This morning, I woke up and said to Gretchen, "I think we misplaced a present for the kids."

The very first thing that I bought for this Christmas was a copy of the Catan game, which had been placed in a safe place and then forgotten and not wrapped. So, this afternoon, we presented them with the box. Due to a small miscalculation, Julie had ( Read more... )

I happened, by coincidence, to pick up the new Wizards Unite game from Niantic on the day that it popped up in the Play Store. I have been playing it since and have managed to bull my way up to level 10 ( Read more... )

I see that Niantic's Harry Potter game has released. I have managed to make level 3 without leaving my recliner chair...

Our new deck of Uno cards arrived today and Katie wanted to play, so Gretchen and I set out to play some three-handed Uno with her. It takes a certain amount of something to lose 14 consecutive hands to start the game, but that's what I did. I eventually scored on two hands, but it was pretty much a two-person race to the finish with me somewhere ( Read more... )

It's not so much Minecraft that I hate.

I hate Minecraft mods. These are additional JARs that you can load into your Minecraft environment to add cool features and new things to play with. As a concept, this is a wonderful thing ( Read more... )

Today, I took the girls over to Prairie Lakes to play Pokemon Go. At the south end of the park, there was a Pokemon party where frackers (ok, that's what we call them in Ingress :) ) had been tossed onto the Pokestops. Many Pokemon were collected and everyone is now at least level 5.

It's progress.

Haven't hatched an egg yet, though...

Katie and Julie are anxiously awaiting an opportunity to go out and play Pokemon Go with me. The problem is that I need to figure out enough about the game so that they don't get frustrated. This could be a challenge.

I ran across this article today and I thought of you. :) And how much fun you could give your hardworking DM...

How To Get Your Bard Properly Killed.

In a burst of Christmas spirit, I have broken down and purchased a second Minecraft account so that each of the girls can have one.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

Many years ago, I bought a copy of the Fluxx card game. It has been unopened until tonight, when it was time to find out if the girls were old enough to play it with us now.

The answer is "sort of". There was a lot of sulking going on as I won the first two games, but Julie won the third game with a slick move, so perhaps there is hope. :)