More book reviews.
2025-07-01
2025-06-15
April May Read
Some more book reviews for the stuff I read in April and May.
2025-04-05
Bookmarch
Prince Valiant Volume 3: 1941-1942
Hal Foster & Dan Nadel
More fun adventures. Ogres, giant monsters and several dragons. Introduces some great characters (Boltar, Angor Wrack) and includes a bit of Gawain, which you love to see. And as for Val himself? I'll quote Angor Wrack: I like that hot-headed young idiot. 4/5
2025-03-02
Books I Read in February
Murder in Mendocino
Mary Kittredge
This one was a decent cosy mystery with a solid cast of characters. I enjoyed it. 4/5
2025-02-02
Books I Read in January
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber
Does a really good job of explaining the problem and how easily it could be solved but leaves me with little hope that it actually will be. 4/5, would recommend.
2024-11-09
Foundations Prerelease
Today I played Magic: the Gathering with real cards on an actual table for the first time in about twenty years.
I'm not going to make a habit of it, but I did find that I still enjoy prerelease events. This one, anyway. The new set, Foundations, is basically equivalent to a core set, except that it does have some themes and synergies; in this case some obvious one are Landfall effects, effects that trigger when you have creatures of power 4 or greater, and +1/+1 counters. It seemed to lead to a style of play that reminded me of playing with my friends when we were all just learning to play; quick, simple games with big creatures and not really any combos or super efficient strategies.
2024-10-12
Foolish Games
Played a few things I liked this time. And some things I didn't.
2024-08-25
All Games are the Same
I played some games. Several of them were very similar.
2024-04-29
What's in a game?
Played a little bit of few games recently. And one particular game a lot.