I recently watched a Mathew Colville video where he advocated for shorter adventures over big campaign books. (And I’m such an OG D&D player that big hard bound campaign books still look weird to me. Back in my day, Against the Giants came in three booklets. And we used THACO. And we hated it! You kids can stay on my lawn with your new tangled games that you don’t need an engineering degree to understand)
A Gnome's Ponderings
Friday, April 26, 2024
The war of Dungeons and Dragins versus Time Management
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Rumis ticks so many boxes
I recently taught my son Rumis, a game he has played with as a set of blocks for at least seven years. He’s much, much more of a video gamer so board gaming is always a win. And, quite frankly, Rumis is a great game in general.
Monday, April 22, 2024
My unreasonable expectations of Drops of God
Earlier this year, I bought a digital manga bundle that included the complete Drops of God. Indeed, that was a big reason I bought it. I've long been interested in reading Drops of God, which takes wine tasting to soap opera extremes (but not Dragonball Z extremes)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Where I praise but try not to spoil Tamora Pierce’s Wild Magic
Two years ago, I discovered Tamora Pierce through the Protector of the Small series, which I really quite liked. So I decided to add Pierce to my authors to read list and her Tortall books in particular.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
What’s Kraken’s use of familiar forms
What’s Kraken is a Roll and Write that is centered around what I’m starting to think is the single most common mechanic in R&Ws, drawing stuff on grids. That being said, the game keeps it interesting by having you draw on more than one grid, as well as deal with inventory management. Oh, and checking off tracks.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
I discover the Garfield Spider-Man twelves years late
I am definitely a key demographic for superhero movies. Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I was an avid reader of comic books.
Monday, April 8, 2024
How Bruce Coville went from Scooby Doo to Spider Robinson
Many moons ago (checks copywrite dates… Whoa, a whole lot of moons ago!), I read a book called My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville. So long ago, in fact, that I was actually the target age group for the book.