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Over the years, I've written about all sorts of topics —some repeatedly, like the TV show Firefly.

While I encourage readers to digest my words in situ (preferably by reading all of them :P), here are some shortcuts to locate specific topics.

# A B C D E F

G H I J K M N P

R S T W Y

 

#

2011 Stanley Cup Finals — NHL Chess animated playthrough

2016 U.S. General Election — "Save the Day" video

 

A

Agriculture, games about — Agricola  (review)

Agriculture, games about — Cinque Terre  (review)

Alan Tudyk — "Con Man Goal" video

Ameritrash games — Firefly: The Game  (review)

Ameritrash games — NHL Chess  (review)

Ameritrash vs Eurogames — Moonbase Alpha  (review)

Analysis Paralysis — Akrotiri  (review)

Archaeology — "Historia and the Humble Brick" essay

Archaeology, games marginally about — Akrotiri  (review)

Archaeology, games marginally about — Lost Cities  (tally sheet)

AwSHUX — virtual board game convention  (slideshow)

 

B

Beans, cat — inspects each day's work  (pic)

Bluffing games — Cockroach Poker  (review)

Bluffing games — Coup: Guatemala 1954  (review)

Bluffing games — Fink  (print files)

Bluffing games — Heat  (review)

 

C

Card games — Circus Flohcati  (review)

Card games — Cockroach Poker  (review)

Card games — Coup: Guatemala 1954  (review)

Card games — Garbage Day  (review)

Card games — Good Help Is Hard to Find  (print files)

Card games — Love Letter  (review)

Card games, virtues of — In Praise of Card Games  (Love Letter review)

Cascadia, the board game — Cascadia  (review)

Cascadia, definition of bioregion — Cascadia  (review conclusion)

Cascadia, example of landscape — Hot Springs Holiday  (external link)

Civilization games — "Historia and the Humble Brick" essay

Civilization games — "Historia  (review)

Climate change — Daybreak  (review)

Climate change — Eve of Destruction  (review)

Climate change — irreplaceable games and forest fires  (list)

Climate change — "The World We've Made"  (rant)

Collecting games — "On Being a Collector"  (ongoing saga)

Collecting games — "The Battle of Six Armies"  (sordid tale)

Collections of games — a small and well-rounded suggestion  (list)

Collections of games — a top 20 from 2014  (list)

Collections of games — our collection in May, 2023  (chart)

Collections of games — our irreplaceable games  (list)

Comic Sans — EVERYWHERE!

Con Man — "Con Man Goal" video

COVID-19 pandemic — boredom

COVID-19 pandemic — Dust Studio goes out of business

COVID-19 pandemic — playing games remotely

COVID-19 pandemic — SARS-CoV-2 virus  (pic)

COVID-19 pandemic — SHUX20 postponed, AwSHUX, virtual game demos

 

D

Dada — Circus Flohcati  (review)

Dante — De Vulgari Eloquentia  (review)

Deduction games — Curiosity  (print files)

Deduction games — Good Help Is Hard to Find  (print files)

Deduction games — Love Letter  (review)

Dexterity games — Garbage Day  (review)

Dust, Paolo Parente's — Dust Tactics  (review)

Dust, Paolo Parente's — Dust Tactics campaigns & V2 adaptation  (PDFs)

Dust, Paolo Parente's — The Battle of Darien Gap  (mod)

Dust, Paolo Parente's — "The Battle of Six Armies"  (sordid tale)

Dust, Paolo Parente's — "The Trouble with Nazis"  (essay/mod)

 

E

Eurogames — Agricola  (review)

Eurogames — Akrotiri  (review)

Eurogames — Carcassonne  (review)

Eurogames — Cascadia  (review)

Eurogames — The Castles of Burgundy  (review)

Eurogames — Catan Histories: Settlers of America  (review)

Eurogames — Cinque Terre  (review)

Eurogames — Concordia  (review)

Eurogames — Daybreak  (review)

Eurogames — Historia  (review)

Eurogames — Istanbul  (review)

Eurogames — Kingdom Builder  (review)

Eurogames — Terraforming Mars  (review)

Eurogames — De Vulgari Eloquentia  (review)

Eurogames — It's a Wonderful World  (review)

 

F

Firefly Adventures — session reports / fan fiction

Firefly, Animated Adventures of — teaser video

Firefly: Blue Sun — expansion  (review)

Firefly: Breakin' Atmo — expansion  (review)

Firefly, canon and chronology — "Chapter and 'Verse"  (catalogue)

Firefly Clue mod — Curiosity  (print files, rationale, rules)

Firefly, crew — together again thanks to the board game

Firefly, cult status — Wikipedia citation

Firefly, fandom — fan art / cosplay / comic art  (large gallery)

Firefly, fan fiction

Firefly: The Game — board game  (review)

Firefly: The GameSharon sets up a game  (pic)

Firefly, joke — "The Big Bang Theory" video

Firefly, Love Letter re-theme — Good Help Is Hard to Find

Firefly, mash-up — "Fringe (Firefly style)" video

Firefly, parody — "Con Man Goal" video

Firefly: Pirates & Bounty Hunters — expansion  (review)

Firefly: The Player Aid — player aid  (print files)

Firefly, related — "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar?" video

Firefly, related — "Save the Day" video

Firefly, related — "Your Mind is Our Business" video

Firefly sequel, Serenity — reviews from Rotten Tomatoes

Firefly, Serenity promo — "R. Tam Sessions" video

Firefly, story generator — Firefly Adventures

Firefly, tribute — "She Don't Like Firefly" video

Firefly TV — videos  (small gallery)

 

G

Game of the Year — see: Spiel des Jahres

The Goalie's Gambit — NHL Chess animated playthrough

Global warming — Daybreak  (review)

Global warming — Eve of Destruction  (review)

Global warming — irreplaceable games and forest fires  (list)

Global warming — "The World We've Made"  (rant)

The Guild — "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar?" video

 

H

The Holocaust — Dust Tactics  (review)

The Holocaust — "The Trouble with Nazis"  (essay)

 

I

Italy, setting, ancient Rome — Augustus  (review)

Italy, setting, ancient Rome — Concordia  (review)

Italy, setting, modern day — Cinque Terre  (review)

Italy, setting, Renaissance — De Vulgari Eloquentia  (review)

 

J

Jed Whedon — "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar?" video

Joss Whedon — Dollhouse, "Your Mind is Our Business" video

Joss Whedon — Firefly fan art

Joss Whedon — "R. Tam Sessions" video

Joss Whedon — "Save the Day" video

Joss Whedon — Serenity movie reviews

 

K

Kallax — game storage  (sordid tale)

Kennerspiel des Jahres, brief description — Daybreak  (review)

Kennerspiel des Jahres, winners & nominees — see: Spiel des Jahres

 

M

Meeple, picture of, definition of — Carcassonne  (review)

Micro games — Caution: Zombies Inside  (print files)

Micro games — Deep Sea Adventure  (review)

Micro games — Heat  (review)

Mikey Mason — "She Don't Like Firefly" video

Miniatures games — Dust Tactics  (review)

Miniatures games — building six Dust armies  (sordid tale)

Mods — The Battle of Darien Gap  (Dust Tactics jungle warfare)

Mods — Caution: Zombies Inside  (envelope for Escape of the Dead)

Mods — Curiosity  (alternate board for Firefly Clue)

Mods — Eve of Destruction  (post-Cold War Illuminati)

Mods — Evolution 2.0  (Evolution with cubes)

Mods — Fink  (Insider for pen and paper)

Mods — Good Help Is Hard to Find  (Love Letter aboard Serenity)

Mods — The Mind in Translation  (English level cards for The Mind)

Mods — Sabotage!  (The Resistance for playing cards)

Mods — Tortured Domicile  (Tajemnicze Domostwo spooky preamble)

Mods — Totenkörperverbände  (new Dust Tactics unit card)

 

N

Narrative in games — The Bottle Imp storyboard

Narrative in games — CV  (review)

Narrative in games — Dust Tactics campaigns  (PDFs)

Narrative in games — Eve of Destruction  (review)

Narrative in games — Firefly Adventures session reports  (mild spoilers)

Narrative in games — NHL Chess (animated playthrough)

Narrative in games — Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 session reports  (spoilers)

Narrative in games — Tortured Domicile spooky preamble

Narrative in games — De Vulgari Eloquentia  (review)

National Hockey League, swag — NHL Chess  (review)

Negotiation games — Eve of Destruction  (review)

Negotiation games — Heat  (review)

Neolithic Revolution — "Historia and the Humble Brick" essay

Nirvana — grunge, sound of the Pacific Northwest (anecdote)

Nostalgia — In Praise of Card Games  (Love Letter review)

 

P

Player aids — Firefly: The Player Aid

Player aids — The Lost Ledger  (Lost Cities tally sheet)

Player aids — Many Worlds  (Evolution cards lists)

Player aids — The Mind in Translation  (The Mind set-up key)

Player aids — Monumental Player Aid  (Historia civbot flowchart)

Player aids — Salient Player Aid  (Moonbase Alpha)

Player aids — Salty Player Aid  (Concordia Salsa updated aid)

Player aids — Ticket to Play  (Ticket to Ride set-ups)

Player aids — Topologia Pax Romana  (Concordia maps guide)

Player aids — Tortured Domicile  (Tajemnicze Domostwo player screen)

Player aids — V2 Campaigns  (Dust Tactics army conversions)

Player aids — Vulgar Tally Sheet  (De Vulgari Eloquentia)

Point Salad — The Castles of Burgundy  (review)

Point Salad — De Vulgari Eloquentia  (review)

 

R

"R. Tam Sessions" — Serenity promo videos

Robert Louis Stevenson — "The Bottle Imp" short story

Rossum Corporation — "Your Mind is Our Business" video

 

S

Satire — Eve of Destruction  (review)

Serenity, motion picture — reviews from Rotten Tomatoes

Serenity, promo videos — "R. Tam Sessions" video

Sexism — Dust Tactics  (review)

Sharon, love of my life — asks daily, Wanna play a game?  (that smile)

Shut Up & Sit Down — board game review channel/site

SHUX — board game convention  (slideshow)

Social deduction games — Fink  (print files)

Social deduction games — The Resistance  (review)

Social deduction games — Sabotage!  (print files)

Sparkles, cat — plays Whitehall Mystery  (pic)

Spiel des Jahres, brief description — Kingdom Builder  (review)

Spiel des Jahres jury, brief description — Daybreak  (review)

SdJ, winner — 2024 (Kennerspiel des Jahres), Daybreak  (review)

SdJ, winner — 2022, Cascadia  (review)

SdJ, winner — 2014 (KdJ), Istanbul  (review)

SdJ, winner — 2012, Kingdom Builder  (review)

SdJ, winner — 2009, Dominion  (mention)

SdJ, winner — 2004, Ticket to Ride  (review)

SdJ, winner — 2001, Carcassonne  (review)

SdJ, winner — 1995, The Settlers of Catan  (review)

SdJ, nominee — 2018, The Mind  (mod)

SdJ, nominee — 2017, The Quest for El Dorado  (review)

SdJ, nominee — 2017 (KdJ), Terraforming Mars  (review)

SdJ, nominee — 2016 (KdJ), Pandemic Legacy: Season 1  (spoilers)

SdJ, nominee — 2014 (KdJ), Concordia  (review)

SdJ, nominee — 2013, Augustus  (review)

SdJ, nominee — 2009, Pandemic  (review)

SdJ, hon. mention — 2015, Patchwork  (review)

SdJ, hon. mention — 2014, Love Letter  (review)

SdJ, hon. mention — 2011, The Castles of Burgundy  (review)

SdJ, hon. mention — 2004, Cockroach Poker  (review)

SdJ, hon. mention — 2000, Vinci -reimplemented as Small World  (review)

Stephen Byrne — "Animated Adventures of Firefly" teaser video

 

T

Tactility in games — Cascadia  (review)

Tactility in games — Cinque Terre  (review)

Tactility in games — "Why So Excited About Board Games?"  (introduction)

Tally sheets — The Lost Ledger  (Lost Cities tally sheet)

Tally sheets — Vulgar Tally Sheet  (De Vulgari Eloquentia)

Tally sheets, virtues of — The Lost Ledger

Tile laying games — Akrotiri  (review)

Tile laying games — Carcassonne  (review)

Tile laying games — Cascadia  (review)

 

W

War, games about — Coup: Guatemala 1954  (review)

War, games about — Dust Tactics  (review)

War, games about — The Resistance  (review)

War, games about — Sabotage!  (print files)

War games — Moonbase Alpha  (review)

Woolly mammoth, a — Carcassonne  (review)

 

Y

Yours truly — cosplay, 2008  (identity of Kaylee player lost to time)