I have arrived at Con of the North, in St. Paul, Minnesota. That’s my table pictured to the left there. The wifi works (guess that means I’m “live blogging”), I have “rock tape” on my back (guess that means I’m … Continued
The “Con of the North” is an annual gaming convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. This year, it runs from Friday, February 18th, through Sunday, February 20th. (Click the link to see the dates, time and location details.) I will be at … Continued
Due to self-producing the Second Edition of “Jump Gate” with all U.S.-based suppliers in a 3-week turn-around, my production costs weren’t exactly on the low end. So, to allow retailers to be able to grab an acceptable margin, while still … Continued
The team at TheGameCrafter.com (publishers of the First Edition of Jump Gate) have asked me to host a live chat starting at 3pm central time today at their site. I plan to talk about the process I took in designing … Continued
My wife and I bought a pop-up camper from our neighbors this past summer. We can’t wait to get camping in it next year. The plan was to store it in the 3rd stall of our garage over the winter. … Continued
I’ve been chomping on the bit to post this since I was alerted to it by a designer/artist friend of mine who facebooked me about it (props to Josh!) about a week-and-a-half ago … as a GAMES subscriber, he was an … Continued
Tom Vasel, a well-known board game reviewer, who puts out several video-based board game reviews per week has recently done a review of “Jump Gate”. While he is normally partial to component quality (and this game won’t blow you away … Continued
I had a very good, busy summer. Got to camp a bit, fish a few more times than I had expected, coach some softball with my 10-year-old’s team, and visit family & friends. Didn’t do much games-related stuff, though … … Continued
I am using The Game Crafter (TGC) to publish my board games. If you are familiar with CafePress or Lulu, TGC has a similar publish-on-demand take on board games. As a game designer, I am able to upload any graphics … Continued
This is more of a personal post than game-related … although there is a connection to Jump Gate as well. Today we had to put our Siamese cat, Cinder, to sleep. We think she was around 19 years old. We … Continued