Gaming Addicts Anonymous
SIX OF THE BEST… Tickets to Ride
My daughter is on her spring break right now, and is spending it with her mother, but before she left we spent an entire weekend playing board games -- mostly Ticket to Ride*. So, before [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… things about playing against the computer
As much as I love playing games with other people, sometimes* it's not possible to have them around. Sometimes you're stuck playing a game you love by yourself. Enter the computer player -- a reasonably-sophisticated [...]
Zombie unReality: Survival Street Games & Virtual Reality, Arizona Sunshine
If you close your eyes and imagine a post-apocalyptic world where you are a hardened survivor, fending off the undead with your trusted machete, Michelle, at every turn and generally being a lone badass, well, [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic card games
A couple of months ago, I wrote a column about alternatives to classic board games. But sometimes you don't feel like pulling out a box with a bunch of pieces and tokens and such. Sometimes [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic board games
Do you groan when someone in your family pulls out Monopoly, knowing that you're about to be in for three hours of hell, ending when you all give up because no one is ever going [...]
H1Z1: This Is Your Life
You’ve got your MMO’s (massively multiplayer online game) - which are basically just an extension of your life. Because, let’s face it, when I’m playing WoW I’m not Bella Blitz I’m Bellsangue, blood-elf from hell, [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… things about classic video game systems
Every year for the holidays, I get myself a little something that I find on sale. Sometimes it's off my Amazon wishlist; sometimes I come across it on a daily deals site; sometimes it's in [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… gaming strategies my kid uses
My daughter, who is now seven, started playing tabletop and card games with me at age four by taking away my phone while I was playing Settlers of Catan and trying to figure it out. [...]
Hearthstone: Heroes of… RAGE QUIT
Hi, my name is Bella, and it’s been three weeks since I’ve played Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Let me tell you about this freakin’ game right here. It’s a bitch. My roommate brought this game [...]
Forgotten Sagas of the 13th Age – Session 29: Answers To Unasked Questions
The party has found a chad'maragh, the forbidden soul forge that is the source of the magical energy the Archmage has been seeking. The chad'marag is the source of the disturbing weapons the duergar have [...]