Posts from 2014
Our Next Chapter
A lot of folks have been asking me "what's next?" Did I retire? Am I joining a new startup? In some ways the answer is a bit more complicated than that, but ...
BGG.CON 2014 Report
I went to BGG.CON again this year, this time Julie joined me and we hung out with friend Jim for the weekend. This was "9 out of 10" for Jim and me, so of c...
What I Hope to Play at BGG.CON 2014
I will return to BGG.CON this year, and I get to bring a friend this time! Yes, Julie will join me for the first time! This will be my ninth visit. Of cours...
Operation Market Garden
I hosted part 2 of my 60th anniversary of 1944 WWII major operations in Europe last weekend. This time it was Operation Market-Garden, the largest failed mi...
Ice Bucket Challenge, and Why You Won’t See Me Wet
My son Matthew made a hilarious video of him being doused while hanging upside down on a pull-up bar, and he called me out to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challen...
Compounded, Forbidden Desert, and Up Front!
I played three different new-to-me games in the past week. I'm in the midst of my transition out of routine board gaming and into the daily (awesome) grind o...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 12 - Summary and Final Notes
This is the end of the road for my Greece trip log! Just like many (Europe 2008) of my previous (Galapagos travel) trip (Galapagos wildlife) logs, it has ta...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 11 - Poros, Aigina, and return to Alimos
This is part 11 of my sailing in Greece series. You can find part 10 here. Our July 4th started very early as we prepared for our 55nm journey to the island...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 10 - Rineia, Syros, and Kythnos
This is part 10 of my sailing in Greece series. You can find part 9 here. After a long but productive day exploring the treasures of Delos, we set sail fro...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 9 - Mykonos and Delos
This is part 9 of my sailing in Greece series. You can find part 8 here. Mykonos has a reputation: Mykonos is the great glamour island of the Cyclades and ...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 8 - Antiparos and Naxos
This is part 8 of my sailing in Greece series. You can find part 7 here. Early Friday evening, June 28 2013, we left Ios to set sail for a an anchored bay v...
Evolution card game is live on Kickstarter
The re-imagining of the game Evolution is now live on a Kickstarter. North Star Games was kind enough to provide me a prototype of the new version and I'll...
The Triumph of Napoleon’s Triumph
Ken and I continued our play-through of the Bowen Simmons collection of elegantly designed block wargames focused on 19th century battles. We started with h...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 7 - Ios
This is part 7 of my sailing in Greece series. You can find part 6 here. On June 27 we set sail for Ios, an island I last visited in 1990 during the World ...
GameStorm 16 2014
I spent last weekend GameStorm, a local convention I started going to in 2003. At that GameStorm I met KC for the first time And found my local gaming group...
Two Player Gaming
I've enjoyed a flurry and wide range of two player gaming since the start of the year. Here is a brief rundown. Mage Wars I first played a demo of this at ...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 6 - Folegandros
This is part 6 of my sailing in Greece series. You can find part 5 here. Are you following along on a map? Might be worth your while as the place names can ...
Sailing Charter in Greece - Part 5 - Serifos to Milos
This is part 5 of my sailing in Greece series. You can find part 4 here. Our day started early in Serifos with Julie and I strolling into town for coffee an...