So there were a few things I was looking for when at Gen Con that I didn’t buy largely because I actually didn’t find precisely what I wanted. Amongst that list was something I only realised I wanted after playing in the Atomic Robo. Mike was using what is called...
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Atomic Robo RPG At Gen Con!
So as you may have gathered from previous posts I’m a bit of an Atomic Robo fanboy. Perhaps you can imagine my fanboyness reaching exponential levels when +Liz Mackie and I played in a game of Atomic Robo run by +Mike Olson who only went and wrote the game! Ok so I think I...
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- 23/08/2014
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Gen Con – My (Maybe) Buy List (Maybe)
This is really just a long list of STUFF that I’ve perused on a variety of websites listing what’s coming out at Gen Con. Some of this will actually be bought and some of this will simply be looked at and drooling will commence. I’m going to fail to stick...
Continue reading...Frankenstein’s Bodies – A Demo At Conpulsion
The gaming highlight of Conpulsion for me was taking part in the “Kickstarter Launch” demo of Frankenstein’s Bodies. Ok so it was also the only game I actually played but it was still the gaming highlight! After all if I hadn’t enjoyed it then it wouldn’t have been a highlight,...
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- 30/04/2014
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The first East Neuk Tabletop Games session.
I should have done this post on April the 13th itself but unfortunately it’s taken til now for me to get around to it! So on Sunday April the 13th, Alan (+donjondo) and I hosted the first of hopefully many events under the banner of East Neuk Tabletop Games. So how...
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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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- 27/04/2014
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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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Tabletop Day 2014 @ DWARF in Dunfermline
So this Saturday is Tabletop Day. If you’re not sure where to go and take part in one of the many thousands of events to celebrate our hobby then go to the Tabletop Day website and find out where your nearest one is. If that happens to be Dunfermline in...
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- 02/04/2014
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Introducing A New Player or Players
As with the last post on introducing a new game to the gaming group there’s also the prospect of introducing a new gamer to the gaming table. As ever there are things that you should and shouldn’t do. New Player – Established “Static” GroupShould do – If this is a...
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- 25/09/2013
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Introducing A New Game
Introducing a new game into a group something that I’ve done a fair amount over the years, after all I do like to buy games so unless I’m happy for them to sit on the shelves unplayed I am going to introduce them eventually. Is there a set way to...
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- 24/09/2013
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