ISO 8255-1:2017 specifies requirements for dimensional tolerances, thickness, and optical properties for microscope cover glasses.| The ANSI Blog
I got an award for Microscope, pretty unexpectedly. For the original Microscope from way back, not the new Microscope: Chronicle, which of course is not even finished yet. I think they were originally talking about having one category for games from past years (like Microscope) but then opened up th| ars ludi
Chronicle update! Well, a very small update. There are no rule changes, just two points I wanted to clarify. I put it all on a new page at the end of the doc, so if you read the rules before, you just have to look at that one page to get caught up. What’s clarified? […]| ars ludi
As I’ve been working on Microscope: Chronicle, I’ve been revisiting all the core principles of Microscope, taking the watch apart and re-examining each gear under a (don’t say microscope)… magnifying glass to see what could be improved. And now we have these codified Ground Table principles laying out the kind of games we want to […]| ars ludi
Hello, world. It's 2025 and we all need some joy. What could be better for what ails us than using our brains and being creative together with other humans? So I give you the new Microscope: Chronicle, ready to download and play right now. Take it, gather your people, and make some fun tog| ars ludi
Microscope, by Lame Mage Productions, is an amazing game. It gives you all of the tools to create your own epic history, outlining the epochs and describing the events within. If there is one complaint, it is that the game only accommodates a max of 4 people per game session. When I was running it […]|
I'm generally loathe to give any kind of a release date unless I'm certain I will hit it, but I can say with confidence that the public playtest of Microscope Chronicle will be out before the end of the month. It's a pinky-promise. I'm just doing the usual endless tidying up. Writing examples is| ars ludi
Microscope books are getting a production upgrade. Say hello to the new and stylish matte covers. It might not come across in the picture but it looks verrry nice in person. And yeah, this is totally cosmetic. It’s the exact same book, with the exact same cover, just with a different printing treatment. But I […]| ars ludi
A while back I was talking with Tom Kemp, designer of Dead Minutes, about a new game he's working on. We were discussing some possible rule changes, but bumped into a very familiar question: If you made this change to the rules, would that cool thing that happened in a previous playtest still hav| ars ludi
I’ve been working on getting the playtest release of Microscope Chronicle done. 2024 was full of distractions, but I’m mostly back on track. But I think I’m going to try something a little bit different this time. Normally I ask people to sign up to be playtesters, then I email them the rules. Only those […]| ars ludi
Common research methods to study the visual system in the laboratory include recording and monitoring neural activity in the presence of sensory stimuli, to help scientists study how neurons encode and respond, for example, to specific visual inputs. One of the biggest technical problems in the neural recording setups used in such experiments, is achieving […]| Arduino Blog
Discover the Foldscope, an accessible paper microscope transforming science education for students and educators. Learn more from Holly Stuart on the podcast.| Joyful Microbe