It could be COVID with mild or extreme symptoms. It could be the flu... with or without fevers. It might be just a common cold with sniffles and coughs. Perhaps it's that  explosive diarrhea  that's been going around. Walking pneumonia keeping you from walking? Gallbladder attack in your back? Food poisoning? Hand cut off by box-making machinery ? And then the hand started crawling around and tried to strangle everybody? Any popped eyeballs? Whooping cough? Chicken pox? Mumps? Measles? Cholera? Scarlet fever? Typhoid fever? Disco fever? Dysentery? Maybe it's just preparation for a medical procedure. Whatever it is, there's no doubt about it, no getting around it, no deal you can make with the Devil... you're sick . Should you be gaming when you’re ill? (Even if you have a license to ill ?) Gaming is always an amazing escape from what ails you, but illness can prevent you from doing what you love and enjoy. In this post Never Say Dice will discuss the Dos and Don’ts ...

"No." We all grow up hearing that word a ton. No, don’t put that power cord in your mouth. No, don’t stick your finger in that socket. No, don’t touch the dice. No, you can’t go outside right now. No, you can’t play games right now. No, no, No, NO, NO! No is no. No is always no. If they say no, it means a thousand times no. Wait, I can’t play games right now?! But I’m (legally) an adult now! When you first become a functioning adult, you can start making the choice to say "yes" to things like gaming when you want. Unfortunately, becoming an adult also brings a lot of burdens, as well, and parenthood only compounds those obligations (although the kids can sometimes be a great excuse to get out of things you actually don’t want to do... unlike gaming.)  Recently, I’ve had to say "no" to gaming multiple times, even though I really wanted to say "yes" to each opportunity. So this week, I’d like to talk a bit about saying "no"… to gaming. ...