I guess a lot of people do the whole “Christmas in July” thing. As we get older, we hear of it more often as a solution for retirees who winter in the south. This allows them to get together with the family without suffering the ...
Lots of people spent their Christmas surrounded by fluffy white stuff on the ground. We did too, but our white stuff was sand. “Sugar white sand” is how it is described in the brochures. Taking a much-needed break from the usual ...
A year ago around this time, we had a friend craft a story about his recent travels and shared places and games relating to Florence, Italy. I love the idea of traveling using board games which was the catalyst for sharing our list of Japan ...
Last week I was headed to Davenport to attend a meeting. As I approached the downtown area, I was presented with detours for what seems like the millionth time this year. While it’s not uncommon to have lane closures for road work, th ...
There are a few game companies who we rarely see at thrift stores. One will pop up now and then, but unless we happen to be in the store on the day it is put on the shelf, someone else will have grabbed it before we even knew it was there. ...
There’s a game type we haven’t focused on too much at all. It’s not because we don’t like them, it’s more because we don’t have too many in our collection. Generally known as programming games, they requi ...
You’re probably in that position right now. You’ve got a group of friends that regularly get together for a round of Hold ‘Em. Or maybe it’s Bridge. Or even Canasta. But what you really want to play is one of the new ...
You’ve heard us excitedly tell you about our experiences while attending Gen Con in Indianapolis last summer. In case you forgot, Gen Con is North America’s largest gathering of tabletop game companies and fans. Last year there ...
Every Sunday we enjoy bragging about another thrift store game find. It is usually especially exciting to find one brand new for a couple bucks since we know all the pieces will be there. Every once in a while we’ll find one that make ...
If it’s a good deal on a game at our local Goodwill, we’ll usually buy it. We may not get around to playing it right away, but it’ll eventually hit the table. Last year we noticed a game by a company that we had written ab ...
