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Welcome to James Ernest’s Blog.
This journal page includes an assortment of convention recaps and travel videos, with information about new games in progress.
If you’d like to see where James Ernest is headed next, jump over to the Schedule page.
If you’d like to read and watch more serious design-related stuff, jump over to the Lecture Hall.
If you’re interested in his graphic design portfolio (and who wouldn’t be?) check out the Gallery.
And if you’re interested in short works of fiction, please visit the Library.
Travel Videos
Here is an assortment of James Ernest’'s entertaining travel and leisure videos, also available on his YouTube channel.
Holiday Gifts: James Ernest unboxes a new puzzle, Winter 2025.
James Ernest and friends visit the Las Vegas Renfaire, October 2024
James and Nora sai on the BGG Cruise, Summer 2019
James Ernest visits OrcaCon in Seattle, January 2025
James Ernest and family sail on the JoCo Cruise, March 2024
James Ernest visits Game Storm 2019 with memories of Cheapass Games.
James Ernest visits PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, December 2024
James Ernest travels to GameStorm for a busy weekend of gaming, in March 2024
James Ernest and friends visit Gen Con in Indianapolis, 2019
The Value of Smaller Cons
To paraphrase a popular meme, “Use the good china. Because just being alive is a special occasion.” Or to put it another way, no convention is too small. And here is the best example.
DunDraCon 2024
This weekend was DunDraCon, the President’s Day gaming convention in San Jose, where I spent three days working on new games in the Protospiel room with talented game designers from the Bay Area.