Origins is coming! Origins is coming!

posted on 06/20/08

I'm happy to say I'll be off to Columbus Ohio next week to run Engle Matrix Games at Origins Game Fair. I'm looking forward to hanging out with the Rogue Judges folks.

I will be running "The Hand of Moriarty", "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "Frankenstein", "Arkham Terror: Experimental Therapy" and "The Defence of Duffer's Drift: Encounters Matrix Game". The first three are beginners games and will be run in the morning. Akham Terror is an intermediate game and Duffer's Drift is an advanced game. They will be run in the afternoons. I'm certain it will be a fun time. If the gas prices are not too high and you are there, I hope you'll come by.

The Great Floods of 2008

posted on 06/20/08

A couple of weeks ago it rained, and then rained some more and then did it again, and again... And then the fash floods came. The Hamster Press workshop was flooded three times. Fortunately it didn't get too high and very little was lost. I was busy with a mop and bleach after each flood so nothing go ruined by mold. They say it was the worst flooding we've had here since 1913 (the year my grandmother was born). That may be so but I'm not taking my sandbags down any time soon!

Back from Marcon

posted on 05/27/08

Fun show. Got some good feedback on the new boxed games. It is amazing to me how much production qualities really do make games more fun to play. We did a game of "The Hand of Moriarty" in which I was able to confict my wife of murder. That's something you don't get to do every day. We married men may make our wives want to commit murder but we usually aren't around for the trial!

Now it's time to get on to Gen Con production. I'm excited!

We're off to Marcon in Columbus Ohio

posted on 05/22/08

I'll be at Marcon science fiction convention this weekend running games. I'm taking over Sherlock Holmes" The Fenian Murders, The Hand of Moriarty, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I'm looking forward to playing in my brother Ian's Torchwood game. I've been practicing a very bad Welsh accent. My Welsh ancestors would be justly appaulled...

Chris Engle

The puppets are coming!

posted on 05/22/08

Those who have been by our booth at Gen Con know we sell a good selection of puppets and stuffies. This means a whole lot of cute stuff. How does this connect to Matrix Games? Not at all... Terri likes puppets and hamsters so we sell them. ( They make great gifts for kids, spouses, friends, pet sitters, etc.) I like HP Lovecraft, Sherlock Holmes murder mysteries, and classic horror so we sell those as board games. It's a contest between to two of us over which will sell better. Help me out - buy a game!!!

Welcome to the new page!

posted on 02/14/08

Hamster Press/Klingel-Engle Puppets are proud to unveil our new web page. We will be appearing at Gen Con selling games, puppets and plush toys. We will also run games at Marcon, Origins and Gen Con.

Chris Engle Feb 2008