In my last post, I raved about Copenhagen. Stockholm is better. We spent longer here than any other place we’ve been other than New York and London (which were measured on the scale of months, not days). Other than a three day weekend (Monday was the National Day), Jessica had interviews or archival research every day. It turns out, we […]
Re-energizing in Stockholm
NYC4: Underground, Out Loud, and on the Table
And…we’re back with more of my favorite bits of New York life. One of those is without a doubt the subway. I’ve always loved the New York subway–and public transit in general–since I’ve been a kid. For much of high school and college I wore a necklace with a NY subway token on it, and my college thesis was about […]
It’s All Fun and Games (and some work)…in Germany’s Rhineland
The last couple of weeks of our zipping around Europe were definitely our least touristy, but also incredibly pleasant for completely different reasons. By a series of lucky accidents, we had two sets of close friends, two important work contacts for Jess, and one huge game convention for Gabe all within a couple hours train ride of each other in […]
SSP: Origins
Among other things, I will use this space to write some about the history of how my forthcoming game, Space Station: Phoenix, was designed and developed. (Partly because, someday, I think I’ll turn some of these ideas into a “Designer Diary” on Boardgamegeek.com.) In the meantime, I’d be interested in any comments or questions people have about the game, so […]