…I’m “playing” D&D TinyAdventures on Facebook. They’re a little like Progress Quest, although more interactive. Slightly. You create a character, choose an adventure to go on, see what happens and then go on another one an hour or so later. It’s very silly. You don’t do much, but I can see them becoming very, very addictive… Continue reading This is silly…
I’m currently in that awful state of having ordered a bunch of things, but now having to wait for them to actually arrive. There are the two books from Amazon that have been sent. There are the two ASL products from MMP that have been sent. There are the three wargames from Warchest that have been ordered. There are the wargame and M44 expansions from … Continue reading Waiting, waiting…
I’m archiving this here before gleemax goes down… it’s the interview mudbunny conducted with me a while ago when I was an active contributor to gleemax, and gleemax was a going concern. Mudbunny: Welcome to the latest of our series of Gleemax Interviews. I ammudbunny, your host, and my guest is the regular Gleemax contributor,MerricB. Merric: G’day! And, please, it’s Merric. I only use … Continue reading The Gleemax Interview
I borrowed a book from the school library yesterday evening, and returned it, read, to the librarian this morning. Yes, I read that fast. Yes, she was surprised. I have the other two in the trilogy now, so I guess I’ll read them this week. The author in question is Alison Croggon, a Melbourne-based fantasy writer, and she does the best imitation of Tolkien’s voice … Continue reading Random musings
I’m dangerous with a credit card… Mind you, a bunch of this is pre-ordering, stuff that won’t be out for a month or thereabouts, and I’m doing this to get the discount. However, I’ve got a feeling that I’ve been ordering so much from MilSims of late that they’re giving me a hefty discount anyway… about 15% or so. Eep. So, what did I order? … Continue reading Latest MilSims order…
How annoying is EN World at the moment? Not the edition wars (though they are annoying) or the Wizards-bashing (also annoying), but the huge technical problems it’s having? Given how long it has been since EN World has had a functional review site, it seems very sad that it is now non-functional as regards to forums as well. Completely awesome, on the other hand, is … Continue reading Two other things…
Doctor Who was merely “ok” on Sunday (Planet of the Ood), as compared to the awesomeness that was The Fires of Pompeii the week before. I made up for that with watching two classic Dr Who stories I’d just picked up – The Curse of Fenric and Ghostlight. They’re two of my favourite stories from the classic era, both from the final series before the … Continue reading Doctor Who, Yggsburgh and other things
I was rather surprised to discover when I arrived home last night a parcel at the bottom of the stairs to my room, placed their thoughtfully by my father and stepmother. Inside the parcel were a bunch of D&D books, dungeon tiles and the Garg. Blue Dragon that I’d ordered last week. This was a surprise, because MilSims only had them down as “processing”, not … Continue reading Some games arrived!
My other copy of Keep on the Shadowfell has been dispatched to me, according to MilSims, so I should get it either on Monday or Tuesday. My original copy will probably be sent to me (well, Randy) with the core rulebooks, unless they’ve sent it separately and Randy’s going to surprise me with it tomorrow. In any case, the copy I get second will go … Continue reading Games on their way…
Wizards of the Coast has had a chequered history when it comes to electronic products and support for its games. Some things have worked very well, such as the Magic: the Gathering site. Other things have been buggy and problematic throughout, but have generally been positively received, such as Magic Online. Then they have vapourware that turned out to not be exactly vapourware but the … Continue reading The failure of Gleemax
