About

A while ago I realized that I needed more practise at writing. A few technical emails per day at work doesn’t really cut it. I figured it might be fun to write about some of the games I’ve been playing recently, and it might even come in handy when recommending games to friends. (Update Feb 2026: We've had three wonderful kids since then, so not a lot of time for board games, but maybe that will change soon!)

Most of the inspiration came from Playtest, a (sadly now defunct) blog that I’ve been following for a long time and also where I learnt about three of my favourite games -- Love Letter, Morels and Agricola. I’ll write my own reviews of those three (and more!) sometime soon.

I also love sailing -- racing, crusing, working on boats, everthing -- so I might talk about that a bit. Sydney is a perfect city for enjoying sailing. A huge inspiration here is my friend Alan’s blog, Arriba, about his boat of the same name. I’ve been lucky enough to go sailing on Arriba a couple of times [1] [2].

About 10 years ago I started getting into digital fabrication (particularly CNC milling and laser cutting). I've had a long professional and personal interest in electronics, microcontrollers and FPGAs and have been a contributor to the MicroPython project for many years. I'm hoping to use this blog as a way to chronicle projects (and also write down stuff that I learn). I have some plans to do combined sailing+electronics and games+electronics projects too! I run a small makerspace and community creative space in Annandale called the Taylor Street Creative Space.

Even though it’s mostly me writing for no particular audience, if you’ve made it this far through the intro then I hope you find something interesting here.