invisible-sun Stepping in to The Actuality The Irregulars haven't played a long-term tabletop game since ending our multi-year Dungeons and Dragons campaign in 2011. Last Sunday, we embarked on a new adventure set in Monte Cook's Invisible Sun. It's
electronics The Summer of Making Ever since I soldered my first electronics kit (an Adafruit MintyBoost) together two years ago, I've been dedicating time to making something every week. This summer was a busy one, and I thought
reviews Alienware 13 R3 Impressions Breaking with a long tradition of building my own desktops, I recently took the plunge and decided to switch to a mobile setup: an Alienware 13 R3 and Graphics Amplifier. Today is all
nintendo Nintendo Switch Review Before we dive in, let me set the stage! I have my parents and Nintendo to thank for introducing me to video games, starting with a Christmas gift of an original Game Boy
stories Seeking the Name Spoilers abound for Fallen London's "Seeking the Name of Mr. Eaten" - feel free to skip this one if you're working on it! Thirty years ago, London was stolen. Now it
stories The LAN lives on I recently had the opportunity to attend a small LAN party that one of my co-workers puts on twice a year. If I'm dating myself: back before the days of ubiquitous internet and
stories For love of the sandbox, part one One of my favorite things about playing games is that they give us a wonderful way to create our own stories. While you can get good anecdotes out of just about any game,
electronics Building the Solder : Time Desk Clock I've been having a great time assembling some of the kits from Spikenzie Labs over the past few weeks. Yesterday, I wrapped up one of the more soldering-intensive projects that I've done --
mud Finding happiness in text For Miranda and Tristy, who helped me discover my love of tales. May the Minotaur live forever in our hearts. You could be forgiven for not knowing what a MUD is in 2016.
logo Concept Art From the esteemed Paige Martin, we've got a few concepts for the new Irondale Irregulars logo!
electronics Building your own calculator I've been slowly teaching myself to solder and build simple electronics for about two years now. I especially like kit projects -- they're fun to make, give me a chance to hone my
snes Taking the Super Nintendo in to the modern era The Super Nintendo is my favorite video game console of all-time. Great games, durable cartridges, and comfy analog controllers made for a delightful experience. Unfortunately, the SNES came out in August 1991 -
impressions Pocket C.H.I.P. Impressions Next Thing Co.'s C.H.I.P. is positioned as cheap ($9) competitor to the wildly successful Raspberry Pi, featuring a 1GHz ARMv7 processor, 512MB of RAM, and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth built-in. I
stories Origin Stories, Part II This is part two of the Irregulars' Origin Stories project, where we tell short stories and anecdotes about our early days in gaming. In this installment, we continue with some more adventures involving
impressions Vast: The Crystal Caverns Impressions Fresh from Kickstarter, we've got a copy of Vast: The Crystal Caverns! Play as the classic, daring Knight, the chaotic Goblin horde, the colossal, greedy Dragon, the scurrilous Thief, or even the Cave
broken-token Cardboard Organizer Not all board games are guilty of doing a shoddy job with box inserts. Just look at Black Fleet's! On the other end of the spectrum, this is what ends up happening with
stories Origin Stories Everyone's got a story to tell. Here at the Irregulars, we love telling stories - it's the reason we play games together in the first place. Today, I'm going to tell you bunch
tutorials Constructing an AIS Receiver with a Raspberry Pi 3 Special thanks to Wegmatt LLC. for producing the dAISy AIS receiver, Stripydog (the makers of kplex), Matt Brown at m/v C:\ESC, Terry, and Freek Van Koolbergen for your documentation, tutorials, and