I received 221 B Baker Street this week, so the kids and I had a little “family game night” time, and tried it out.  I must say, we enjoyed it very much!  It was exactly what I’d hoped it would be; I only wish I would’ve bought it a long time ago… It’s similar to [...]

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…when you keep thinking that all the stuff you had and played as a kid is better than the stuff out there today.  It’s when you cross that line from enjoying the latest and most contemporary pastimes to scourering eBay to rediscover your youth.  Yes, I’m there. I’ve picked up many old games from my [...]

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My son and I are in the throws of a game of Attack!  It’s described as being a war game somewhere in between the complexities of Risk and Axis and Allies.  We have a card table set up, and we’ve been playing off and on for a week.  With just two players (out of six [...]

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After possibly the worst 24 hours of my adult life, we reinstituted “family game night” tonight.  It was a nice and necessary reprieve.  I’m not going to elaborate too much, other than to say it was an immediate family problem brought on by something outside the family.  Our health is fine, and we’re still employed, [...]

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I’ve been thinking more about adding discipline/structure to my time, and here’s what I plan to do so far: 1 hour a week on Visual Basic 1 hour a week on Gimp 1 hour a week on GameMaker Workout 3 times a week with my son (going to join the Y again soon – probably [...]

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My kids asking me about “family game night” again got me reflecting today… What I’m lacking in my life is discipline.  I start a lot of things, and keep some of them going in spurts, but rarely have enough discipline to see them to fruition.  As a matter of fact, this blog is one of [...]

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I’ve talked a lot about things I’ve started and not completed.  However, I did (basically) complete one project – I made a board game a few years back.  It was a backyard-style soccer game that was designed for kids.  I designed and printed a game board and everything.  I really didn’t pursue it further, though, [...]

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I’ve already covered the stereotypes associated with tabletop RPG’s.  I am not one of them.  To recap, what I love is a good story. What I really love is the unpredictability of creating a story through a given framework.  Honestly, since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to write a computer program/game that truly mimicked [...]

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My son and I finished our first game of Descent: Journeys in the Dark tonight.  Overall, it was a fun experience, although it moved a little slowly due to our unfamiliarity with the rules.  It’s not that it’s overly complex; there’s just a lot of variables to contend with.  Descent is our first “dungeon crawl” [...]

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My kids and I started a “family game night” last year, but got derailed after a few weeks due to our busy schedules.  I’m reinstituting “FGN”, and started things off by revisting Heroscape with my son.  We played a few games with the basic rules in the past, and it was good fun.  He’s also [...]

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