This past Gamestorm, Jake Richmond and I won second place in a design contest. The contest was a “Junk Drawer Design War” – the organizer brought six identical bins filled with identical parts, most of which were salvaged from other board games. Each team of contestants had an hour (or two? i don’t remember) to…
(cue the slow bass drum and Mr. movie Guy) Wisconsin. 2009. Early Summer… A boy who struggles to quell his inner sins and reach a more glorious light… A girl who bears his child, born from a love that can never be… An athlete who cannot deny the truth of his Self… An outcast who…
One of the most unexpected joys of this past GameStorm was a pick-up game of Quad on Saturday night. Started initially as a way to pass the time while waiting for rides home, this game turned out to be one of the several comically hilarious moments of the con. It all got started after the…
Now that I’ve had more time to reflect on the past weekend, I’ve made a short list of regrets from the convention. First off, I forgot to pick up several things that I wanted: the Yeld whitebook, the Crossroads 2nd edition whitebook, the Spectre of the Beast document, and Dine n Dash. Second, I didn’t…
WOW IT’S OVER. *sleeeeeeeeeeep* Okay, now that that’s done with, I’m here to talk about GameStorm 2009, and how it was awesome. I spent the entire recently-past weekend at this local game con – some call it “Portland’s Best Game Con in Vancouver.” This was my third year in a row going, and my first…