Category: Muskrat Ramblings

In an effort to relax after two months of nerve-shredding travel, I’m trying to get back to my gaming roots. Picked up Heroscape, a rather nifty, easy-play minis game from Hasbro with tons of cool figs and a really satisfying combat system. (When I have time, I’ll post the Dork Tower stats and templates that […]

Home again. **** Kobolds Ate My Baby ships to distributors TODAY! (It would have shipped yesterday, but, uh, we forgot to tell them where to ship it to). We made it in time for the holidays! Woo-hoooo! Run, don’t walk, and see the glorious full-page review KOBOLDS got in the latest Game Trade Magazine. Or […]

In Moscow now. It’s cold, but not, you know, COLD. Spent about 20 hours travelling to get here. The low point was the transatlantic Swiss Air A 330, with seats designed, apparently, for the cast of “it’s a small world.” Today is our Air Siberia flight to Chelyabinsk. We’ll see how that compares. Moscow is […]

There’s an emergency, and I have to go to Russia next week. (Wow, does it sound cool, even being able to say that…) I can’t say why. I was only given four days’ notice. A couple of LJ friends know. But the reason I’m off is not for public consumption just yet. So I’d ask […]

Has anyone ever been to Chelyabinsk, Russia? Can anyone tell me anything about it? I have my reasons. John

Just a friendly reminder, all! Come to Dorkstock! http://www.dorkstock.com http://www.rock-con.com Bring all your dorky friends! Play lotsa dorky games! Win lotsa dorky prizes! See the cool new Dorkstock limited edition T-shirts! Meet the Real Igor, and play Kobolds Ate My Baby with him! Witness the Great Lukeski in Dorkstock’s first-ever concert! Play in the Chicagoland […]

In London now. Fly home tomorrow. “Home.” What a concept… Been gone so long, looks like up to me… **** Lucca – big, brilliant, insane, utterly, utterly mad and completely wonderful. Judith and I have NEVER been treated so well, and I’ve never worked so hard. I had no idea what to expect from the […]

Popping up for air in Florence. Will be in Lucca tomorrow. At the convention. I could talk about a few things… The beauty of Venice. The grandeur of Il Duomo in Florence. Seeing an astonishing Richard II in London. Going behind the scenes at Bush House and the BBC World Service. Getting back stage at […]

According to the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise con chair for Dorkstock IV: A preliminary game schedule for Dorkstock IV is up here. Still missing are game descriptions and a couple more games, such as Dorkstock Cha Cha Cha. What the heck is Dorkstock Cha Cha Cha, you ask? (Well, OK, you didn’t. But I’m telling you […]

Essen. Spiel. In brief. Thursday – 6-hours of signing. German food for dinner. Friday – 4.5 hours of signings. Spanish food for dinner. Saturday – 6.5 hours of signings. Including after the hall closed. Yugoslavian food for dinner. Sunday – One hour of sleep before flight out. French food for lunch. In France. Spanish food […]