Not that long ago I picked up a copy of Seasons. I picked it up on a whim really, I knew of it but only that there had been positive noises on the internet. Plus the box had the typical Asmodee approach of “lets use lots of colours to dazzle...
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As I said in my recent post about Game Time I attend a club on a Friday night to play games. In a conversation with a friend about the post we got onto the topic of me organising a club or something a bit more local to me to see...
Continue reading...So this is post number 51 on this blog. The 50 daily posts that precede this one cover various parts of my opinion on the hobby and some insight into my hobby of gaming. I started the blog for a number of reasons that I’ve touched on over those 50...
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I’m going to London in October for a week’s holiday with my family and it got me thinking about how there are travel guides for practically everything these days. That got me thinking. Why isn’t there a “gamers guide to <insert city>” out there? Not even a blog or series...
Continue reading...When making your choices about what games to buy there are usually a few routes in. Community : This could be a friend or someone you know at your local games club or indeed anyone who’s opinion you value.People play a variety of games and so your immediate community is...
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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?...
Continue reading...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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