Ginkogopolis was fun the first few times I played it, but eventually I found the novelty to wear off. For those unfamiliar, Ginkgopolis is ostensibly a game where you are building a futuristic city, but realistically it is a sort of area-control tile-laying game – except it also incorporates drafting cards (in order to lay […]

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People were asking for my opinion on the Rob Ford appeal decision and well, there it is for you.

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A thief is getting away in a high-speed motorboat! Whatever will we do to catch him? What, indeed. For there exists no skill in any human living that cannot be instantly acquired and bested by Rex the motherfucking Wonder Dog.

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Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

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I’ll admit, I haven’t been playing nearly as many boardgames as I’d like these days; after storing up an entire wardrobe full of games for a rainy day, we’ve been in a situation for about two or three years where someone’s always working nights and/or weekends. Plus the little one is only now getting to […]

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Today is the last day to vote in the 2012 Rec.sport.pro-wrestling Awards! So if you started a vote and did not finish it, or if you haven’t voted at all (and this assumes that you like pro wrestling, of course), get on that, because there are a number of races right now that are very […]

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BOARD GAMES: Virgin Queen. Most people here will never be inclined to play VQ, given that a proper game of it lasts anywhere from five to nine hours – I managed to play it three times in 2012 and consider that a mammoth accomplishment. But it is a near-perfect game if you want to do […]

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Got an email yesterday, basically asking: in light of the recent ending to the Wheel of Time series and Robert Jordan’s mammoth experiment in worldbuilding that was that series, did I create the world for Al’Rashad in advance or write it as I go, and do I have a preference – both for that work […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist. Also, if you want to know why I have such bile for King of the Nerds – watch this.

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Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

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The crowd was loud, and in orcish fashion, it was constantly teetering on the edge of a riot. Every orc jostled another orc in the tight quarters of the rocky defile, and every orc so jostled shoved and pushed right back. Even Dorral did his share of pushing and shoving; any orc who didn’t push […]

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So for those of you who do not follow wrestling: the Rock is back, and he is feuding with CM Punk. For some net.savvy wrestling fans, this is sort of problematic, because normally when INTARNET FAVRIT CM Punk is feuding with another wrestler, it is usually someone the internet does not like so much, like […]

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1a. Which being created clues throughout space and time to ensure their own creation? Bad Wolf 1b. Who saved at least one President and possibly many more? Bad Dudes 1c. Who leads a conglomerate of villains much admired by doctors? Bad Horse 1d. Who possesses numerous toys to compensate for their illiteracy? Bad Religion (“21st […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

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