Last year’s look ahead post was structured by – Game Time What To Play? What Else? Other than Gen Con? I’m going to use a similar structure to this for simplicity other than of course there will be no Gen Con in 2015 for me (Yes +Greg Barr I mean it!)....
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2014 has been full of highs in relation to my hobby and how I explore it. There are some low points but those are heavily out weighted by the high points. My continuing attendance at DWARF is a high point albeit there were times when that attendance was infrequent. In...
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So I was contacted recently by the Aberdeen Press & Journal about them wanting to run a feature on the local scene for games like Dungeons & Dragons in their paper. I’ll let you digest that for a minute… So I’ve previously reflected on media coverage of the hobby and...
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So way back when I started this blog I kicked it off with a post called “I’m Dave and I’m a Roleplayer” and I proceeded to talk about the rediscovery of what I wanted my hobby to be. Since then I’ve managed to rediscover my hobby and I’ve achieved some...
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So movies have the Oscars and the BAFTAs if you’re in the UK.Music has the Grammys, Mercury Music Award and other awards.Tabletop games have plenty of awards, not least of which is the Spiel des Jahres. Over at East Neuk Tabletop Games we’re not to be outdone by industry awards with...
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One Giant Leap For Meeple-kind? Not quite. I realise I’ve slipped into another “no update” zone with the blog which I can only apologise profusely for. Other than work, family and of course gaming I’ve not really had any real time to spend on the blog. So a quick update...
Continue reading...So I’m going to a craft beer festival – Cambolicious – on Saturday 8th November and I’m taking games with me to play with people I know and hopefully introduce some games to complete strangers. Given it’s a beer festival and the focus is on the beer I’m not looking...
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So I’ve finally got round to running a game of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Specifically I’ve started running Lost Mine of Phandelver. This is the scenario that comes with the Starter Set and I’ve chosen it for a number of reasons. None of the players have played it. It’s...
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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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I’ve completely lost track of this hence why I’ve not done an updated post on the value assessment of my hobby. Plus as I said in my last post there are some games which on the value scale just haven’t earned their position to stay in my collection. So there’s...
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