Isolation Day 282 Game: Scooby-Doo! Betrayal at Mystery Mansion
The latest in our growing collection of games originally for older players that have been geared down for kids is this Scooby-Doo-ized version of Betrayal at Ho...
Author: Reay
Next level wordplay
There are times I’m struck by unexpectedly gorgeous art, be it a photograph or illustration or painting, as well as other arts, like writing. I’m no...
Enjoy the road traveled
I recently had a minor epiphany. Or perhaps not so minor. My wife is a teacher and has regular report cards due, which is always a slog in the household: She...
In search of a new metric metric
As a child of the early 1970s, I’m in the unfortunate position of being in a country that was switching to the metric system* in my early youth but with e...
What I read this month
ReadThe Dragon Egg Princess – Ellen OhThe Imaginary – A.F. Harrold Started and stoppedEarthsea: A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K. Le. GuinThe L...
Old dog, new tricks
In my ongoing struggle with tech, it wasn’t surprising that at some point, I’d have to replace a laptop battery. So it was with my half decade-ish o...
What I’m reading
I first mentioned Jaron Lanier about six weeks ago, mid-way through my self-imposed month-long social media fast/cleanse. Ten Arguments is his most recent book....
Volume of work begets creativity
I realized ages ago that I come up with the bulk of my creative ideas while working on other material. Not as much sitting and staring out the window (though th...
Isolation Day 255 Games: Catan Junior, Seven Dragons, Fast Flip Pizza, Escalation!
It occurred to me today that these aren’t days of isolation, per se. When I first started the Isolation Games posts (way back on Day 12… remember th...
Whooooa, I’m half way there/ Whoooo-OA!…
I’m happy to announce that on my current, most dedicated attempt to write a novel, I’ve now passed the half-way point of what is seemingly considere...