Sorry it has been quiet here for a while--we've been pretty busy. We've been packing books into boxes and taking down Star Wars Minis posters to get our place ready to sell, of course. But the really crazy thing is...the new company behind the gaming store has been officially registered!

That's right, Chicagoland Games, LLC officially exists ( Read more... )

Are you female (or female identified)? Do you game? Then 812 North, a Chicago production company, wants to interview you for a short documentary. If you are interested, drop them an email.

I'm not affiliated with the project--I just saw it linked off of Chicagoist and thought it looked cool!

Funny observations brought to you post GenCon. During the 90's, vampires were hot. We had vampire movies, vampire books, and Vampire: The Masquerade took over the gaming world.

This year, the post-con report says that the Vampire players have all but vanished from the halls. And whitefjords mentioned a new game that he is excited about to me today: ( Read more... )

In honor of the upcoming GenCon, I have a link for you:

Gender Roles in RPG Texts

In which we find that even supposedly equitable universes like Star Trek hold gender stereotypes. (Although given that we're starting from a 60's TV series, I guess I'm not that surprised.)