For #nerdy9th. Rules of #nerdy9th are to gush about something you are nerdily passionate about, and no criticizing or denigrating that thing (even in comments) I learned to crochet when I was about 5 or 6 years old, taught by my godmother. But I didn’t learn to spin yarn until I was 30, and I […]
Organizing a Public Game
I wrote an article on the ConTessa blog about Organizing a Public Game! It’s a bit logistics/nitty-gritty for organizers of Adventurers League and similar programs. Gleaned from the past 3+ years of organizing D&D at local game shops here in Las Vegas. Go there to read it!
Knitting a Tentacle!
I knitted the Tentaculum pattern this month. It’s very pretty– and LONG! It’s about 8 feet long, and I probably could have gotten another inch out of the yarn I had left. The yarn is Knit Picks Bare in fingering. I dyed it myself about 7 or 8 years ago. It is not superwash– as […]
BryceCon Writeup
A quick writeup of games I played at BryceCon in mid-January! BryceCon is a very small (100-200 attendee), first-year convention in Bryce Canyon, Utah. It’s pretty remote, but a lovely area, and a nice little retreat for the weekend. I will definitely go again next year– the organizers are super nice folks, and I had […]
January 2015 books and games
#51in15, #50bookchallenge Books (#50bookchallenge) #1: NPCs by Drew Hayes (m) #2: Silas Marner by George Eliot (f) #3: Confessions of a D-List Supervillain by Jim Bernheimer (m) #4: The Midwife’s Here, by Linda Fairley (f) This year, I’m marking my books with (m) or (f) for male or female authors. Anonymous/non-binary/unidentified authors and books with […]