This post has taken a wee bit longer than I had originally thought it would, in part because of “real life” but also I wanted to make sure I wasn’t just coming across as a moaner. No guarantees on that front though! Couple of scene settings comments before we leap...
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Frankenstein’s Bodies – A Demo At Conpulsion
The gaming highlight of Conpulsion for me was taking part in the “Kickstarter Launch” demo of Frankenstein’s Bodies. Ok so it was also the only game I actually played but it was still the gaming highlight! After all if I hadn’t enjoyed it then it wouldn’t have been a highlight,...
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- 30/04/2014
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Conpulsion 2014 – The positives.
Having just spent the weekend at Conpulsion 2014 in Edinburgh and having very mixed emotions and a wide range of thoughts I felt it best to compartmentalise those various elements and do a series of posts. This is the first of those posts. So, the positives. Actually before we dig into...
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- 29/04/2014
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The first East Neuk Tabletop Games session.
I should have done this post on April the 13th itself but unfortunately it’s taken til now for me to get around to it! So on Sunday April the 13th, Alan (+donjondo) and I hosted the first of hopefully many events under the banner of East Neuk Tabletop Games. So how...
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I HAVE IT! -ahem- I have it in PDF that is as the printed version isn’t out til June but I decided to be spontaneous and make sure I have it sooner than later by pre-ordering it via Leisure Games in London. So why do I have the PDF now?...
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- 27/04/2014
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First there was an ORC then a DWARF. Now there’s an ENT.
Ok so that post title needs an explanation… When I moved from Glasgow to the East Neuk of Fife I had a bit of a purge of my gaming collection with the expectation that if I was to get back into gaming I was start anew. The first breakthrough I...
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- 07/04/2014
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Tabletop Day 2014 @ DWARF in Dunfermline
So this Saturday is Tabletop Day. If you’re not sure where to go and take part in one of the many thousands of events to celebrate our hobby then go to the Tabletop Day website and find out where your nearest one is. If that happens to be Dunfermline in...
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- 02/04/2014
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March Madness – Non-D&D OSR Blog Challenge (Part 3 of 3)
Definitely cheating this time as I’m writing this before the end of March, at least I’m posting it on the 31st though! 21 What is the narrowest genre RPG you have ever played? How was it?I don’t think I’ve ever played an RPG that was so narrow in genre… Cold...
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Continuing the March Madness! 11 What post-apocalyptic RPG have you enjoyed most? Why?This is a tough one. I’m a fan of Gamma World but whilst I think it’s fun it wasn’t my favourite to read. I think ultimately I’d probably choose The End by Tyranny Games. Quite the controversial little...
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Continuing on from the D&D posts I’m now leaping into the non-D&D posts! This challenge stems from the blog Tomb of Tedankhamen and was supposed to be a March daily posting challenge. As with the February one I’m chunking this up into 3 posts of 10 (well 10, 10 and 11)....
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