That’s the “story” behind “Trash Talk”, the newest party game from the lovely people at Friendly Skeleton , who were kind enough to send me a copy.
I actually played “Trash…
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Rewatch: The Return
ALL THE COLONS!
Back in 2016, Star Trek: The Next Generation was available to stream on Netflix and I decided to do a rewatch of the series. Growing up, this was our Saturday family show. I remember getting pizza on the way home from church and then we would all settle in front of the TV for the latest episode. Honestly, it is one of the few series I remember all of us watching together for the…
NSP aka Ninja Sex Party has a new album out and hidden among the songs about galaxy hamsters and the karate teacher using climate change to flirt with your Mom is a song about social anxiety at large gatherings and I AM HERE FOR IT! This will be my anthem for 2024:
It might surprise you, but I honestly don’t know what to do at parties? Like, if we’re not playing board games, why are we hanging…
I hope you’re hungry because this week’s Follow Friday is the amazing chef of games, Board Game Feast!
Daniel has his mission statement right on the front page:
Feed the meeple and create lasting memories of your next game night with thematic dishes. Here you can find recipes showcasing your favourite games, along with reviews and broader discussion of the hobby.
Board Game Feast
Many of us…
Call it what you want – Follow Friday, Share the Love, Random Axe of Kindness – most social media groups have a way to share their favorite creators with others on a regular basis. I’m going to bring back #FollowFriday here and highlight some of my favorite board game bloggers.
This Friday it’s Meeple and the Moose!
Alex writes down to earth reviews and commentary on his board gaming hobby (and…
Sometime in late January, I decided I needed to educate myself more about what was going on in the world. And I had two books that had been on my TBR list for years that I decided were at least a step in the right direction of broadening my understanding for the mess that is the Middle East.
And after I slowly made my way through those informative but depressing books, I pivoted to a love story…
Welcome to the lab, research assistant! Don't mind the blood seeping from the regulatory binders.
Our handbook, OUTLIERS, will guide you through navigating this new position. Give it a read, then pick up your new badge from the wailing void. I'm sure you'll be fine!
To me, the purpose of crowdfunding a board game or tabletop project should be to help independent game designers get their product out there. It should make these smaller, unique titles more accessible to gamers around the world.
This is why I like the GameCrafter method of Crowd Sales. The GameCrafter uses Crowd Sales to fund indie board games and with the more pre-sales that are made, the…
Inspired by Chaos & Confetti posting their monthly reading, I’m going to try to make it a habit again! While I don’t read as much as I used to, I feel like I have finally found my groove again after being completely derailed in 2020.
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
Kingfisher is fast becoming one of my go-to authors and I may try to read all of her books this year.
This is a great spooky…
This hashtag has been going around Instagram recently so I figured why not drag it over to the blogosphere! Plus, I can’t be bothered to wait until Friday (remember #FollowFriday ?)
Review: KAPOW! (Wise Wizard Games)
Chaos & Confetti are two positive forces in the realm of board game social media. I found them on TikTok and immediately appreciated their love of games. Bonus, I later found out…
Plot twist – the first game I am writing about in the new year is a VIDEO GAME! Just like old times.
“A Way Out” is a 2-player co-op game. The plot is pretty run of the mill – you play as two criminals who first need to break out of prison and then find the guy that set you up. It’s set in the early 1970s so it has that very sepia tone and paisley kind of look. The characters don’t have a lot of…
No resolutions or big goals.
I mean, I have my “Reading Challenge” on Storygraph but that is pretty low stakes.
There are always many things I want to do, but I’m not sure if it will happen this year, knowing obligations I already have.
I do have another board gaming weekend on the horizon though, early February! I am less about goals and more about finding a date and counting down. So that…
It is a weird habit to look back on media consumed in a year – I mean, all it took me was my time and attention, is it really worth talking about and you reading about?
Who knows! But it’s December 31st and I’m just trying to finish this coffee so I can get myself ready to drink some champagne later so let’s kill some time by writing up a blog post about television I watched in 2023! Maybe…