Our FunCom Fall Feast

Kit’s work has a history of food-related challenges from chili cook-offs to holiday cookie contests. So when they announced a contest to show off a feast cooked in November, we figured it was time to go for it. Here’s what we put together for a delicious Fall Tuesday menu. To Sustain the Cooks On a…

November Bullet Journal – WoW

For November’s journal theme, I decided to go with something that’s been occupying my time to varying degrees of late – World of Warcraft Classic. The game, and our guild within the game, have been a bit part of surviving quarantine in our household, and so I’ve been rather immersed in it. Obviously we’re already…

Initial Bullet Journal Setup

In a recent post, I talked about restarting journaling and the alchemy-themed spreads I set up for October. Here I wanted to talk about the actual materials I have for my journal, along with the initial pages I set up prior to October. Obviously all you need for a bullet journal is paper and something…

Merlin – Five By review

This review originally appeared in episode 97 of The Five By – you can listen to it here. It’s been a while since I last rambled on about a Feld game, but here we go again, this time with a design collaboration. Published in 2017 by Queen Games with art from Dennis Lohausen, Merlin was…

Photo – Making Progress

Photo – Reading for Once

Calico – Five By Review

This review originally appeared in episode 96 of The Five By – you can listen to it here. It’s time to talk about a new release that’s been bringing colour, joy, and adorable cats to our quarantined selves. That game is of course 2020’s Calico, designed by Kevin Russ, published by Flatout Games, and illustrated…

Photo – Calico

Photo – Fantastic Factories

Quarantine Distraction or My Paint By Numbers Kits

Over the last couple of quarantine months, I’ve been occupying myself with Paint By Number kits. Unlike the simple ones from toy sections, these are aimed at adults with more interesting or complex design and seem to have become a bit of a trend online, with a ton of sites offering them for sale. Since…

Azul: Summer Pavilion – Five By Review

Azul: Summer Pavilion is the third installment in Michael Keisling’s Azul series published by Plan B games under their Next Move imprint. The three games are themed around the work of Portuguese artisans working on projects for the royal family. This 2019 game has two to four players working to create the magnificent Summer Pavilion…

Updating my Pull List

It’s time for a confession. I’ve been struggling to keep up with all the single-issue comics coming into the house, and the result was that it got so overwhelming that I just stopped reading comics. So now I have stacks of comics to read in order to catch up. I’ve trimmed down my pull-list over…