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Real Talk: Is it Time to Separate Your Business Account From Your Personal Account?
Variant Liz lets us know when it makes sense to consider separating our personal and business banking accounts.
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International Cat Day
Celebrate the Felines of the World! Here at Variant Ventures headquarters, we are all about sharing life with our familiars. As the queen of Castle
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Who is Team Pixel Damage?
Good morning, Variants! Today I would like to spotlight one of our charity partners: Team Pixel Damage! If you have watched Variant J stream, you
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Child’s Play: Kingdomino
Variant Liz reviews Kingdomino in her Child’s Play Series. Is this game well suited to a four or seven year old child?
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National Dice Day – December 4th
Happy National Dice Day, Variants! Though many games and gambles over several millennia have featured dice of varying sides, reportedly even deciding the fate of
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Review: Strongholds and Followers
Variant Rory reviews ‘Strongholds and Followers’ from Matt Colville (MCDM).
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Machi Koro: Game Review
Variant Berry reviews Machi Koro, a city planning game by developer Pandasaurus!
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Part 2 – How to Create and Play as Characters Outside of Standard Races
Welcome back to my mini-series on “non-playable” character creation! In the previous post, we discussed the basics of looking to make a “non-playable” character playable
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