Chess: Chasing 50%
When I started playing chess recently, I had a very promising start, winning almost all of my first ten rapid chess games. Then I ran into a depressing realization; I was barely playing.
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Review: Return of the Obra Dinn
I have to admit- I had never heard of Return of the Obra Dinn until I saw a plug for it on sale on a deals website, with one of the comments indicating that it’s a great mystery game to play together with others on a couch. With that little plug, I was sold, and I bought a copy for my Nintendo Switch.
Escape Room Online Championship Finals
The ER Champ online finals finally came around. Drum roll… We took 41st place! Not as high as I hoped, but better than we placed in the qualifiers.
Online Puzzle Games Together, v2
So firstly, I need to apologize that the top of my site is clogged by boring Youtube videos. If you’ve had the misfortune of clicking play, you’ll find gameplay from Return of the Obra Dinn, with no commentary.
Jigsaw – Night and Day
Finally had a chance to dive into the jigsaw puzzle I got from Buffalo after Balloon Dream was missing a piece.
Puzzle Boat 2
At long last, we’ve finally completed Puzzle Boat 2! What started as an afternoon session with our whole team working together at the same time turned into a full month of nonstop puzzling that occupied every discretionary moment I can find.
Jigsaw – Witch’s Kitchen Escape Puzzle
After a long hiatus, I jumped into another Ravensburger escape puzzle. I’ve solved about half of the designs in this series and always enjoy them- the puzzles are a nice little reward for solving the jigsaw.
Escape Room International Championship – Qualifying Round
Though the Escape Room International Championship occurred after Red Bull Discovery Lab, I think it’s more fitting to talk about it first. There’s so much more to unpack about the Discovery Lab that I might have to break out a full series of writeups about.
New Puzzle- Space Fantasy
It’s been too long since I wrote a new puzzle, but inspiration struck today with the two-punch speaker event I attended as part of Red Bull Mind Gamers covering puzzle design and long distance space travel.
Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective vs. Gumshoe, Harboiled Detective
Location-based encounters. A map of the city. Crimes to solve. At first blush, Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective and Gumshoe, The Hardboiled Detective in the Thirties have a lot in common, but the experience of playing them reveals two very different games.