Muskrat Ramblings

My guess is that one or two people follow this LJ to get actual, you know, like, news about releases and such. So here we go. In this biz, news doesn’t get much bigger than this. The Toy Industry Association has named Apples to Apples as a nominee for Toy of the Year, in the […]

Press Release: Black Ink Monday EDITORIAL CARTOONISTS ANNOUNCE “BLACK INK MONDAY” TO PROTEST INDUSTRY LAYOFFS Since Ben Franklin and colonial times, the editorial cartoon has been one of the most visible and popular parts of the daily paper. However, recent changes within the newsp Over the last 20 years, the number of cartoonists on the […]

Today’s cartoon was shamelessly late. Sorry. Support your friendly local gaming stores. Give the gift of gaming! EDIT: This cartoon is not trying to say people need to buy things they can’t afford, or take food off their tables. But I try to make sure some of my cash always goes to the local stores. […]

Today’s comic was late. Sorry ’bout that. I’m trying real hard to get at least three ‘toons up again, per week, now that I’m home again for a bit. Fingers (all three of ’em) crossed. **** I am converting a Warhammer conquistador unit I bought a while ago into a Mordheim band, for a Lustrian […]

One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen on the face of this earth — right up there with the Grand Canyon and il Duomo in Florence — is St. Basil’s cathedral in Moscow. What it lacks in size it makes up for in an indefinable “surely nobody could have built THAT” quality. I […]

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 […]