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Review – Apples to Apples by Mattel

Game: Apples to Apples Manufacturer: Mattel Where can I get it: Target, Fred Meyers, Amazon, Etc, What is it: This is a card based family game. It comes in two varieties the party pack and the junior version. Apples to Apples is one of the few “big box” games that…

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A new look

Welcome to the new look, we are not sure how long we will be keeping the decor, but it feels good to try out some new clothes for a while. I suppose these sort of changes help to jazz things up and in our case being a newer blog lets…

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New Family Board Games

Tired of playing Monopoly and Life for the millionth time with your kids, ready for something new and interesting to play on game night. There are a wide array of games that can meet your needs and now that there is the internet to make ordering easier these games are…

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Posted in Nifty Gadgets & Gizmos

Magic for your TV

Just when you thought that the new Harry Potter theme park had taken the new wizard craze far enough, I have found the perfect gift for a Potter crazed fan (like my own mom). Think Geek brings us a Programmable Magic Wand for our TVs. I have not purchased this…

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Legendary Lives 2nd Edition Review

Legendary Lives 2nd Edition is a fantasy based RPG published by Marquee Press in the mid 90s. I discovered it at Powell’s Book store in 1995 and fell in love right away. The system only takes one book and the character sheets have most all of the information a player…

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A gift for the gamer that has it all

So while cruising the internet for other great rpg blogs out there I ran across RPG Blog II. While perusing The Zack List I found a website for dice and thought I would take a look. My collection of dice is sadly small and I would like to add some…

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Shadowrun comes to life

As time passes I find that more and more of the Shadowrun universe comes to life in our reality. First there was run-flat tires, and now I am watching a Future Weapons episode that was showing helicopters that fly themselves based on a program. Can you say drone? And then…

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Random Generators

In cruising the internet tonight I found a site of random generators. Chaotic Shiny will help most any GM with those momentary lapses of creativity that leave us desperately scrambling for a random chart of some sort. There is just about nay random generator you might want on this site…

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RPG – One Book Wonders

I have long been a fan of the one book wonder RPG. True that many of these games are not truly only one book, though many are, they still never quite made the big leagues. Over the years I have amassed a number of these books and now with this…

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GameStorm Game Day

GameStorm is hosting a game day this coming Saturday, July 24th from 9am to 10pm. It takes place at the Vancouver, WA Hilton and will include Board Games, RPG, Video Games, and Magic. Hoping to make it there myself. Oh and the best part of all, it is FREE!!!!!!!

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