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Sagrilarus
Written by: Sagrilarus
#            "Not liking Settlers is trendy. It's a way of declaring you're on the inside now, not willing to settle for a formerly-inside-but-now-outside game. I have no doubt that it's not a...
April 24th, 2013
Written by: Sagrilarus
Last night I got to teach Risk to three new players between the ages of 11 and 14, new not only to Risk but to the dudes-on-a-map genre in general.  Due to Risk's exceptionally light rule set we we...
January 20th, 2013
Written by: Sagrilarus
#        Sometimes people just hate.       Three quarters of the way through I was being booed by the spectators on both sides of the obstacle course.  This wasn’t “disappointed” booing...
November 28th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#      I had the opportunity to try out Martin Wallace's Test of Fire published by Mayfair Games.  This is likely the lightest, fastest wargame you'll ever get the chance to play but don't discard it...
November 24th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#        Behold the poster child of my woes:       This is my player aide for Wings of War: Dawn of World War II where the text size on the cards is...
October 29th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#    Ladies and Gentlemen, here is your daily boardgame trivia question: what is the property that comes just before Free Parking?
October 15th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#  There's an umpire that has worked my daughter's softball games for years that is well past his prime, likely in his eighties at this point.  He's not very mobile anymore and his eyesight is ...
September 26th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#This weekend at The World Boardgaming Championships I stumbled across Mike Nagel.  Mike is best known as the inventor of Flying Colors, an Age of Sail wargame that is very well respected, and he had...
August 13th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m an egghead.  I've gotten to the age where I’d rather read Xenophon than George R. R. Martin, because to me history is more gripping than the best of mak...
July 23th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#Ladies and Gentlemen THIS . . . is the Singer 160th anniversary featherweight sewing machine. Fully modern in every way, it offers sixty stitches at your fingertips, a hopping foot built in and a high ne...
April 1th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#At times when I’m reading I unexpectedly wade into something much deeper than it initially appears. A turn of the page reveals a moment when the author suddenly stands on his head, and these are the mo...
March 20th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
  This week and next are when Maryland Scholastic Achievement tests are given to all kids in the state, presumably an honest assessment of their learning over the past year.  Seems like pretty ...
March 13th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#"I want my team to lose today." This isn't the kind of thing you expect a coach to say to you when you're shaking his hand over top of home plate.  But Wally wasn't kidding -- he wanted his girls to lo...
February 28th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
Today I took the opportunity to bring my three boys to a Heroscapers Tournament,  and it was one of the most fantastic experiences I have ever had at a public gaming event. You all know what it's li...
February 26th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#I stumbled across a beautiful copy of Epic Duels at the local Goodwill sitting on the shelf next to a kid about eight years old. He wasn't holding it so I gave my usual "wow" when I see something like th...
February 20th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#Wizards of the Coast will begin selling reproductions of the original AD&D rulebooks on April 17th, 2012.    
February 4th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
In spite of some truly fantastic content the first half of this week on Fortress:At, I've opted to barge this onto the front page as a blog post instead of as a reply to the current 5th Edition D&D ...
January 11th, 2012
Written by: Sagrilarus
#“Imagine that the cow is a sphere.” This is the punch line to an old Physics Professor's joke. I could repeat the setup, but it isn't funny enough to warrant the effort. The punch line on its own is ...
November 28th, 2011
Written by: Sagrilarus
          My optometrist told me today that the amount of near-sightedness in young children is up 40%.  You can likely guess what the experts are attributing...
November 19th, 2011
20. Idiots
Written by: Sagrilarus
#Consider for a moment -- you’re a soldier in a big concrete bunker.  Coming up the hill towards you are: a) a group of 20 men with rifles, and b) a tank.  Beside you in the bunker is an artillery pie...
September 26th, 2011
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