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: All of this migration work has inspired me to try and salvage as much of my 2007-2011 writing as I can! The photos are long-gone, but I want to get …
: A few weeks back, Katt and I took our first trip on Cape Air from Lebanon, NH to Boston, MA. They’re a small, regional carrier with a fleet of Cessna …
: We’ve finished migrating from Ghost over to micro.blog!
: Time to prep for a migration from Ghost to micro.blog! It’ll be nice to start doing some writing about games, radio, and DIY electronics again.
: Celebrating the small things Sometimes, it's nice to finish a game in an afternoon or a weekend! With so many games moving to a "games as a service model" or touting 60+ hour …
: Stories-Bones-Tell After we wrapped up our Invisible Sun campaign in October 2019, the Irregulars took a short break from our regular tabletop schedule. I'm happy to say …
: Adventures under the Indigo Sun The Irregulars have played a number of pencil-and-paper games over the years, including a four year 5th Edition D&D campaign, Traveler, FATE Core, …
: Somewhere Over the Rainbow... Goblin Image shamelessly taken from Diablo Fans Wiki So I've been spending a lot of time playing Diablo 3 hunting for the elusive cosmic wings. Since I …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: Finding happiness in text For Miranda and Katrina, who helped me discover my love of tales. May the Minotaur live forever in our hearts. You could be forgiven for not knowing …
: Concept Art From the esteemed Paige Martin, we've got a few concepts for the new Irondale Irregulars logo!
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: 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, …
: 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 …
: 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, …
: About the Irregulars The Irondale Irregulars are a group of friends originally from the Northeastern United States. We've been playing games together since 2000, despite …
: 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 …