Monday Night Gaming: All Things Munchkin
Ah Munchkin! That glorious game. The ultimate PvP (player vs. player) game that encourages bad behavior and foul language. What’s not to love? This week’s Monday Night Gaming is on All Things Munchkin. My husband and I are huge fans Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Blue Sun
Last week’s Monday Night Gaming covered the Firefly Board Game and most of the expansions. We finally had a chance to sit down and play the Blue Sun expansion. If you thought this game took up precious real estate before, Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Firefly
This week’s Monday Night Gaming is on the Firefly Board Game! We love this game, and not just because we’re huge Firefly and Joss Whedon fans. This game allows us to play around in the ‘verse and be “bad guys” Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Machi Koro
Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to try out Machi Koro, a city-building card game out of Japan that has seen a resurgence in popularity with its re-release in the US. This game was so popular before its Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Geek Girl Style
We spent this past weekend at Geek Girl Con, which was loads of fun! Think of a con truly for geeks (all genders) that doesn’t have a sizable percentage of attendees thinking that “fake” geek girls exist. I saw people Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Rivals
While my husband mostly dislikes Catan (too much luck for him and not enough strategy), he knows that I enjoy it so we play. Catan itself doesn’t work all that well as a two-player game. But recently we found The Rivals Read More…
Flashforward Friday: Invisibility Cloaks
I remember when this was a thing: When I still taught computer classes & we were covering future tech, I’d show that video and watch my students be amazed. Then this week, I saw this: The image above is way Read More…
Dragonriders of Pern…the Movie?
If you’ve read my Flashback Friday on Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey or my Book Cover Throwback on Michael Whelan‘s cover for All the Weyrs of Pern, then you know what a huge influence Ms. McCaffrey served on me as a Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: 3 Dragon Ante
I’m posting this on Monday, but the actual gaming took place last night. My husband and I got to sit down at our usual haunt with game developer & author, Jonathan Tweet, to play some new games. The winner of Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Munchkin
Probably one of my favorite tabletop games is the Munchkin series by Steve Jackson Games. There are dozens of themes to this game—everything from vampires and Cthulhu to Pathfinder and space. We own about 2/3 of the games & expansions Read More…
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