With the last Tabletop Scotland event being held in 2019 I had a feeling of apprehension coming into this year’s event. Not about attendance levels. Our pre-sales had blown the doors off 2019’s pre-sales. Not about whether people would have fun. Put gamers in front of games and that’s largely...
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Days and Weeks
This time next week I’ll be at Gen Con. Fly out on the morning of Tuesday 2nd August and then get home again on the 9th. Plus it’s less just over 4 weeks to Tabletop Scotland 2022. As I said in my previous post, I’m more than a little bit...
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- 27/07/2022
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The Oxford Articles – A Call of Cthulhu adventure.
As per a previous post I signed up to take part in the Storytelling Collective‘s RPG adventure writing workshop during July, this time opting to write for Call of Cthulhu after previously writing a DMsGuild module – Unsettled Ground. I wanted to capture some of the thinking that went into The...
Continue reading...UK Games Expo 2016 – Summary Thoughts
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...Winning isn’t everything. Fun is.
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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- 14/08/2013
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