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Spiky gloves
So while searching the web for fidget toys for my son to use in class I discovered these great pair of gloves from The Therapy Shoppe. Obviously they are designed as therapy gloves for people with sensory issues, but I can help but see them as also being potentially cool…
SETI scaling back
So sad news really hit the public today. Seems that the funding is no longer sufficient to keep the Allen Telescope Array up and going. And while they are working to restore the program as soon as possible we could be missing the crucial moment of first contact (at least…
Gamer Web Comics
So I am sure that many of you are familiar with the variety of web comics that are out there these days. Really any print comic can be found online as well as a large number of comics that can only be found online. Sure there are old classics that…
How to lure out a Dragon
So when an adventuring party is faced with the challenge of stealing a dragon’s horde out from under a dragon what is the best approach. I suppose this particular problem has been covered before and will likely be covered again, though I doubt too many other groups will find the…
My month of change
This month has proven to be an opportunity for change, doors have closed and others have opened and from the beginning to the end of this month my life is forever changed. I won’t say for the better or for the worse, as the reality that the answer is both…
Magic Items from Children’s Books
When reading bedtime stories to my kids I am often struck by the quantity of ideas for either game plot or magic items that I discover. Right now I am reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to my 9 year old, and Alice in Wonderland to my 6 year old….
A Con for us Geek Girls
I just found out today, via Twitter, about a new con that is having its first event this year. It is Geek Girl Con!!!! The con is meant to celebrate all things geek in all of us geek girls, past, present and into the future. I would love to take…
The power of belief
Gamers are well known for their imagination, at least those gamers that play rpgs or LARPs. How else can we dream up characters, recreate scenes in our heads, or plan out wild adventures to run our player’s characters through. For us our imagination is the butter for our bread, without…
Halfling shirt!
Here I am sitting at the game table playing Call of Cthulhu, we are interrogating our prisoners from the first boat we took over, and I noticed on my laptop that Cafepress was having a sale on hoodies right now. So, being in need of a new hoodie (the rats…
Thunderstone – The Boardgame
So last weekend I played a new game with the kids called Thunderstone. The game is a card based game that recreates an adventuring group. While the game is plenty of fun it is also easy enough for younger kids to play. I suspect that we may not have been…
