I recently traveled to Greece and had taken to cruising Wikipedia for interesting bits of information. I will now relate them to you. Greece is located at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula. Drilling further down, Athens lies on the Attica Peninsula, and to the west Corinth (red pin) sits at the gateway to the larger Peloponnese …
Palatine Hill in Rome is a well known area featured throughout history and called “the first nucleus of the Roman Empire.” It is the centermost of the seven hills that fostered settlement near the Tiber River long ago. Palatine Hill housed an array of Palaces, starting with the Palace of Domitian in 81 CE. In fact, …
SailGP is exciting, there’s no doubt about that. I mean, you start with 50-foot foiling wingsail catamarans and then add in the best sailors in the world. Top it off by plonking TEN of them down on a single racecourse and the result is entirely predictable: Close calls, collisions, protests. Oh, did I mention they …
Prompted by an article on Bell of Lost Souls about the second most complicated board game of all time, I went out and found a copy. Then I watched, and re-watched, and re-watched a seven part YouTube series on how to play the damn game. Then I set it up and played solo. I died …
The following contains spoilers for the Brother’s War Storyline. Like… obviously. It’s written with the assumption the reader has general knowledge about the MTG multiverse. The Brother’s War set story is an interesting one in that it provides background on many events, but advances the modern plotline very little. Like a paltry amount. The gang …
This is another flashback to the hot meme of a Standard past. The year was 2016 and the block was Kaladesh. Automatons roamed the streets and filigree foxes curled at everyone’s feet. Energy had just been invented and people were desperate to figure out what the hell it was good for. Something, right? How about …
I played a bit of Hanabi over the weekend, it’s another small game that’s pretty easy to explain and a snap to set up. That and the fact that it’s a co-op game make it a slam-dunk feel-good experience. Even when you don’t win. The main hitch in the game is that you’re not allowed …
Oh snap, I’m about to eat my words. Google recently announced a new integration with their search that will insert AI based results, or even generative images right next to the normal output. So I figured I’d give them a try with “draw a nerd so hard university logo crest with dice, game controllers, and …
I played Dominion last weekend for the first time in a very long while. The concepts started coming back to me after a while, but not in time to keep me in competition VP-wise. It’s one of those games that’s fun and manageable and then they went and printed a bazillion expansions. So just when …
Last weekend I played a game called Tsuro. It’s a beautiful little game that is easy to explain and even faster to set up; both of which are big selling points. Essentially, you’re placing tiles on the board which form pathways along which game pieces must traverse. You’re trying to keep your piece on the …