Muskrat Ramblings

Tower #33 should be in most stores now. Dork Tower #34 and Dr. Blink #3 are at press, too. Huzzah, huzzah! Can’t wait for DT 34, either…one of my VERY favorites…PLUS, more Koboldy goodness! **** More Out of the Box Games winning more awards… Harry’s Grand SlamBaseball Game – 2006 Parents’ Choice Classic Award Squint […]

For the fashion-conscious gamers out there, Boss Lady Lory of Pegasus Games, the inspiration behind Pegasuarus Games of Dork Tower, has let me know she’s printing up some gen-u-ine Pegasaurus Games T-shirts! Even better, a portion of the proceeds will go towards helping Palladium Games! So you can be super-groovy and charitable, at the same […]

12th May 2006 – For immediate release SHORTLIST FOR 2006 DIANA JONES AWARD ANNOUNCED An RPG, a board-game, a TCG, an ARG, a contest and a charity vie for hobby-gaming’s most exclusive trophy London – The committee of the Diana Jones Award has released the shortlist for its 2006 award. This year the shortlist contains […]

My back’s gone out, again, following eight hours on a plane crossing the Atlantic. Well, technically, my lower back and left leg. Sciatica I believe the kids are calling it these days. But there’s far too much work to get done to complain too long or two loud about it. Still, I can curse Swiss […]

Home now. And as much as I miss London, and miss bumping into Belle and Sebastian on Parisian elevators, it’s wonderful being back, waking up early on a lovely Wisconsin spring morning. There’s an enormous amount of work to get caught up on this week, and a bit of time needed to peruse the Russian […]

It’s Judith and my tenth wedding anniversary today. Ta-rant, ta-rah. So we’re in Paris. Where we spent our honeymooon. Ten years ago. Just popping up for air. And to say sorry for not posting more in the last week or so. My French is as bad as ever. But I’m less self-conscious about it now. […]

Two days of all-day Out of the Box meetings have kind of drained me. There’s lots of cool, fun stuff on the way. But for the moment, I’m exhausted. Unfortunately, I’ve also got a ton of work to do. Plus, I’ve got something Very Big coming up next week. Much needs to get done before […]

If it hasn’t already been, this oughta be FARKed: Briton held as terror suspect over punk song Lyric from Clash anthem ‘London Calling’ raised suspicions of taxi driver. LONDON – British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track […]

I ran today’s cartoon early (last Saturday, to be precise) to hit April 1. Like last year’s April 1 “Dork Mirror” series, this one will run every day this week. Many thanks to the irrepressible Jape, for yet another great mirror universe series. It rocks. **** Full reports on all five movies I saw at […]

OK…the annual April Fool’s “Dork Mirror” series has started again. Yay! PLUS, more April Fool Dorky goodness HERE **** 2:30 pm today. Cineplexity. World Premier. At the State Street Steep & Brew. Not sure how many people will show up. Nor who will show up. Apparently there’s a chance a Big Name ™ might make […]