Archive for February, 2009

So, I’m taking this economics class at the college. Mostly, I’m taking it because I feel like it would be beneficial to, you know, my brain-meat which, actually, I think it has. Initially, I thought it might give me a different perspective into behavior and lead to some interesting game design benefits. (Yes, that’s right,… »

According to John (and his Facebook), the books listed below are important in some way. Or, perhaps, they just tell you about your friends’ taste in books. Whatever! It’s a meme, take it for what it is. Instructions: 1) Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read. 2) Add a… »

I’ve been playing a lot of solo Agricola lately so, this morning, I wasn’t too surprised to awaken with a framework for playing Age of Empires III the Boardgame solo. Per the normal rules, you receive 5 colonists each turn with which to take actions. However, instead of 3 colonists to score a region, it… »

Today was the first session of my Mutants & Masterminds game, Brave New World. For the first time out, I think we did okay. We sussed out some background details, got the group together, and they fought some low-level bad guys to give them some footing in the system. All in all, I think it… »

One little change can have a serious impact. In January, I decided to take advantage of my faculty spouse priveledges and signed up for a class at Beloit College. So, for about three weeks now I’ve been taking Econ 199. The class has been interesting and informative, not only in regard to economics but also… »

Inspired by this post by Mike Mearls, here are the 10 games that I’ve played the most: Amber Diceless Roleplaying Puerto Rico Vampire: the Eternal Struggle Shadowfist Power Grid Vs. Button Men (Online) Dungeons & Dragons Agricola Mah Jongg Amber, of course, had to be #1 since I played that almost non-stop from ’92 through… »

This weekend, I felt like I was able to catch my breath after the long work-slog that was rush and returns. Friday, I only had to work half the day so I ended up skipping out around 3pm to go get my (non-traditional) student ID card for the college. It’s kinda weird being a college… »