So as I’ve referenced in a few previous posts I have an interest in Magic: The Gathering but that interest only extends to casual play which seems to be counter intuitive when you’re talking about a collectable card game… I’m almost the perennial “starting out” player when it comes to...
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A Touch Of Class
When you’re creating a character for any RPG you tend to come into that process with a bit of a plan. I think the majority of games tend to you lead you down the path of choosing a class, archetype, career or other type of character label. For ease throughout...
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- 21/10/2013
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And so it begins…
I referred in my visit to Leisure Games in London that the advice given to a customer wasn’t handled as I would have like it. I’ve been thinking it over since that visit, reviewing the advice given and de-personalising it from the individuals involved and I think I understand a...
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- 20/10/2013
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- safe option settings the hobby
October / November and beyond “ish”
So we’re now over mid-way into October and having sustained my attendance at my Friday night gaming club for a number of consecutive weeks I am going to up my commitment a bit. If I work on the basis that I can attend every Friday then I want to ramp...
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- 19/10/2013
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- commitment my hobby
Conventioneering
Conventioneering isn’t a real word but it probably should be! I’ve blogged about my plans to go to GenCon Indy in 2014 and I’ve blogged about previous GenCon UK attendances. I also posted about what I believe a Convention organiser wants. In that same post I also said “I know...
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- 18/10/2013
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- community convention my hobby
Growing the Dice Pool
So a few weeks ago I wrote up my post on Clubs, Societies and Community. My comrade in gaming goodness +Morgan Davie and I have a similar thought process about how gaming is made good in a club environment. To explore that a bit further I thought I’d pick on some of...
Continue reading...Price vs Choice
In case you haven’t gathered from previous posts I’m a pretty big proponent of FLGS’ and RRP pricing for products. This isn’t just for tabletop games, this is in general. Why?Well I’m keen to support brick & mortar retailers, even “big box” retailers who in some respects get a bad...
Continue reading...Spoiling the Ambassador
After I’d made my post on Tabletop Ambassadors I got to thinking about when that pro-hobby stance can go too far in 1 direction almost becoming a Zealot about the hobby or more specifically a particular part of the hobby. When does the Tabletop Ambassador go too far and tip...
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- 15/10/2013
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- community my hobby principles
London Games
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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- 14/10/2013
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- flgs kids my hobby objectives
Dice Bags or lack thereof.
The hobby has a lot of accessories as I’ve posted about previously. Most of these are probably extras that you aren’t going to use or need in the main. The thing with this hobby though is that now and again you come across something that you didn’t know you needed...
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