Naval Battle: a paper family game

25 Nov 201123 Jun 2022

My extended family sat down last night after Thanksgiving dinner and decided to play a game rather than sit and watch mindless TV. We played a paper version of Battleship…

Destination Iowa: Renaissance Faires

28 Jun 20107 Jul 2010

Explore Fairy Tale & Fantasy Story & Photos by Steve Nibbelink The Record Graphic Designer It is the time of fairy tale and fantasy.  Knights of old do battle once…

Demotivational Poster: Common Sense

16 Jun 201013 Jun 2010

On the other hand when the GM whimpers, shakes his head and places it in his hands, you know you've done something right.

Memories of Virginia: Wink and Ren Faires

21 May 2010

Today marks the tenth day since my wife passed.  Tomorrow will be the first game day we'll have attended since she took her sudden turn for the worse. It will…

Demotivational Posters: Railroading

3 May 201027 Apr 2010

What do you mean you want to go to the tavern?  The trail leads to that seemingly innocuous cavern....

What Ployhedral Dice are you?

28 Apr 201025 Apr 2010

This meme has been getting a LOT of recent press on the blogs. Apparently I'm a D8. Apparently the D8 is MORE heroic than the other dice. I don't get it.…

Demotivational Posters: Curiosity

22 Apr 201020 Apr 2010

Curiosity killed the cat, the cleric, the ranger, the warrior, the wizard....

The view from my chair: What have I been doing?

20 Mar 201020 Mar 2010

Role playing isn't necessarily always about rolling dice.  Sometimes it as simple as sitting down and going "What if...." Somebody asked me in an e-mail, why I haven't been writing…

Dungeon Dramas: A Guest Spot from Bob @ The Dice Bag

12 Mar 201011 Mar 2010

Welcome back to Dungeon Dramas, my ongoing series of plot hooks as developed by the random roll of my Story Cubes. Today's Dungeon Drama is guest written by Bob from…

Life Near an Iowa Cornfield 1-24-10

24 Jan 201024 Jan 2010

Wow has it really been nearly three months since I wrote anything? Not that I haven't had things to say but it's been busy.  I've reconnected with a bunch of…