My RPG book collection isn’t that big. Let’s face it, I mainly just play D&D. This is my D&D collection: From top to bottom you can see… SHELF ONE:* Dungeons and Dragons 3.5e SHELF TWO:* Dungeons and Dragons 4E* Battletech SHELF THREE:* AD&D Rulebooks* AD&D 2nd Edition Rulebooks and supplements* D&D 3rd edition* A very small number of d20 System publications SHELF FOUR:* AD&D 1st … Continue reading Not that many books…
I was just searching for an article I wrote about playing White Plume Mountain – it turned out I wrote in in 2005! – when the search turned up my name on Wikipedia. Not an entry about myself, but my name being cited as a source for information. In particular, it was a post I made on EN World about Wizards’ plans for D&D Insider and Dragon magazine. … Continue reading Wikipedia and me
Well, the latest of the Classic Doctor Who DVD releases has hit Australia – in a boxed set entitled “Myths and Legends” three stories: The Time Monster, Underworld and Horns of the Nimon. None of them are great stories, although they have some moments, but it moves me three closer to having all the classic serials that still exist. I’m still wondering what they’ll do … Continue reading More DVDs – Joy!
Do you know who Jon New is? He’s the guy behind Talisman Island, a fantastic site to go for people who enjoy this classic game. Anyway, he noticed that I was still using the Black Industries tokens with my set of Talisman rather than those of the latest FFG version. (I bought the BI version, then the FFG Upgrade pack, but it didn’t upgrade everything). So, … Continue reading Awesome people – Jon New
I’m a fan of good science fiction TV shows. I’m especially a fan of good British SF shows. I was quite excited to discover that Channel Nine in Australia would be showing the 2008 series of the BBC SF show, Survivors. Originally created in the 70s by Terry Nation (the guy who created the Daleks for Doctor Who), the reimaging of the show had been … Continue reading SF show Survivors butchered by Channel Nine
I saw the pilot episode for V on Sunday night when it got shown in Australia. (Oh, goody – now three shows I’m interested in are running against each other: House, Bones & V. At least I’ve already missed all of this season of House, so I’ll just wait until it comes out on DVD.) My initial reaction: not all that impressed. Cast was good, … Continue reading V – pilot episode thoughts
I’ve just been watching (reading?) Nathan Fillion and Simon Pegg engage in a bout of starship envy on twitter. The world is a strange and glorious place.
My latest parcel from Mind Games arrived today. It contained the deluxe edition of Twilight Struggle (with nicer counters and board, and a few new cards); the Altar of Despair expansion for Descent, and the Farmers of the Moor expansion for Agricola. I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if Randy and I relaunch our Thursday wargame activities in a couple of weeks with a game of … Continue reading Recent activities
What do you do on New Year’s Eve? It shouldn’t be much surprise to anyone that I spent a lot of it playing boardgames. Indeed, as the clock ticked over to 2010, Rich and I were playing a game of Agricola! So… for NYE, I got in games of… Carcassonne Ticket to Ride: 1910 Age of Empires III: the Age of Discovery Ad Astra Power … Continue reading My New Year’s Eve
It’s almost Christmas. I’ve been spending my time playing Diablo II, Civilization IV, reading books (latest Laurell K Hamilton, Divine Misdemeanours and the latest Kylie Chan, Earth to Hell) and watching DVDs (the “new” Outer Limits, season 1; Sanctuary, season 1, and Atlantis seasons 4 & 5). Monday night, I went over to Randy’s and played Ad Astra and Agricola. Both were fun, although I mucked up … Continue reading pre-Christmas musings
