Flights – Booked Accommodation – Booked Tickets – Booked So pretty much sorted then? Logistics wise yeah largely there. What comes next is figuring out what I’ll be doing when there. Events wise there’s a LOT to choose from. Event booking goes live on Sunday 17th May and based on...
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I skipped the whole of 2018 and 2019 from this blog and I feel kinda bad about that. Not hugely bad because both years were excellent in hobby terms but still kinda bad as I had plans for this thing. So how do I summarise the last 2 years in...
Continue reading...So as ever I’ve not posted here for some time. Why now? Well this remains my primary “brain dump” source for what’s going through my head hobby wise. I do brain dumps less and less these days because I have a number of other channels in which to do that...
Continue reading...So I probably should have posted about this a long time ago but other things took priority. This Saturday (14th October) I am running a RPG at #RPGLiveUK which is a RPG mini-con being held in The Dice Cup in Nottingham. There are 4 games currently on offer and tickets...
Continue reading...So I think I’ve been saying this for years and it was about time I actually did something about it… But to know which events I should attend I need to know which events exist so that I can attend them, right? Otherwise it’s a bit of flat objective isn’t...
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As part of my revised hobby objectives I set out to be more involved in the hobby at large and to organise events. Roll Against Cancer does both of these. I’ve been involved in charity events in the past, mostly during the 1st Chapter but also through events at DWARF...
Continue reading...So the seminar was billed as – “How are games used to teach and learn? Games Jams, boardgames sessions and design are increasingly used in universities around the UK to help the next generation of games developers explore gaming. Come and find out how games help us learn, what academics...
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Summary I had fun, met some great people, played some great games, bought some games, drank beer (some good, some not) and all in all had a great time. Highlights Travel there and back went smoothly. No real delays and we made good time despite some crazy drivers on the...
Continue reading...So Thursday sees the return of UK Games Expo which this year is bigger than ever and is celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary. Those who’ve been with the blog for some time may recall that I went last year (see here, here, here, here and ultimately here for info) and thoroughly...
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I received some (well deserved) abuse during my visit to UK Games Expo 2015 as every so often I compared what UK Games Expo had to offer versus what Gen Con 2014 had. Now to be fair to me (!) I wasn’t doing it to downplay what UK Games Expo...
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