Books:I don't think I'm going to do reviews of all of the books I've read since my last real set of updates, other than a couple of quick notes and recommendations (assuming that anyone is reading this and cares about my recommendations). We read a story collection by George Saunders called CivilWarLand in Bad Decline for my book club a few months ( Read more... )

Board Games:Over the past several months, our group has really been raging on board games, which is good because we've been making a dent in my massive stack of unplayed games. Even as we've been trying new games at a good pace, we've also been returning to some for repeat plays, which is great because it lets us try new strategies and get deeper ( Read more... )

Wow, it's been a crazy long time since I updated this. I really have no excuse for not updating more, and I always enjoy going back to it, so I'm going to try to to a few huge posts getting up to date and then keep it going in the future.

Video Games:On the video game front, there's almost no news. I intentionally put off video games while we ( Read more... )

After an opening scene involving two young superheroes running across a meeting between a well-dressed man and a man with no facial features happening on the border of the mysterious Zero Zone, we opened things up in medias res, with the characters in the process of carrying out a heist on board a U.S. Treasury Department airplane when the plane ( Read more... )

Day 28: Scariest Game You've Played ( Read more... )

Day 27: Game I'd Like to See a New Edition Of ( Read more... )

Day 26: Coolest Character Sheet ( Read more... )

Day 25: Favorite RPG No One Else Wants to Play

I really don't see how this differs from the "Favorite RPG You Never Get to Play" topic. For me, if I don't get to play something, it's probably because no one wants to play it but me. So let's say Contenders.

I've been remiss in doing these for the past few days, mostly because I haven't found the topics too interesting. But still! I've arbitrarily committed to doing this, so I'm going to see it through ( Read more... )

Day 20: Game I'll Still Play in 20 Years' Time ( Read more... )