Category Archives: Fun

Impatiently awaiting Avatar conclusion

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Geoff

We’ve just watched Disk 3 of the third season of Avatar, Day of Black Sun – Part 2 through Boiling Rock – Part 2. This is an amazing series, and if you haven’t been watching all along, Netflix can get … Continue reading →

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What die are you?

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Geoff

This has probably been around the web for a long time, but I just found it: Take the quiz at dicepool.com My favorite d20 is old and blue, given to me from the FLGS spare dice bin because I’d always … Continue reading →

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Guilty (campy) pleasures

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Geoff

I have to confess that, although we haven’t watched broadcast or cable TV in years, TV was a big part of my life until pretty recently. Now, we watch DVDs we own or get from Netflix. But Netflix also offers … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Gary Gygax

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Geoff

The news that the creator of Dungeons & Dragons had died spread very quickly. And Geeks around the world have been expressing their feelings about his passing. Order of the Stick had a nice send-off cartoon. Paul Tevis, Judd Karlman … Continue reading →

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Town Meeting Day/GMs Day

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Geoff

Today is the first Tuesday in March, and thus, Vermont’s Town Meeting Day. I have already been to the polls and cast my primary ballot. Today also is March 4th, as in “March Forth!!”, and has been selected as GMs … Continue reading →

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Northeast Wars

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Geoff

I’ve volunteered to run two role playing games at the upcoming Northeast Wars gaming convention. These will be my first experiences GMing convention games, but I’m pretty excited. The first game is Dogs in the Vineyard, by Vincent Baker. The … Continue reading →

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Swordtag in the snow

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Geoff

So it’s twilight in February, and I come back to the house after having shoveled the snow from the end of the driveway to find NatureBoy coming out of the house, bundled up and carrying two of the boffer swords … Continue reading →

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She got me Make!

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Geoff

Beloved Wife got me a subscription to Make Magazine from O’Reilly for Solstice. We’ve been waiting impatiently for it to arrive, and it finally came! I’ve only had a chance to skim it, but it’s a solid issue. Thanks, BW!!

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NPR: importance of play

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Geoff

An interesting story on NPR (one of the most emailed stories for February), about how play has changed in recent history, and the affect that those changes have had. Beloved wife and I have been discussing the quality of play … Continue reading →

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Phun – physics playground

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Geoff

I just watched this video, which I found on WIRED’s GeekDad Blog. This reminds me a lot of game that was like The Purple Crayon, but I can’t recall the name. NatureBoy was playing it just the other, though; I’ll … Continue reading →

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