Life Things

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This post was supposed to go up a few days after I arrived home from PAX, but as you can see, other things required my attention. Then more things filed in a line and wouldn’t let up. Truth be told, I didn’t really feel like synthesizing my entire con experience. I had plenty of time…

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PAX Bound

Unpub at PAX East 2026 logo

It’s just about time. Hope to see you at PAX East. Even if I don’t, or if you’re not heading that way, I hope you still enjoy yourselves in whatever you’re doing this week. (This setup looked much more artsy in my mind… but the photo looked duller before any filters were applied.)

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Playtesting at Unpub (PAX East 2026)

Unpub at PAX East 2026 logo

Note: I figured I need a post announcing my Unpub activity as well as any possible changes that might occur. This sticky post will serve as a gentle but persistent reminder. Any updates or changes will be made here. Play testing at Unpub at PAX East 2026. March 27th starting at 10:30 am. Located in…

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Tabletop Game and Card Devving #2: The Bricking

I’d made plans to post last week and share a couple of images from my updates for the game. Instead, I foolishly agreed to update my iPad to iOS 26. Long story short, Apple’s precious attempt to fix what was never broken ended up breaking my post-warranty iPad. Several attempts to update via iTunes and…

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Tabletop Game and Card Devving #1

Header: A desk covered in zine supplies: washi tape rolls, scissors, printer paper, markers, and tape. On the zine is a line drawing of a mushroom. In the lower right corner is the title, I See You.

There’s been a lot going on recently, and I’m amazed that my efforts to develop a tabletop game haven’t gone to pot. How many months has it been since I decided I wanted to make a game and have it play tested at Unpub? It’s less than two months away, and I’m still going. I’m…

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Finding My Game

A header image featuring a part of the exterior of The Strong. Giant Scrabble pieces spell out PLAY and a red dragon looms over a garden. Accompanying text reads, Rochester, NY. This is the farthest up north I've ever been in my life. On the east coast, anyway.

I could go into excruciating detail about my first conference trip, but most of it’s pretty academic and therefore sand-blastingly dry—trust me, you don’t want the blow by blow—but Board Game Academics was possibly the best first conference I ever could have had. Considering I was the only librarian/information type person among 75 people, I…

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