Well, I suspect anyone interested in attending Hattanooga in May very likely saw this coming. I should begin by apologizing for the radio silence as of late. Some of you may know that I run the Night Merchandising floor at our local Costco and providing supplies to pe...

I met Marc what seems like ages ago now and what follows is a piece written by him outlining his experiences as it relates to discovery of 18xx in the cardboard medium. Something funny I learned about Marc a while back was that for a very long time he was under the mis...

           One thing that always astounds me is the capacity for people to innovate. The other day I watched an add for revolutionized eye glasses. They are weighted in the back to keep them from falling off of your face when you tilt your head or do something active....

Been a while, been a while.....

You know, I'm the sort of guy who likes things to be very simple. Very often, I am let down. In recent days, I am making the switch from a Mac to a PC, and things I knew how to do before have become mysterious and elusive.... like compu...

I've been running a local Gaming get-together Thursday nights for around 15 years with a group of friends and enthusiasts. On paper, we were known as "The Medicine Hat Gaming Guild". I've always just called it "Nerd Club" for a few reasons, but the most important is th...

My friends Dad could beat up your Dad's friend's.... Uncle's..... You know what, forget it. 

I met Marc about 5 or so years ago and I think it is safe to say we hit it off right away. He likes to make games, I like to try to tear games apart. A match made in heaven, t...

I (Luke) wanted to share a short post about my thoughts having played 18xx games over this last year and offer a few persuasive words for those curious-or-new-to-18xx players to continue to invest in the system.  

Since entering this part of the hobby, which for me has...

Hey All, 

Back from the dead (of Winter) and planning has begun to ramp up for Hattanooga this year. We have already begun to get our mallards contiguous and start the months long affair of organizing this thing. Over the interim, we have managed to add more games to th...

And Heat. And Sweat…..

18DO is the next (logical?) progression in what is becoming the ‘family’ of Harzbahn/Ruhr titles. If you have played either of those games and enjoyed them, this title looks to be right up your alley. This game differs from it’s predecessors in a...

It was recently brought to my attention that while 18xx games are very nice and we do have some rather interesting offerings not available at other train game conventions, the Winsome games we have to offer are also of interest to the general public and are often more...