Just a quick update to say that I’ve posted a new auction with more than 100 lots of board games and related items. Promos, OOP games, and more – check it out here. Why am selling so many games? Simply, I did read the Marie Kondo book earlier this year, although I haven’t seen her […]
What can I say about Macaron, a delicious new trick-taking game designed by my friend and sometime collaborator Ta-Te Wu, that hasn’t already been said? I’m not really sure. The game has received really good press so far. My positive review is just adding to a chorus of approval that has been bestowed upon this […]
Editor’s Note: As an avowed content geek, I try new formats. People seem to love our 5 Quick Questions interviewette for tabletop designers that is a quick read. We promise no TL;DR. Let’s see how Ta-Te Wu, the L.A.-based game designer, Cat-Theme Advocate, and the publisher of Sunrise Tornado Games, does, shall we? BGB: Attention is […]
Some readers of the text in this space know that I make software with a cognitive bent as a day job. Well, I’ve been talking to our CEO, Dr. Galen Buckwalter, about doing a study about board games for a while. Dr. Buckwalter was the founding scientist behind eHarmony and I’ve learned so much about […]
Yes, here is a link to buy my novel, Tired of Singing Trouble on Amazon. Before all of my other roles in professional life, I’m a writer. Ages ago, I wrote a novel that was the evolution of my senior thesis in college. Then, I did nothing with it. Sure, some people got a chance […]
Much of the board game community was gripped in grief this week at the loss of a gamer who so many of us truly adored, James Miller. If you didn’t know James, suffice it to say that if you did, you would have loved him, too. He was kindness personified, someone who took an interest […]
Hiring isn’t easy. Lots of books will tell you to hire for culture fit, hire the person and sort out the job for them, or to simply bring in a diverse set of voices that will create the energy and creativity to help you grow your business. How can you tell what really works? I’ve […]
This year, due to COVID-19, was the first Mother’s Day in my life that I did not spend with my loving mother, Lydia. It now seems prescient to what would befall our family yesterday, in that we lost her to natural causes in the depth of the afternoon. My mother was a lovely, beautiful woman, […]
Like so many in the Southern California tabletop gaming community, I’m deeply saddened about the recent passing of the mighty Chuck Robbins, the owner and operator of Game Empire in Pasadena, California – one of the finest tabletop gaming stores we are honored to have in Southern California. We were friends and I always enjoyed […]
Board games are a wonderful way to spend quality time with your family and friends but it pains me to see people buy the same old board games for their family if they didn’t really enjoy them as a child. While the hobby is getting more popular, the vast majority of people don’t know how […]