Small Updates

Since Twitter has been a bit of a fire hose recently, especially due to a number of extremely depressing and distressing news items, I’m gathering together some small items that might have gotten lost in the noise. Insert Here are donating 10% of their August sales to help Stephanie Straw (@InsertStrawHere) get her board game…

RUTHCon II Recap: In Summary

Personal Stats Individual Plays 25 Games Played 21 Games Learned 8 Games Taught 11 Games Won 9 Opponents Played 31 Game of the Con Mansions of Madness, Second Edition – playing with a great group AND the app cast to a big screen is an incredible experience that I’d love to have again. Least Favourite…

RUTHCon II Recap: Day 3

On this Sunday, the third and final day of RUTHCon, well they faked me out. I awoke close to 8:30am, freaked out that the early clean-up crew was about to show up, threw on clothes, raced downstairs, and then nobody showed up until 9am. But it took me just a few minutes to pick up…

RUTHCon II Recap: Day 2

Saturday morning started bright and early as Linus, Ruth, and Jon Bowker arrived early to help me wipe down tables and clean up for day two. Except once again everything was ready as the last attendees on Friday had in fact cleaned up and wiped down everything already. So instead we ate Chik Fil-a minis…

Collection Update: July 2017

Between my birthday (yay!), birthday money, the RUTHCon flea market, and some Kickstarters showing up, a lot of games were added to my collection. Unfortunately very few left my collection despite the flea market, so it may be time to consider selling online despite my not wanting to deal with shipping. ADDED GAMES Asgard –…

RUTHCon II Recap: Day 1

For the second year running, Kit and I turned our home into a convention centre for the weekend, inviting local (and not-so-local) gaming friends to come celebrate my birthday with two-and-a-half days of gaming, food, cocktails, and hilarity. Friday The official start time was Friday at noon, but we’d told people they could come over…

Birthday List Re-Visited

I had posted my birthday wishlist previously with the bulk of it being lists of games I either wanted to learn or to play again. I was hoping RUTHCon II would provide opportunities to get a lot of things crossed off of the list, so now that the dust has settled and my house is…