Games February 2026

February 28, 2026 9:35 am

Played Everdell Farshore at a board-game meetup. It’s a standalone game in the Everdell world. Same base mechanics but several aspects simplified for faster play and easier learning for new players. Rather than set in a forest it’s set in a south-Pacific archipelago. So if that environment is more your thing than the woods you might prefer it overall. I won.

Played through quests 3 and 4 of Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall with my group. We were victorious on both counts. Now headed into Din’Lux to explore the big city.

Books February 2026

9:29 am

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

This is a wide-ranging treatise on the advancement of knowledge. One of the author’s premises is that advancement relies on recognizing that reality is understandable. It wasn’t until the Enlightenment that this concept really took hold resulting in the continual growth of knowledge and technology we live in now.

It also requires the mindset that problems are soluble. Without that mindset no one would bother trying to improve things.

Very dense reading.

Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski

Book 8 in the overall Witcher series taking place before the events that involve Ciri.

A return to form of telling the tales of Geralt as he travels the world and vanquishes monsters.