Marty Burnham is a suburbanite moonlighting as a city dweller.  While he dips his toes into the great city that is Chicago, he often turns tail at the first signs of “trouble”, retreating to the safe confines of his townhome, which he shares with his two cats and his wife and their collection of boardgames.  She is braver than he. An avid gamer, Marty has...

  So this past weekend I attended C2E2, Chicago’s Comics and Entertainment Expo.  This is it’s third year and it continues to grow.  The amount of people in attendance on Saturday was staggering and I look forward to seeing the numbers when they are finally released.  I’ve been to all three shows and it’s really amazing to feel like you are a...

So this winter’s been a bust.  When I first picked up my copy of A Few Acres of Snow, I assumed there would be feet of snow on the ground and I’d be holed up in my house attempting to stave off the cold with coffee, blankets and a couple of board games.   The fact that there was a wintry, though maybe that’s not entirely appropriate, theme to the game,...