As strange as this will sound for a lover of board games and someone who has to ration his time with a screen for migraine reasons, today I'm going to talk about some games that are so much better to play online. Now, for transparency, these are games I've played on BoardGameArena.com, and the only … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Better than Real Life (Or, Down with Math!)
Author: 'Nathan Burgoine
The Best Queer Audiobooks to Walk Your Dog By…
I'm over today at Shepherd.com talking queer audiobooks, and five of my favourites in particular to listen to that made walking Max in all types of weather an experience to enjoy, rather than suffer through. And we're talking Canadian winter here, so let's be clear: it takes one hell of an audiobook... You can click … Continue reading The Best Queer Audiobooks to Walk Your Dog By…
Tabletop Tuesday — Two Players, Competition
Last week, I popped in with some of my best experiences of co-operative games with two players, and this week I figured I'd flip that and list the "versus" style games my husband and I have enjoyed on our trip through the gaming jar. The gaming jar was our way of trying out all our … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Two Players, Competition
Tabletop Tuesday — Two Players, No Competition
When the pandemic started, my husband and I had recently gone through our board game collection and tucked a few aside as games we hadn't played in a long time, and weren't likely to play again, and had even found new homes for those games, though they're still in a pile because, well, pandemic. When … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Two Players, No Competition
Tabletop Tuesday — Character Generation with Mutants & Masterminds
It might be obvious to anyone who ever read, well, anything I've written, but I'm a bit of a nerd. Okay, I'm a lot of a nerd, and specifically, I'm very much a gaming nerd. Tabletop board games and role-playing games have been a staple of my entertainment and social circles since I was a … Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday — Character Generation with Mutants & Masterminds
At the Closing of the Year
It's time to close out 2022 today, which means a quick glimpse back at accomplishing a few writerly time things, and doing some social media housekeeping. Let's start with the accomplishments, though, eh? Three Left Turns to Nowhere Cover Art by Inkspiral Design. First off, there was Three Left Turns to Nowhere, a trio of … Continue reading At the Closing of the Year