Much like rectangles are not always squares, tabletop games are not always boardgames. What is often overlooked by boardgamers is one of the cornerstones of modern tabletop gaming: the card game. Card games, especially of the collectable variety, have been a driving force in the industry ever since 1993 when
Far out, near the edge of our solar system there lies a planet… oh wait, no, just a dwarf planet. And this dwarf planet, Pluto, is orbited by a moon… nope, scratch that, it is orbited by another dwarf planet*, Charon. In the near future, scientists find vast fields of
Fun Fact: In 1891 Evgraf Ferdorov formally proved that there are 17 distinct plane symmetry groups. These ‘groups’ define how a pattern can be permuted on a single, two dimensional plane. Due to their application, these groups are commonly called wallpaper groups for how they describe all forms of wallpaper
My absolute favorite thing about summer is enjoying the cool of the setting sun right as dusk sets in. After a long hot day, it is quite refreshing to find yourself in a comfy chair on a deck, with an ample beverage supply and plenty of good company to share
Any good black box conceals the nasty insides that make it work. The city of Tempest is no different. Such a prosperous city is sure to have several underground forces pulling the right levers and holding even the most untouchable purses. But with so much power being shifted around, the
I love everything about robots, from their motors to their circuit boards, mapping algorithms and motion planning algorithms. Both real and fictional ‘bots fascinate me. So much that I went to Grad School to learn how to make them better. As a society we gravitate to things that are like
Often when discussing games people will focus on either the theme or the mechanisms included. Like that one time you played a game about saving the world from disease, or the game where players had hidden roles. Theme gives way to epic stories and vivid imagery, giving us a prompt
