GrandCon is always a pleasure to attend. It is a board games convention in Grand Rapids, MI and I’ve been involved since the first year when I ran games and volunteered at the event. Since the second year Nerd Chapel has been a presence at this con. The table is a place for people to …
The last few weekends were busy for Nerd Chapel! We had three cons in a row and three very different experiences. Kogan Con First was KoganCon. This is a small 1 day anime con in Grand Haven, MI. This was the second year for it and Nerd Chapel was happy to be the tabletop room …
Lately I have been watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. I have seen many/most episodes of it, but had not fully watched it all the way through so I claimed the power of Netflix to do so. Today I finally saw an important episode. I have heard many fans quoting it before and it always …
Guest post By Scott Bayles, founder and leader of Costumers for Christ. As I gear up for the re-release of Avenger’s Endgame (and my third time seeing the movie), I’ve had time to reflect on what I liked and disliked about it. Let’s be honest, there wasn’t much to dislike. I love so much of …
Today I went for my second viewing of Godzilla:King of Monsters. It was very much worth supporting such a great film. I know some critics have complained, but I thoroughly enjoyed both viewings. I found the main characters interesting and the monsters scary but also fun. There were many call backs to classic Godzilla films. …
Jafax 2019 was a great time. For the first time I had a booth there and I partnered with Paul Nowak, author of The Way of the Christian Samurai, and Bex from the Redeemed Otaku podcast. Normally I just get author tables but since there was three of us to share the cost we wanted …
Greetings Warriors and Scholars! The Spring cons have started this year off well. I have tabled around Michigan, cooperated with Costumers for Christ in Chicago, and attended Star Wars Celebration as a fan. March 23 Nathan and I debuted our new book at MuskeCon. The event went very well for us with 14 copies of …
Yesterday I watched a few episodes of the new Ultraman anime on Netflix. Ultraman was originally a kaiju-show in Japan featuring suit-actors in the same vain as Godzilla. I saw a few episodes of the original years ago after a friend gave me a DVD so this piqued my interest. In this new anime it …
Tonight I sat down with my dinner and turned on Tom and Jerry. I was just looking for something for while I ate and this was great. This episode from 1962, entitled Landing Stripling, has them fight after Tom goes after a bird who landed on him. They go into many of the usual antics …
I can tell you a lot about board games…but some, such as Star Wars Miniatures or Settlers of Catan or Heroscape, I can tell you more than others. Because I have played them again and again. Others I can tell you a little bit because I have researched them…but I have not experienced them. Have …