Ah, the outside world.... it's been a while.
No, seriously, one of the ways I've been able to review it, is that I've been involved with several RPG groups, two of which have completely different people in them and use different ideas and methods. This has given me a chance to playtest anything from Slavelords of Cydnonia and Black Company, to Mutants & Masterminds and HARP.
What's also interesting though, is that I've been slowly expanding so that I've been reviewing miniatures and card games. Just finished Bell Bottomed Badasses on the Mean Streets of Funk (think I got that right), and I can easily see how Munkchin and other card games are Steve Jackson Games bread and butter. That's some fun stuff in those cards. Minimum set up, one time cost, no 'min-maxing' (well, outside of some clever combos), and generally, the cards are usuable with other sets. Good deal!
Married? Nope, but I've got a SO whose also a bit of an artist/poet (although she doesn't like RPGs... too many nerds or geeks or something) so she's pretty cool with the whole reviewing bit.
