Archive for the ‘Relaxation’ Category

Dice Tower 1.0

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

I've been wanting to make a dice tower since the last time I sat down to play Commands and Colors: Ancients. My friend Scotty and I were at my dining room table with our pieces all laid out on the map and we really had a hard time rolling the ...

The Zen of Game Prep

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Gamers do a number of things that non-gamers just don't understand. Last night I spent at least 116 minutes separating the 345 small wooden blocks that come with Command and Colors: Ancients. I know this because my wife and I were watching The Bourne Ultimatum while I was doing it. My wife ...

Red Bull Discovered

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Last Friday, I was at a barbecue with my family and the host had this huge ice chest filled with Red Bull energy drinks. I had never tried one, because they are pretty expensive, and I'm just not an energy drink sort of guy, or so I thought. I ...