Steve

Today I have decided to delve deeper into gaming and provide a closer look at one of the more popular gateway games. It’s called “Ticket to Ride”. On the box: 2-5 players Ages 8 and up 30-60 minutes Ticket to Ride is a simple game: You collect colored train cards and play them on matching colored routes while trying to finish your tickets (goal cards t […]

I have been an avid gamer since I was six years old. My hobby has taken the form of playing role playing games, miniature games and board games. I still maintain this hobby by joining board game events held each weekend around Yokohama and Tokyo. Just the weekend past, I played four games: Skull King – a trick taking game, A Feast for Odin – an economic game […]

One of my passions is to read. But these days juggling a family, chores and work has turned time into a premium commodity. This has led me to using Audible as the means of keeping up with reading while doing chores thus killing the proverbial two birds with one stone.   A couple of years ago, I questioned the value of audio books. Why? Well, listening to an […]

Xmas greetings to one and all. I hope everyone is enjoying the Yuletide cheer as the run up to Christmas begins. It’s a great time to spend with love ones basking in the night illuminations that have sprung up around Yokohama and Tokyo. I had the good fortune to take my wife and daughter to Shibuya to see the “Blue Cave” situated near the station. The lighti […]

12 years is certainly a long time and one may say even more pronounced when we are talking about returning home. The last time I set foot in Australia it was 2003 in the middle of winter. I was welcomed by the inexorable flu that had me bedridden for a stretch and when I’d finally recovered I enjoyed damp and miserable weather with chilly evenings and […]