Stationfall Analysis
At the time of this writing, I have half a dozen 2p games (each controlling two characters, no bots), two 4p games, two 5p games and a 7p game. No surprise that I love Stationfall. I’ve always enjoyed games with strong narratives; even excusing shaky gameplay,...
What happens in Stationfall, stays in Stationfall
…mainly because so few people live. I’ve played a number of 2p games with the TaoLing (back from college for Spring Break). Like the cyborg says, I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. A tentacled horror climbed into the station from the void, only to be...
Woodcraft — A Crime Against Elegance
Last night (in addition to Stationfall), I had the “pleasure” of learning Woodcraft, the most inelegant game of recent memory. Resources you can gain include immediate Money and VP, recurring Money and VP, three types of cubes (saws, glue and spare lumber),...
How to recognize a toxic narcissist—and survive
According to the Mayo Clinic, narcissistic personality disorder — related to sociopathy under the umbrella term Antisocial Personality Disorders — is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive...
Delight, Stationfall, and a Movie
I had a rough 2020, but I was hardly alone. During that bleak time, I flitted from intense (borderline obsessive) interest in one random shiny thing to another, usually in a 1-2 month cadence. Stationfall was one of those things. A bizarre Eklund (but not that...
You might be surprised who’s reading DEAF ROW!
Hollywood actor, comedian, and impressionist Jim Meskimen—the superb narrator on DEAF ROW’s audiobook—offers some insights on some beloved celebrities who might be reading my new mystery. The post You might be surprised who’s reading DEAF ROW!...
A Bridge Hand of Interest
I stopped by the unit awards game with no real goal …. all my potential partners were out of town or at the Rodeo (I am speaking literally, by the way. I suspect the overlap of “Rodeo-goers” and “Bridge-players” is fairly small), but I had nothing else to do...
Book clubs: 10 Questions about ‘Deaf Row’
Does your book club feature a lot of awkward silences? Is the deepest question, “Did you like it?” Tired of meetings that are more about the furniture than the book? Good questions help inspire your members, prompt ideas that might not have already been on...
Heat, Formula De and the “Down by a Turn problem.”
Heat is (IMO) better than Formula De. And I say that as someone who had a dozen tracks, painted cars, had a league that did a race a month, came up with variants to improve the game, etc. But I eventually stopped playing … there are a number of reasons but...
