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General Posted onJanuary 7, 2019January 6, 2019

2018 by the numbers

2019 hasn’t been off to the best start thanks to a New Year’s Day bug, so I thought I’d celebrate what a great year 2018 […] Read More

General Posted onJuly 16, 2018

Inside the Box: Store-bought organizer

Before I tried my hand at making my own organizer (for Mysterium), I discovered The Broken Token*. (There are certainly others out there who sell […] Read More

General Posted onJune 11, 2018

New-to-us games at the gaming cafe

We made a visit to our local board game cafe – The Board and Brew – recently with another couple. For the most part, we […] Read More

General Posted onMay 6, 2018

Thinking inside the box

Here’s the problem – Mysterium come with a wonderful custom insert, but once I bought the second expansion, the cards no longer fit in their […] Read More

General Posted onApril 15, 2018

Nostalgic games

A few weeks ago, we were walking around the game section at a local store, and I spied this: This vintage-looking Yahtzee box looks exactly […] Read More

General Posted onFebruary 19, 2018

Game Night: February Double-Header Edition

This past weekend was game night at our house, and since it was a long weekend, we were able to host two different game groups, […] Read More

General Posted onFebruary 13, 2018February 13, 2018

First game

When I say I’ve been a life-long gamer, I mean it. I’ve been trying to think back to the first game I remember, but I […] Read More

General Posted onJanuary 22, 2018January 22, 2018

Game Night: January Edition

Game nights have been a monthly tradition in our house since January 2014. It’s nearly always on the same weekend each month, and we’ve only […] Read More

Potion explosion and Chai
General Posted onJanuary 16, 2018January 15, 2018

A Trip to the Gaming Cafe

We met up with a couple of friends to spend an afternoon at our local board game cafe, The Board and Brew. They have a […] Read More

General Posted onJanuary 15, 2018January 15, 2018

Motivations: Why Play Board Games?

The boardgame sub-reddit featured a link to the syllabus for a Games & Learning class at West Virginia University. The syllabus linked to an interesting […] Read More

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I’ve been a lifelong gamer and an astronomer — I see the universe in everything I do.

Here I’ll be posting a collection of reviews, game night re-caps, and anything gaming I feel like writing about. I also create content for a YouTube channel, including videos where I connect astronomy and board games.

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