Category: Muskrat Ramblings

You know what’s great about being part of a games company? Choosing and pushing projects that are close to your heart. Picking out games that seem to be something a little different – something with a certain spark in them. Games you want to publish because YOU want a copy of them, dammit. As shouldn’t […]

Solicitation info being sent to distributors now. It’s been a while, but with Russia (hopefully) looming on the horizon, everything has to be done *ahead* of time. So we were finishing these off so that they can ship when announced (in April, I think), whether or not I’m in Russia. Much like Kobolds Ate My […]

The Warpcon 2006 logo for the T-shirts is done! Huzzah! Huzzah! With Louisa Marie waiting in the wings, this will be the last con I do for quite some time. (I may make an appearance at the GAMA Trade Show, but that’s a different beast entirely). After Warpcon, I’ll be taking much of the year […]

Today’s comic is based on a true event, I fear. Tomorrow, I am running my first large-scale minis game in years. Yes, years. Probably three or four, at least. It’ll be my once-annual holiday Man-O-War multiplayer gig, “Santa Claus Versus The Skaven.” And yes, I had an anxiety dream about this the other night. Just […]

Dewey Defeats Truman. Gore Defeats Bush. Bush Defeats Gore. Katerina misses New Orleans. No, no, says the media. We won’t rush to print stories ever again, trying to scoop the competition before all the facts are in. Ever. Really. Honest. No, no, said the mining company, beside them. We’ll fix those two-hundred plus safety violations. […]

Re: the last Unspeakable Oaf cartoon…the “Holy Grail” one. The monster features was a Grell, an old D&D creature that’s not so popular these days, apparently. Can you say “Fiend Folio”? Anyway, it was a darn fine drawing of a Grell, if I do say so myself. But I decided to put up the editorial […]

The lovely and talented Judith and I spent Christmas Up North, with my in-laws. As a result of leaving Madison early to avoid a snowstorm that never materialized, and a friend’s birthday on Boxing Day, we never actually got to open our presents to each other, which are still under the tree. We’re trying to […]

From my childhood in England: Good King Wenceslas looked out On the Feast of Stephen; When a snowball hit his snout, And made it look uneven. Brightly shone his conk that night Though the pain was cruel, Til a doctor came in sight, Riding on a mule! Exciting conclusion to the “It’s a Wonderful Strife” […]

From today’s Cincinnati Enquirer: Take a turn at board games Thursday, December 22, 2005 Time’s a ticking and if you’re still empty-handed, snap up a board or card game for the party crowd. For expert advice we called Marilyn Shore, who owns the Boardwalk Hobby Shop on Mount Lookout Square with husband Mike. Her two […]

Today’s cartoon is actually Monday’s cartoon, and is now up. Cartoons will run Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week, as the current storyline winds down… I’ll try and have Thursday and Friday’s cartoons up early their respective mornings. **** Amazingly, I’m still only a game behind first in the Mud Bay Pro Football Pick’Em league. […]