I discovered a new PC game this week that has completely captured my imagination. This doesn't happen very often these days. About five years ago I more or less stopped playing video games as a typical hobby, opting instead to read, go for a walk, and most commonly, design tabletop games.

I have been working on some version of Sol Rising since the spring of 2013. It started with a block based game called Blockade, in which you moved formations of rectangular blocks around the board. You would arrange the blocks in a Tetris-like format to cover weak spots and expose weaponry, rolling all dice that were facing the enemy.

In October 2017 I played more games than ever before since I started recording my plays several years ago. Much of this was due to my attendance of SHUX in Vancouver, Canada. But, I had a game night every week and we played a LOT of games at work.

In addition to growing mustaches, ostensibly for charity, many folks dedicate November to writing a novel or designing a game. I think it's easy to be all for it, or poo poo it, for a variety of reasons.