Jon Quixote

If you took philosophy in college or knew someone who did, you probably remember having conversations along the lines of “what if, you know, everything I observe is just an evil god tricking me?”

Originally published on Board Game Geek.

There are a lot of rating systems, so it can be hard to pick one.

Originally published on Board Game Geek.

The original VentureBoard chess set is an almost perfect travel set with a hard magnetic board that keeps pieces in place even when you roll it up into a hexagonal prism.

Arkham Horror: The Card Game is the sort of game that comes with a series of disclaimers.

The Exit series are escape-rooms-in-a-box featuring riddles that must be completed under time pressure.

(Originally published on meta Stack Exchange by Jon Ericson.)

If you sat down to design a game about Jack and the Beanstalk, it seems inevitable that it’ll be an asymmetric contest between quick and nimble Jack (from an unrelated nursery rhyme) and the powerful and ponderous giant.

Below is a guide I wrote for new employees at Stack Overflow to help them avoid having a bad time moderating the sites.