The board games most of us grew up with aren’t very good. Risk is sloppy, minimalistic, chance based, and it takes too long, Monopoly makes you a slave to dice rolls and outsized punitive nonsense. Battleship is an exercise in profound randomness—less a game than a way for time to structurally dribble away. The modern, […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sat April 25
Portland Indigenous Marketplace Indigenous Come Up is taking the latest in their series of marketplace events online after COVID-19 made going out and doing the in-person shopping thing a health-threatening activity. But they’re dedicated to giving a lot of local makers as big a spotlight as possible, and so they’re inviting you to engage with […]
Stormy Daniels’ Memoir Mad Libs!
Help Stormy Daniels write her memoir with this mad lib!
Origins of Illimat
Making a Board Game with the Decemberists
Game Knight: A Gateway Drug to Gaming (and Drinking)
Game Knight, which opened a little while ago in the former Wine Up on Williams spot, is a mini Valhalla for serious board gamers who want to immerse themselves in Settlers of Catan for hours while enjoying a serious beverage. But what of the casual gamer whose experience runs to a few rounds of Bananagrams…? […]
