I HAVE IT! -ahem- I have it in PDF that is as the printed version isn’t out til June but I decided to be spontaneous and make sure I have it sooner than later by pre-ordering it via Leisure Games in London. So why do I have the PDF now?...
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First there was an ORC then a DWARF. Now there’s an ENT.
Ok so that post title needs an explanation… When I moved from Glasgow to the East Neuk of Fife I had a bit of a purge of my gaming collection with the expectation that if I was to get back into gaming I was start anew. The first breakthrough I...
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- 07/04/2014
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March Madness – Non-D&D OSR Blog Challenge (Part 3 of 3)
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...
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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...March Madness – Non-D&D OSR Blog Challenge (Part 1 of 3)
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 Late Entry – D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge (Part 2)
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....
Continue reading...A Late Entry – D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge (Part 1)
So I totally missed this (and the follow up which will be subsequent posts!). The D&D 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge was (from what I can see) set up by Stelios V. Perdious who is the author of the d20 Dark Ages blog. The intent of this challenge was to...
Continue reading...GenCon 2014 – The Detail (So far!)
I had planned to do these as different posts but in the interest of actually making a post alongside the interest of there being other things I want to blog I’m going to condense all of this together. More after this break!1) The booking experience.Gen Con Tickets – that was...
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- 14/03/2014
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GenCon 2014 – The planning.
So as I said in my Tumbleweed post – tickets, accommodation and travel for Gen Con Indy are all booked. What I plan to do in the next few posts (which might not be consecutive) is cover off some of the planning I’ve done and will be doing in the...
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- 23/02/2014
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Alpha Strike After Thoughts
So on Friday 10th January I played Alpha Strike for the first time. Tonight I expect to play it for the second time. What worked? I bought it on the premise of it being a simplified and distilled rule set that enabled me to play Battletech on a Friday night....
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- 21/02/2014
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