Tabletop Tuesday — Throwing it Together (or… “I can barely keep awake…”)

So, as I mentioned last week, I am recovering from someone pulling old metal pieces of my face out and putting in the first new metal bits into my face—an ongoing process that will end in (deep breath) August. Until then, I'm eating yoghurt, Jell-O, applesauce, scrambled eggs, rice pudding... you get the idea. At … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Throwing it Together (or… “I can barely keep awake…”)

Tabletop Tuesday — Replayability (Or, “Second Verse, oh, hey wait, this is different…”)

I realize I'm late with this post today, but in my defence, I had a bunch of my face torn out (on purpose, part of my bionic jaw went "sproing!") and I'm not eating solid foods yet and I also trucked my butt across the city to give a writing class a chat—via OC Transpo, … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Replayability (Or, “Second Verse, oh, hey wait, this is different…”)

Tabletop Tuesday — Supplemental… (Or, “Maybe if we bought a new bookshelf?”)

One of the built-in double-edged sword qualities of the tabletop role-playing game industry gig is how once you've released the books you need to play the game, you've given your players everything they need to play the game for... well, forever. They don't have to ever pay you again and they've got everything they need … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Supplemental… (Or, “Maybe if we bought a new bookshelf?”)

Tabletop Tuesday — Pretty (Or, “Sorry, I was looking at the artwork, what was that?”)

The last time my husband and I sat down to play Wingspan—I lost, as usual, and I'm pretty sure I have zero understanding of the real strategy of winning the game, which doesn't seem to have anything to do with the round goals or hidden personal goals so much as just plonking down birds worth … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Pretty (Or, “Sorry, I was looking at the artwork, what was that?”)

Tabletop Tuesday — Paint the Roses (or, “Wait, this is a logic puzzle!”)

A while back, I posted about games I thought were better online (specifically, games we played via BoardGameArena, which is our go-to), and last night, our board-gaming friends met up virtually again and we tried out a new game, Paint the Roses. And let me tell you, even after one game, I know this is … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Paint the Roses (or, “Wait, this is a logic puzzle!”)