Catan is one of the most successful and well-known board games in the world. It’s been around for decades and has cemented itself as a cornerstone of the genre. Over twenty years ago I was introduced to it through my post-college roommates and it’s all we played for months. Just over a year ago I … Continue reading “Adventures Across Catan”
This past weekend was Nerd Summit, the once-every-few-months Saturday gathering where my closest friends and I play marathon board games from early morning to late into the night. I greatly enjoy the time with my friends and look forward to Nerd Summit whenever we can get all our schedules together, but every so often there’s … Continue reading “Spending Hours Getting My Ass Kicked”
Tomorrow is the first anniversary of our adopting Normandy, the single sweetest cat I have ever had the pleasure of sharing a space with. The remainder of this blog post will be me gushing about my sweet black cat, so you’ve been warned. I don’t call her the sweetest cat I’ve ever known lightly. Prior … Continue reading “Normandy’s Gotcha Day”
I got new glasses last week. This wouldn’t normally be anything to write a blog post about, but these glasses are really weird and I love them. For years I wore simple, black, wire-rimmed glasses. They did little more than serve the function of keeping my glasses in front of my eyes so I could … Continue reading “My Midlife Crisis Glasses”
A few weeks ago my friend put out a call for help. One of his students was being forced to find a temporary home for their cat, thanks to a declaration from their landlord. My wife and I decided to answer that call for help. Angel, a year-and-a-half old floofy black cat, is a guest … Continue reading “The Floofy Visitor”
I got a new tattoo yesterday, and it’s probably the most meaningful one to date. I have two other tattoos, but one is covering up another. The original was inked on my arm in celebration of my 21st birthday in Las Vegas. The tattoo artist screwed up the design and I spent the next 15 … Continue reading “New Ink from an Old Friend”
The Kickstarter to fund the printing of Dwarves of Kadaz: REVOLUTION officially came to an end yesterday, and it was a successful campaign. I am so very happy that folks wanted a print version of this story to exist, and that I will be able to deliver it for you. I am also very happy … Continue reading “I Can Finally Stop, I Think?”
The Kickstarter to print the first Dwarves of Kadaz story has been a great success! It was fully funded in its third week of a month-long campaign and, with this being the final week, it’s time to push for Stretch Goals! So far the first one has been unlocked, so all physical orders will be … Continue reading “The Near End of the Kickstarter”
I am so excited to announce that the Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of Dwarves of Kadaz: REVOLUTION reached its funding goal on Monday afternoon! I am over the moon with gratitude. With every campaign that I do, my wife likes to be the first one to make a pledge and my mother-in-law watches … Continue reading “Funded in Three Weeks!”
The campaign to fund the printing of the first Dwarves of Kadaz book launched last week! As of this writing it is 81% funded with three weeks to go! It looks like this is going to be a successful campaign but I’m not assuming anything. I plan to be as persistent as possible about this … Continue reading “Kickstarting and Going On”