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The Dark Side of the Sports

April 23, 2013 by Vanir

The Dark Side of the Sports

My 5 year old son, Sam, has his very first T-ball practice this week. He’s very excited about it. We were at Wal-Mart, buying baseball gloves, when I realized I was actually far more anxious than happy about this. Sports and I have not had a particularly good relationship over the years. I was very […]

Filed Under: Dire Flailings Tagged With: anxiety, bullies, jocks, karate, kids, Sports

One-Hour Game Design

November 18, 2010 by Chris Sims

A year ago, I went to Nanocon and made friends with the illustrious Richard Dansky. On Friday evening, we were a between commitments, and we were amused at the Dakota State University game design program’s promotional literature. We also stumbled on some loose dice and game pieces. We decided to make a game . . .

Filed Under: Analysis Paralysis, Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured Tagged With: board game, college, Danksy, fraternity, game design, Humor, jocks, minion, nanocon, princess, zombies

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