This has been a bizarre year in many respects and I’m not just talking gaming wise. I’ve changed job twice since the beginning of the year and that brought with it some challenges around my free time, particularly of late.I started this blog which when I set out to do...
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I’ve had no time to post but still gaming so thought I’d share some of the games I’ve played recently. Dread Curse – A pirate themed game where the players take on various roles on the pirate ship. Objective is to have the largest hoard of gold at the end...
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As I continue to prepare (save) for GenCon 2014 I have set up various alerts on the price of flights to Indianapolis. So far the price from Edinburgh is varying between £862 and £926 return with Glasgow being that little bit cheaper but a much longer drive to the airport...
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I posted a while back about there being a lack of “holiday guides” for gamers when travelling. Before anyone gets excited this is not where I announce my plans to launch a new blog with that sort of information… instead I’m going to reflect on my recent visit to London...
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So a month or so ago I posted about what I saw as my Hobby Objectives at that time. Let’s do a checkpoint – Sustainable and regular gaming. Big success here as I think I’ve managed to go to the games club every Friday for 4 weeks in a row...
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So when it comes to the weekend at Gen Con I suspect I will be starting to have Con fatigue so figure best to play it safer with the games I’m playing and keep it a bit more flexible to give me a chance to just browse and wander the...
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So what do you do for 4 days at a gaming convention? I actually don’t know seeing as I’ve not really gamed my way through a 4 day gaming convention.Wait a minute Dave, I thought you’d been to 3 of the UK iterations of Gen Con?Ah yes! That’s a very...
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Getting to GenCon 2014 When do you need to buy your ticket? GenCon tickets go on sale in January, normally around noon on the last Sunday of the month so that’d be the 26th for 2014. Timezone wise Indianapolis is (currently with daylight savings etc) 5 hours behind the UK.Your...
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So as I said in my post on GenCon 2014, my intention is to experience the “best 4 days in gaming” next year. So what do you need to consider when planning such a trip? How long do you go for? Well to experience it properly surely you need to...
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As part of my rediscovery of my hobby and in relation to one of my objectives that I’d posted previously one of the things I want to do is introduce my daughter to tabletop games. She’s about to turn 7 as I write this and tabletop games are nothing new...
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