Boardgame Babylon Officially Closed for January

I guess I should have posted a note in this space before but with the nice inquiries I've had about where the heck I am, I'm finally getting around to it.

Well, folks, it's like this. The holidays. You know – they happen. And despite having plans to record and release two shows during the nearly two weeks I took off for the holiday season, I ended up recording nothing. I made notes and even played some games. But, nothing happened in the way of a podcast. I was, as Paul McCartney once put it in one of the most annoying Xmas songs ever written, "simply having a wonderful Christmastime".

Anyway, right after that, I was planning for the trip that I am currently on – a two-week trek to India, Singapore and Malaysia on business. The first two weeks of the month were taken up in doing my regular job and also preparing to make the voyage – including suddenly getting a passport (the old one had expired), shots for things I thought had been cured all over a long time ago, travel visas, and all the things you need to prepare for a trip like this one.

The trip has been amazing from a professional perspective (and I did make it up to the Taj Mahal, although it was a harrowing journey) but other than a couple of solo games of Al Cabohne (the only game I brought) and one Spiel By Web game of Hacienda that I am playing with some buddies, there hasn’t been any gaming going on. However, I’ve already recorded one podcast (in the airport in Singapore on a long layover – it was the only thing that would keep me awake and hopefully it won't put you to sleep) about some games I played in the week leading up to my departure. I’m hoping I have a chance to edit it in my tiny bits of spare time on flights while waiting for flights. Today is the only day in this seven-day stretch when I don’t have at least one flight. I think I’m actually getting used to airplane food. Weird.

So, with any luck, there will be at least one new show posted when I return and then, in February, it should be a bumper crop. Remember, next month is Strategicon's Orccon 2007 here in Los Angeles. Not only will the show be hosting Guest of Honor, Reiner Knizia, but some other VIPs are showing up, too, and I’m hoping to not only catch some interviews but also record everything I can about the proceedings with our VIPs for broadcast on the show. So, you can look for plenty of new content in this space come February.

But for now, we'll stay quiet here on Boardgame Babylon and I’ll just ask for your positive wishes for a safe trip through the rest of the week (and way too many flights to too many places) and back home at its end.