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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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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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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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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So in the run up to my birthday I worked out what I was going to buy here’s that list. Plus some extras… Star Wars : Edge Of The Empire RPG + GM Kit + 2 sets of diceObviously this was on the list and had been sitting in the game store...
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This principle is about trusting yourself and not listening to the opinions of others to the exclusion of other information. Pretty deep for a gaming blog huh? I’d say I’m fairly opinionated about gaming, in some respects that’s a given with my starting a blog about it. Alongside that though...
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I believe that change is something that is good for the hobby and has been necessary to in keeping me interested in my hobby. So what do I mean by change? New rules, new versions of games, new expansions for games, new players of games, different players in the play...
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*Note this is written from the perspective of someone (Me!) who prefers GM based games as opposed to RPGs where the GM role is more fluid or indeed non-existent.* So, you’re going to be the GM. It might only be a one-shot game or it might a multi-year spanning campaign...
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The title says it all really. Tabletop Games are just games that are played on a tabletop. Games are an activity providing entertainment or amusement and as such should be fun. So how does this turn into a principle rather than just happening by default? Well… Not all games are...
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When my gaming was going through a drought I still bought games and expansions and scenarios and magazines (when such things existed) and and and… A lot of this was down to me trying to keep my toe-in as it were. Keep in the loop of what was happening in...
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