Wednesday, July 13, 2016

I'm Not Dead Yet


OK, so the blog's been in hibernation for a while... suffice it to say that my life has been complicated, my job (though financially a blessing) is a time sink, and I've been using precious blogging time to actually play board games.

I'm going to try and get going again - though I will warn you ahead of time that there could be dry spells through the early fall. 

If you have a question for me to answer - it can be personal, spiritual, weird or just hobby-related - leave it in the comments section. I'll see if that doesn't inspire some more interesting (and offbeat) posts.

 Recent & Recommended
  • APP - Descent: Road to Legend (app for the iPad that works with your Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2.0 games & expansions to create a GREAT cooperative experience)
  • BOARD GAME - 7 Wonders: Duel (fantastic re-imagining of a multi-player classic as a 2 player game... can't wait for the expansion!)
  • BOOK - The Aeronaut's Windlass (first book in Jim Butcher's newest series... steampunk-y and creative)
  • CARD GAME - Bear Valley (weird little racing game that is easy to teach and fun to play... a run through bear-infested wilderness)
  • MOVIE - Captain America: Civil War (all the ways it could have gone wrong... and it didn't)
  • MUSIC - Andrew Peterson: The Burning Edge of Dawn ("The Rain Keeps Falling" is the song of my heart some days)
  • PODCAST - Revisionist History (Malcolm Gladwell + odd bits of history + musing on human behavior)
  • TV - Limitless (it's on Netflix... and it's cheerfully wacky)

2 comments:

  1. Chris Brooks2:55 PM

    Good to see you back. Hope all is well, thanks for the book pointer.

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  2. Finally checked in, after not seeing updates for a while, and look how much I've missed...

    OK, weird question for you, Mark. You're on a deserted island - and failed to pack your top 10 games (or any games, for that matter). Given the materials available on the island (think Gilligan's Island, material-wise), what games do you cobble together to pass the time? Or do you instead focus on designing your own games, to best take advantage of the materials?

    Follow-up: you're on a desserted island. Which do you try first? And which desserts do you think would make the best materials for cobbling together games?

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