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August 4, 2020
Recommended: Secret City on Netflix
Secret City, a (so far) two-season show available on Netflix, is a terrific drama set in Australia. It’s available on Netflix (at least in the United States; I’m not sure about other countries).
Based on novels by Steve Lewis and Chris Uhlmann (The Marmalade Files, The Mandarin Code, and The Shadow Game), Secret City is set in Canberra, Australia’s capital city. It’s a political thriller with plenty — plenty — of twists and turns.
It stars Anna Torv (who also starred in Fringe and Mindhunter) as...
August 2, 2020
TriBond Twelve Trivia #3
This trivia game is inspired by Tim Walsh’s classic game TriBond (Tim’s also an author; he wrote, among others, the great book Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them — and don’t miss his terrific YouTube channel), and my friend James Torr, who knows how to put together a killer trivia night.
Each set of three in the image above has something in common. What is it?
(If you’re reading this on the front page of my website, click through for hints and answers. Otherwise, sc...
TriBond Twelve Trivia – Aug. 2
This trivia game is inspired by Tim Walsh’s classic game TriBond (Tim’s also an author; he wrote, among others, the great book Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them — and don’t miss his terrific YouTube channel), and my friend James Torr, who knows how to put together a killer trivia night.
Each set of three in the image above has something in common. What is it?
(If you’re reading this on the front page of my website, click through for hints and answers. Otherwise, sc...
July 27, 2020
This Land is a Great Podcast
On July 9, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that approximately half of Oklahoma is inside a Native American reservation. (Read coverage from NPR and The New York Times.)
The decision, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, opens with this:
On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands in the West would be secure forever. In exchange for ceding “all their land, East of the Mississi...
July 26, 2020
TriBond Trivia #2
This trivia game is inspired by Tim Walsh’s classic game TriBond (Tim’s also an author; he wrote, among others, the great book Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them — and don’t miss his terrific YouTube channel), and my friend James Torr, who knows how to put together a killer trivia night.
Each set of three in the image above has something in common. What is it?
(If you’re reading this on the front page of my website, click through for hints and answers. Otherwise, sc...
TriBond Trivia Game – July 26
This trivia game is inspired by Tim Walsh’s classic game TriBond (Tim’s also an author; he wrote, among others, the great book Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them — and don’t miss his terrific YouTube channel), and my friend James Torr, who knows how to put together a killer trivia night.
Each set of three in the image above has something in common. What is it?
(If you’re reading this on the front page of my website, click through for hints and answers. Otherwise, sc...
July 19, 2020
TriBond Trivia #1
This trivia game is inspired by Tim Walsh’s classic game TriBond (Tim’s also an author; he wrote, among others, the great book Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them — and don’t miss his terrific YouTube channel), and my friend James Torr, who knows how to put together a killer trivia night.
Each set of three in the image above has something in common. What is it?
Hint: The answers are all television shows, movies, or TV/movie franchises.
(If you’re reading this on the ...
TriBond Trivia Game – July 19
This trivia game is inspired by Tim Walsh’s classic game TriBond (Tim’s also an author; he wrote, among others, the great book Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them — and don’t miss his terrific YouTube channel), and my friend James Torr, who knows how to put together a killer trivia night.
Each set of three in the image above has something in common. What is it?
Hint: The answers are all television shows, movies, or TV/movie franchises.
(If you’re reading this on the ...
June 26, 2020
2020 James & Jeanne Arneson Scholarship Winner
I’m thrilled to announce this year’s winner of the James & Jeanne Arneson Memorial Scholarship is Maci Kasuske, a senior at Wilmot (South Dakota) High School.
Maci won the $250 scholarship for her excellent short story “The Product.”
Our guest judge this year was James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor and many other novels. He called Maci’s story “masterful” and said, “My hope is this is the start of many more stories and eventually novels.”
Congratulations, Maci!
May 21, 2020
How to Host a Game Night – New Book in October
My next book — HOW TO HOST A GAME NIGHT — is available for pre-order!
It’s no secret that I love board games, and writing HOW TO HOST A GAME NIGHT was an absolute blast. It’s packed with practical advice, incredible and funny stories about gaming, and reviews of some of the games I love best.
I wrote a piece for The Opinionated Gamers that talks a bit more about why I love this project so much.
Published by Tiller Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, HOW TO HOST A GAME NIGHT is scheduled to re...
