Archive for the ‘Play’ Category

Around the World in 80 Days

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_2045" align="alignleft" width="300" caption=" "][/caption]I got a Kindle for Christmas and I think it's the bee's knees. One of the first books I downloaded was "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne. I had read a few Verne novels in middle school, but I had missed that ...

Iron Man 2 Uno

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Yes, seriously. My wife asked me yesterday why I hadn't been blogging as much, and I said that I hadn't really played anything recently. She reminded me that we had just played Uno the day before. I said, "I can't blog about Uno!" Well, why not? [caption id="attachment_1975" align="alignleft" width="232" caption=" "][/caption]I ...

Essen Time Again

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

This is the weekend of the Internationale Spieltage, or Essen as we like to call it because that is the city in Germany where it is held and it's much easier to say and write. It's considered by most to be the ultimate pilgrimage for our hobby. Thousands of people ...