In my previous post I talked about 2 RPGs that sit on my shelves remaining unplayed. In this post I talk about 2 Board Games that unfortunately suffer from the same lack of love and attention. Zombies!!!! by Twilight Creations Inc. and available from your local game store.I have actually played...
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RPGs I’ve bought but never played.
My recent post about what I’d bought got me thinking about those games that you buy but never get round to playing. Now this could be an impulse purchase or it could be a nostalgia purchase or it could be simply down to the game looks cool and you just...
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- 22/08/2013
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- my hobby the unloved
First Session : D&D Next
So we went through Character Creation, sorted out equipment etc and dove straight into a pre-written scenario that I had where all I had to do was pull some monster stats out of the Bestiary. We were using the most recent packet for the Beta of D&D Next (2nd August...
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- 21/08/2013
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- D&D game report my hobby
Hobby Objectives
To progress my journey through the 2nd Chapter I’ve been thinking about some objectives I’d like to achieve in my hobby. Sustainable and regular gaming. At the moment I’m averaging twice a month and want to increase this to three times a month if not more. I think more is...
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- 20/08/2013
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- my hobby objectives
Gaming Accessories
The thing about tabletop games is that it’s not just about the games themselves. It doesn’t matter which format you play there will always be accessories that you can buy to improve, complement and protect your games. For Roleplaying Games the perennial accessory is more dice. You can never have...
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TableTop. That’s the You Tube show hosted by Wil Wheaton. You have heard of it right? No?Ok. Go here – TableTop Playlist – and watch a few of the videos and then come back. Back? Cool. Now where were we? Ah I remember now. There’s been a real growth in...
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- 18/08/2013
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- the hobby the in thing
Gamer bias / snobbery
A lot of the things that divide the tabletop gaming community frustrate me. This division is something that acts against the promotion of the positive image of the hobby as a whole especially when the hobby and the community are more diverse than they’ve ever been. What do I mean?...
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Throughout time as a gamer I’ve experienced a lot over negativity aimed at the hobby and the community around it. Most of that is due to the continued stereotyping of geeks as the overweight, socially-challenged male sitting in a basement with friends of a similar ilk playing games. One of...
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So this is about Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, Community Funded and no doubt there’s a whole host of other crowd funding websites out there. With the recent controversy over the highly successful funding but failure to deliver of The Doom That Came To Atlantic City on Kickstarter I felt it appropriate to post on what I...
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- 15/08/2013
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- the hobby the in thing
Winning isn’t everything. Fun is.
So in my gaming principle post “Is everyone having fun? Including you?” I touched very briefly on the competitive side of the hobby. That sparked a conversation with a friend – Just how important is winning? The thing is that all formats of tabletop games tend to involve “winning” and...
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- 14/08/2013
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- my hobby principles the hobby winning