Archive for February, 2009

Allah, in His infinite wisdom, loves variety. And dice.

Written by: Hoss

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

So let’s talk about games. What’s out there? What’s your thing? What do you love?
What do you hate? What are you dying to try?

Let’s take at least a cursory look at what’s out there, why you might want to play
them, and why you might not want to.
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Scrabble Takes a L3FT Turn Towards L33T

Written by: Crazy_Knife_Throwin_Injun

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Do you speak L33T? Have you considered that there’s an entire generation that understands L33T about as well as their primary language? Do you think a neat game could be constructed around it? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you’re in for a treat. The classic board game Scrabble® has been (more…)

Journeys in the Dark, et. al.

Written by: Hoss_

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Like most of my (de)generation, Dungeons and Dragons was my first
role-playing game. The initial experience was sort of like one’s first
girlfriend. There was a lot of fumbling around, no one really knew what
they were doing, and while it was a lot of fun at the time, I eventually
moved on. Also like many a first girlfriend, (more…)

I’ll bet scrapbookers never get accused of worshipping Satan…

Written by: Hoss_

Monday, February 16th, 2009

In retrospect, perhaps I should have taken up stamp collecting.

I started playing games at around age 4. All of the usual suspects;
Sorry, Trouble (with Pop-o-Matic action!) Parchesi. My dad taught me how
to play chess when I was 5. My grandmother taught me how to cheat at
cards when I was 7. I came up with my (more…)


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