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Appeal For Help – Plugged Nickel Cards
I’ve been running a Kickstarter now for just about two weeks, and I have to say, this is a hell of a lot of work. I’m writing messages and posting tweets and doing updates and monitoring stats and...
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Rant – Quitcher Bitchin’
It’s Sunday, I’m relaxing in the living room, watching Catching Fire with the family because my daughter is a total Hunger Games nut and insisted that we order pizza and watch the movie. I check my...
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Thing Review – Fantasy Coins
If you play many games, you know how many of them come with that sheet of cardboard money you have to punch. And if you don’t play many games, you’re probably not ever going to read this. And that...
View ArticleUpdate – I Am In New Orleans
When I started Drake’s Flames, my kids were in grade school. It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago, but it must have been, because now my son is out on his own and I’m in New Orleans visiting...
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Event Review – New Orleans Visit
I love New Orleans. I just got back from my third visit, and man, that is one cool town. The French Quarter is my favorite part, but it’s not the only draw. There’s also the Garden District, and then...
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RPG Review – Base Raiders
I am not sure what it is, but I’ve never been a huge fan of superhero RPGs. For one thing, the really successful ones are always based on a franchise, and I don’t want to play as Wolverine, I want to...
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Toy Preview and Rant Of Sorts – IAmElemental
The internet these days is full of posts from women arguing against the sheer brooding neanderthalism of men. There are also men taking on one of two roles – that of the sympathetic man who is ashamed...
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Announcement – Plugged Nickel Relaunch
Holy cats, I’ve been busy lately. That’s why the reviews have been so few-and-far-between – it’s hard to find time for reviewing when I can barely find time for sleep. And one reason I’ve been so busy...
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Plugged Nickel Progress
The Kickstarter for the Plugged Nickel Playing Cards (the kick-ass deck of cards I designed) is doing well. Not that anyone here needs an update, or anything, because if you’ve already backed the...
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Book Review – The Kin of Caladen
The Internet has opened up tons of opportunities, and amazing new stuff comes out on a near-daily basis. Kickstarter offers up incredible opportunities to get awesome designs at surprisingly good...
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I’m Not Dead Yet
I just checked this morning and realized that the last review I posted happened a month ago. For the sake of comparison, last October I reviewed 13 games in a month. This last month? None. But don’t...
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OK, Now I’m Dead
I’m not really dead. But I’m also not going to be writing any more reviews. I got into this review racket to get free games. In the last 15 years, I have written more than a thousand reviews, for...
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