Jackie Fox

@jackiefox.bsky.social

Designer of Rock Hard: 1977 board game. 4-time Jeopardy! champion. Former bassist of The Runaways. Cat owned and operated.

For 50+ years I've been wishing I had photos from the night in 1975 when my friends and I dressed up as Kiss and jammed. And now it turns out that a precious few exist. Thank you to Jeff Stephens, who kept a few of them, and to Scott Newell and the late John Papadakis, who are with in this photo!

four teenagers wearing Kiss makeup, lying on the floor with their heads together.

CAT OWNERS-PLEASE READ My cat, Peanut, has taken to drowning her toys. This morning I took a red pom pom out of her toy box. Tonight this is what her water dish looked like. From now on, I will either give her natural toys or check each toy for colorfastness before I let her put it into her mouth.

Clear bowl of magenta-colored water in which a red pom pom cat toy is floating.

My fellow board game designers will be pleased to know that according to Zip Recruiter the average salary for a board gamer designer is almost $150,000/year and the best place to be one is Sitka, Alaska.