Staff Blogs
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 | This week it will be four month since the fire and we still don't have a written itemization of what is getting torn out and rebuilt on the interior of our house. Four fucking months! If you have ever h... |
March 5th, 2013
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 | I've always hated those hypothetical "What 10 games would you want to have if you were stranded on a desert island," or "What 3 games would you save if your house was on fire." I guess I should have paid... |
November 30th, 2012
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 | At the Gate of Loyang is a game about getting vegetables and exchanging them for other vegetables and then exchanging those vegetable for money which is used to buy points. That should be explanation eno... |
July 24th, 2012
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 | I was totally surprised to learn that a game I liked had won the Kennerspiel des Jahres Award. Several months ago The Village had some buzz among the women in the internet board game community. It was al... |
July 12th, 2012
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 | The Spawn invited her cousin, Ghost, and her friend, Kindle Girl, over for Arkham Horror and a sleep over on Friday. This kind of took me by surprise, since The Spawn has never played Arkham Horror, and ... |
July 9th, 2012
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On Wednesday (June 20th) I did a gay super hero wedding in NYC. It was pretty awesome.
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June 22th, 2012
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I've been waiting until I had a chunk of time to respond to this, as being someone who proclaimed A Few Acres of Snow my best game of 2011, I feel obligated to respond. (I also answered the questi...
March 24th, 2012
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 | Yesterday I overheard three guys on the other side of my cubical wall arguing about the John Carter movie. Two of them had read the books. |
March 23th, 2012
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 | Back in October I blogged about Getting Rid of Games. I decided to give a couple of our under played games to Kindle Girl one of The Spawn’s friends. Kindle Girl is over my house about 4 days a week, a... |
January 5th, 2012
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 | My Man spoiled me this week. I got the Dark Pharaoh (Revised) and Miskatonic expansions for Arkham Horror, and the Mansions of Madness Forbidden Alchemy expansion. As a bonus, Fantasy Flight Games final... |
December 30th, 2011
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 | We have way too many games, and I often want to get rid of some, but there is a couple of issues that prevent me from doing so. I live with two other gamers. To get rid of a game we all have to agree up... |
October 28th, 2011
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 | I'm thinking of storing a diswasher in my basement. We just spent weeks hauling junk out of our house, and now I'm thinking of hording more junk. And not just something small, like a baby blanket or a b... |
July 21th, 2011
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 | As Matt Thrower mentioned in his comments to my first blog entry in this series, public accountability can keep the pressure on. Right now I almost feel like this is all that is keeping me going. Our... |
July 7th, 2011
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 | We made up for last weekend's failure to make two dump runs, by hauling FIVE truck loads to the dump this weekend. It was hot, dirty work and and I still have a few aches and bruises today. We foun... |
June 27th, 2011
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Unlike the TV show, Hoarders, I don't have an entire crew capable of clearing out my crapola in two days. Therefore, this clean-up has become more of a campaign than a one shot deal, requiring planning a...
June 19th, 2011
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 | I've been watching Hoarders to inspire me to get the house cleaned out and organized. I'm probably not alone here as a person whose hobbies tend to cause her to accumulate stuff. So I have decided to... |
June 14th, 2011
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 | Recently, on the internets, I've been noticing people seeking blogs, articles and podcasts with a female gamer's perspective. Therefore, I have decided to provide some insight into the psyche of the woma... |
May 25th, 2011
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 | I've only played Wrath of Ashardalon once, but it felt a bit more developed than Ravenloft. Wrath of Ashardalon's rules also seemed to adress some of the ambiguities in Ravenloft. So incorporating those ... |
April 21th, 2011
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I adore it. If you are looking for an 'objective review' that describes Mansions of Madness' mechanics, gameplay, and the depth of its in game decisions, look elsewhere. This is't a review; it's a totall...
March 6th, 2011
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 | One of the side benefits of being a boardgamer is that many "game stores" are actually hobby shops, with games being only a small part of what they sell. Going to the "game store" means you also get to b... |
February 27th, 2011
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