The Game of the Month series highlights one of the many games in our libraries at Ravenwood Castle and the Malted Meeple. We will briefly describe the game, how to play it, and why we like it. The Game of the Month is written by the Meeple’s Head Game Master – and former Ravenwood Innkeeper – Karington Hess. There is a major cat problem in your neighborhood: the cats are…
Last week we saddled our guests with an awesome responsibility, and asked you to choose where to send the intrepid detectives of the Ravenwood Detective Agency next season. In short, we asked you to Choose Your Own Adventure. You came up with quite a few suggestions. Some ideas were great. Some were good. Some were… well let’s just say interesting. When the dust of the competition settled, the results were…
As we wrap up another Murder Mystery season, we turn our attention to one of our favorite annual tasks – plotting a slew of amazing new murders for next season! We are joining our creative talents with those of the twisted minds at the Shadow Stalkers, the result is sure to be another great series of mysteries to challenge the Ravenwood Detective Agency. We have a great lineup of new…
We are thrilled to announce the fifth annual Con in the Castle, July 14th to 15th, 2017! Con in the Castle is our summer gaming convention, and includes three days of board games, role playing, and general gaming goodness, all – as you would expect – in a castle. Our Guest of Honor this year is Curt Covert, founder of Smirk & Dagger Games, creator of such great games as…
Treat your Dad to some Hocking Hills fun this Father’s Day! Enjoy some hiking, zip-lining, horseback riding, canoeing or other great Hocking Hills attractions, then bring Dad out to Ravenwood Castle for a good old fashioned barbecue dinner! The food will be catered by the Hocking Hills Dining Lodge, which will be bringing in a menu including: Pulled Pork Chicken Mac and Cheese Baked Beans Potato Salad Cole Slaw Brownies/Cookies Weather allowing, dinner…
The Game of the Month series highlights one of the many games in our libraries at Ravenwood Castle and the Malted Meeple. We will briefly describe the game, how to play it, and why we like it. The Game of the Month is written by the Meeple’s Head Game Master – and former Ravenwood Innkeeper – Karington Hess. Picture this: it’s the last few minutes of everyone’s favorite sci-fi TV…
We hold a lot of different types of events here at Ravenwood Castle. Some of my absolute favorite are our weekend long beer tastings. I’m pleased to announce the next in our series of Beer Tasting Weekends, to be held June 9th & 10th, 2017! Like all of our tastings, this is no ordinary beer tasting dinner. The event spans two full days of great food and even better beer, starring…
The Game of the Month series highlights one of the many games in our libraries at Ravenwood Castle and the Malted Meeple. We will briefly describe the game, how to play it, and why we like it. The Game of the Month is written by the Meeple’s Head Game Master – and former Ravenwood Innkeeper – Karington Hess. March’s Game of the Month, Element, comes from our friends at Rather Dashing Games….
This weekend over 50 gamers joined us at Ravenwood Castle for the fifth annual Hoop & Stick Convention. We enjoyed four days and three nights of great gaming, all for a wonderful cause – to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals! Donations for Hoop & Stick take several forms – ticket sales, a portion of room rentals, sales of custom badge holders (new this year!) and a silent auction….
This week’s article is a guest post from the Malted Meeple’s Head Game Master – and former Ravenwood Innkeeper – Karington Hess. Karington shares with us one of the monthly features from the Meeple’s blog, the Publisher’s Spotlight, in which the Meeple gives some extra attention to some our favorite board game publishers and designers. This month’s spotlight shines on Cryptozoic Entertainment, who in addition to being a great publisher is one…
