Category: Muskrat Ramblings

I’m back in Madison, having seen my good friend Mr. James Wallis safely and happily married to the wonderful Cat Muir, in a small village in Suffolk disturbingly close to another small village called Dunwich. Actually, when I say I saw him married, I actually didn’t see much of it at all: I was outside […]

Back from Dorkstock. Fantastic time. About to collapse. But must post some pics from a camera that was dropped twice, but still managed to function. I played so bloody many games that I didn’t take more than a handful of snapshots this year. Here are a mere few highlights: Army of Dorkness and Dorkstock Goddess […]

Small unfortunate news about Dorkstock/Rock-Con: I’ve so much work to do right now, along with a friend’s fifth wedding anniversary, AND another friend who gave birth at 6 am this morning, that I may not make it down today. I will be there tomorrow and Sunday (leading once more to the ever-popular “What Time Will […]

Dorkstock/Rock-Con is a mere week away (November 3-5). And it’s gonna be a BLAST. Lots of games to be played. Out of the Box, Steve Jackson, Fantasy Flight (including the first OFFICIAL Mag*Blast third edition tourney), and others. (For heaven’s sake, Scott “Igor” Olman will be running Kobolds Ate My Baby again! The prize here? […]

Just noticed 1600* people have now friended my LiveJournal blog, so…um…I’d better post something. **** British Isles Apples to Apples should be in stores UK- (and Ireland)-side by this point in time. About bloody time. 🙂 If you’re not in the UK, you can now get the British Apples version over at the Out of […]

Lots of news to tell, but no time to tell it. Instead, I’ll just post the latest pics of My Little Cthulhu, from Dreamland Toyworks. From all sides now (plus, the Little Victims, almost to scale – I believe Cthulhu is 8″ tall or so…). Is it not nifty? **** Speaking of Great Old Ones […]

I’m doing a series of cartoons on some of the more mundane aspects of the day-to-day life of the Dork Tower characters. In part, to make sure I’m happy with the relatively new (and relatively consistent) four-panel format at DorkTower.com, and in part just to play with a new kind of paper and size I’m […]

Some terrific news: The British Isles Edition of Apples to Apples has landed! In Britain, at any rate. Which is the whole point. According to my good friend Angus Abranson’s blog: One bright point of the day was receiving a delivery from David Westnedge (a UK games company) who are distributing the all new “British […]

I’d like to get in touch with a couple of people: Comedian Jonathan Katz (he of Dr. Katz and standup fame) Cartoonist Darby Conley (he of Get Fuzzy fame) If anyone has any contact info for these two esteemed individuals, or indeed is pals with them, please e-amil me, should you feel so inclined. Sekrit […]

I just found out that John M. Ford passed away yesterday. From his Wikipedia entry: John M. Ford (April 10, 1957 – September 24, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. Ford’s works are characterised by an aversion to doing things that have been done before. This attitude is […]