2014 has been full of highs in relation to my hobby and how I explore it. There are some low points but those are heavily out weighted by the high points. My continuing attendance at DWARF is a high point albeit there were times when that attendance was infrequent. In...
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One Giant Leap For Meeple-kind? Not quite. I realise I’ve slipped into another “no update” zone with the blog which I can only apologise profusely for. Other than work, family and of course gaming I’ve not really had any real time to spend on the blog. So a quick update...
Continue reading...It’s been a month since Gen Con and since then I’ve been really busy at work leading to my limited time to write here. I have however had some time to play games that I picked up at Gen Con including Dragon Slayer, Sentinel: Tactics, Abyss, Cash & Guns and...
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Going to something like Gen Con is not a small undertaking when you live in the UK. For me it involved travelling 3,765 miles (give or take a few miles) each way. All of that went fine. Flights etc were without problem, we had enough time in between connecting flights...
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So it started almost like part of my normal daily commute. In other words it started early. 5:30am departure to pick up Greg and then pick up Liz for us all to get into the airport for no later than 7:30am. Or at least that was the plan. As it...
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Wait, this isn’t a Gen Con post! Correct. I wanted to bring your attention to a social media gaming goodness experience of a lifetime. Ok maybe not. It’s this – I’m taking part via my Twitter feed which is then syndicated to my Facebook Page. The idea is the brain...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...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)....
Continue reading...A continuation from the previous post of what was supposed to be a Daily Posting challenge for February. Day 15: What was the first edition you didn’t enjoy. Why?AD&D 2nd Edition. Multiple reasons. I bought it when I wasn’t really gaming and tried to use it to reinvigorate my hobby....
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