E. Gary Gygax – 27 July, 1938 – 4 March 2008. I’ve just learnt the news. I’m in somedegree of shock. I first became aware of Gary through his work, primarily the Dungeons & Dragons game. Later, much later, I got to know him through his e-mails and messageboard posts. We exchanged several posts on EN World over the past six or seven years. He … Continue reading In Memory of Gary Gygax
I’m afraid my next article in the Dungeon series has been postponed due to me feeling a little under the weather. Instead, I’m going to write about a few boardgames I’ve ordered and which should arrive tomorrow. (Can’t wait!) As a few of you may know, I’m a mad keen boardgamer. About eight years ago, I was introduced to a little game known as The … Continue reading A few boardgames
My game of chess with Randy has finally finished in my favour. (In my other game… Rich, it’s your turn!) 😉 I really don’t play chess that often; this is my first game in some years, and I’m rusty… so is Randy, IIRC. Give me a nice game of Carcassonne, Balloon Cup or Twilight Struggle instead. However, it’s a nice break when we haven’t been able to … Continue reading Checkmate!
Here we go again… my second Royal Flush! I went “all in” with only the flop showing, btw. I’m now up to 150k chips, and a ranking of about 9000 (of 3 million or so) on facebook poker. 🙂 Continue reading Here we go again… Royal Flush!
Twilight Struggle will be reprinted in the first week of March, according to this article on bgg. I ordered it from MilSims during their last sale, but it went OOS and OOP shortly thereafter and I didn’t get a copy. I was disappointed… it’s only the best 2-player game I know. It’s also popular, so this is a good move from GMT Games. Continue reading Relief!
The network was back up today, so I spent most of today in at work, mainly dealing with annoying things that were left over from last year. One of them I really should have done at the end of last year, but in the business of end of term, it got left behind. Oh well. Perc will forgive me, I think. My good friend Jess, … Continue reading Work, ASL, and Miles Vorkosigan
I went back to work today, after the Christmas holiday. My major contribution today was helping Jess carry in the boxes the new laptops were in. I found my power supply on my work computer had died (we replaced it), and that the network was offline for repairs… which killed most of the useful work I could do. So, at lunchtime, we came to a … Continue reading I am Legend
This is what I like to see. 🙂 Continue reading A good moment.
Well, an amazing last over for the India vs Australia test match. Three wickets to Michael Clarke, a part-time spinner, and an record-equalling victory to Australia. I only saw the last over on tv (busy playing poker), but I’ve had the radio on all day, so it’s been exciting. Umpiring was atrocious. Steve Bucknor needs to retire. Not sure about Mark Benson either… However, some … Continue reading Cricket
Picture this: I’m playing facebook poker, and my hole cards are a 10-5 of clubs. I buyinto the hand because I’m one of the blinds. Normally, I’d fold on such a hand. The flop: 5 Hearts, 5 Spades, 10 Diamonds. Oh, that’s good. I raise a little. Most people stay in with me. The turn: 10 Hearts. Oh, wow. I can’t lose now. I raise a little … Continue reading Poker story
