The Rampant Discourse staff have made several valiant attempts at sustaining an exercise regimine. None of them stuck around. Paul’s Xbox Fitness Challenge in 2016 had a single update at the two month mark before the service itself was killed by Microsoft. Paul’s P90x3 Challenge in 2017 had a single update at the one month mark before ending in disappointment (and hope). Paul’s 21 Day Fix Challenge in 2018 had…
Welcome to the recap of my Goodreads reading challenge results for 2020. Of course, the year did not turn out how any of us predicted. The Covid-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc. We said goodbye to a lot of people, including one of my favorite musicians. A lot of bad things happened during 2020. But some good things managed to slip in as well. Maybe you revisited some favorite video…
It’s been 100 days since opening our family’s Nintendo Switch on Christmas 2020. In that time we’ve played over 25 games. That’s quite the uptick from my previous seven years when I was mostly absent from video gaming. In this article, I’ll give you my quick thoughts on each of those games. These are more personal reactions than full reviews, but it should give you a good view of my…
Sunday April 5, 2021 marked my family owning a Nintendo Switch for 100 days. Pretty soon we’ll be inundated with articles about Joe Biden’s first 100 days as president. So I figured I’d offer my thoughts on the first 100 days of owning my Nintendo Switch. Owning a Nintendo Switch has been momentous for me because it was the first video game console I have owned since the Xbox 360….
Alexi Laiho was the frontman and lead guitarist for the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. His nickname was “Wild Child,” a moniker he wasn’t quite ready to outgrow. On January 4, 2021, it was announced he passed away the previous week. The world of heavy metal is mourning the loss of such a virtuoso. Also, that’s a final nail in the coffin of the year 2020. Alexi was only…
Welcome to the recap of my Goodreads reading challenge results for 2020. Of course, the year did not turn out how any of us predicted. The Covid-19 pandemic obviously altered the course of the year. The protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd caused us all to examine our own biases (and those we might support). The contention over the United States Presidential election exposed a huge rift in…
Tabletop gaming has a wide ranging community. From after school game clubs to greybeard war game clubs, from local game shops to international conventions. An enthusiast of the hobby has a wealth of web sites, YouTube channels, podcasts, and Discord channels to indulge any aspect of tabletop games. There should be somewhere to hang out for everyone in this grand hobby. My personal game community is very limited and personal….
Tabletop gaming, like most hobbies, started as gatherings, clubs, and stores but has transitioned to a large online community. There is a plethora of web sites, YouTube channels, and podcasts to satisfy any gamer. Today I wanted to go over some of the major online resources I use to stay on top of all things related to tabletop games. The Dice Tower The Dice Tower is one of the most…
Tabletop games are a unique combination of mechanics, components, and theme. The mechanics can range from the overly simplistic to the needlessly complicated. Components can be a simple deck of cards to a 20 pound box of miniatures, boards, cards, and dice. A game can have any theme imaginable, from science fiction to fantasy to super heroes to abstract with no theme at all. Most game players will naturally gravitate…
Images are a common tool when writing about board games to draw the reader in, convey important concepts or information, highlight key elements of the game, and generally accentuate your main content. Both within your article and on various social media platforms, a decent image speaks for itself, often only needing brief context in form of captions. As such, this Challenge is about brevity – honing your ability to keep…