Mebbie-bumkins posted about her brand spanking new skill at poker, which made me recall the gift Jenn (sorry, Santa) gave me in my stocking. Three Dragon Ante at first elicited my thought of “oh, just a D&D version of 3-card ante,” but it’s nothing at all like that. When I started reading the rules, I …
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Play Money
I heard about the book Play Money on NPR last week. The author, Julian Dibbell, is a freelance writer who as a part of investigating a story, became an online trader of Ultima Online items and currency. I was fascinated by the interview and picked up the book on Friday. I just finished it this …
Dragon*Con Review: Miscellaneous
Part V of an n part series. See here, here, here, and here for others. Lots of stuff, I’m telling you TONS of stuff, goes on at Dragon*Con. You can party almost 24 hours a day on the planned activities alone! If you happen to be bringing friends (or meet new ones) you can fill …
Dragon*Con Review: Blowing Shit UP!
I felt that having a humongous post about everything that went on at Dragon*Con would be a bit absurd. Here is installment II of the series. Gaming has been a part of my hobby set since I was 10 or so (Jenn’s been playing since age 4!). I still remember the worried look on my …