I’ve just bought my first D&D Miniatures since War of the Dragon Queen, two years ago. (Well, almost. I bought the new starter last month). I bought one case of the new Against the Giants set. For those wondering why I haven’t bought any DDM in the past two years, it’s partly to do with the amount of money I’ve been spending on boardgames – … Continue reading Thoughts on the “Against the Giants” set of D&D Miniatures
I’ve just been reading the first Castles & Crusades adventure, “Assault on Blacktooth Ridge”. There are some nice ideas used in the adventure, but the writing is terrible. Spelling, grammar and sentence construction are things you take for granted… until you discover that they’ve gone missing. Then you realise exactly how important they are. “The following are descriptions of the more notable places and people … Continue reading My eyes! My poor, bleeding eyes!
Greg, Mat and half of Sarah were absent for this session (Sarah counts as half because she was half asleep)… the nett result of which was to cause a curiously disjointed session, at least to my mind. I don’t think the weather was helping. A lot of the customary banter was missing and it was fascinating to see how much less of a “life” the … Continue reading Musings on Keep part 3
There has been a reason I’ve never had a credit card until quite recently, and it’s this: I don’t trust myself. Of course, it doesn’t help that just after I actually finally get the card, MilSims have a big game sale, with 10% off all RPG products and 20% off all boardgames. I’ve spent quite a bit of money there in the last few weeks. … Continue reading Castle Zagyg: East Mark Gazetteer – a Review
I’ve now run three sessions of D&D 4e. This weekend, I ran the first session of my new Greyhawk homebrew for the Friday Nighters and then ran the second session of Keep on the Shadowfell on Sunday afternoon. There is definitely some familiarisation necessary with the system. The game does not play in exactly the same way as 3E, just as 3E did not play … Continue reading D&D 4E thoughts after the weekend’s sessions
I’m something of a D&D old-timer, having started back in 1981. My current rating of the 4e DMG is somewhere about 4 or 5 stars (out of 5). At present, I haven’t actually played enough 4e to give it a proper rating, but here are a few of my thoughts on the 4e DMG. First, I’m not fussed with how many rules a particular book has. … Continue reading My thoughts on the 4e DMG
Although I’m generally quite forgiving of Wizards – and I do like 4e – I’m astonished at the levels of stupidity involved in the GSL. I don’t think it’s all intentional. For instance, I really don’t expect they meant the license to meana later publication of theirs to make a bunch of previous products illegal due to unintentional name duplication. However, they should have. They … Continue reading A few thoughts on the GSL
There are many things in the GSL that I’m not exactly happy about, the primarily one being how you cannot reprint statblocks from the Monster Manual, which will have horrible implications on the presentation of adventures. However, when it comes to the lack of “reuse” clauses for 3rd party publishers, I think they’ve got it right. This is pretty much how a lot of publishers … Continue reading You reap what you sow – GSL
Well, I’ve just bought and watched Stargate SG-1: The Ark of Truth. It’s cool. The Stargate SG-1 series did things with the concept that was (badly) explored in the original movie that have thrilled and astounded me, and then have taken it to realms that have made it one of my favourite TV shows of all time. I am surprised and astounded that I was … Continue reading Stargate: the Ark of Truth
Advanced Squad Leader wasn’t really published all that long ago, when you think about it. It was 1985 when it first hit the shelves, and was the successor to the astonishingly successful Squad Leader (1977), which had itself sold over 200,000 copies1. I doubt ASL has ever sold that many copies, but in terms on longevity it’s doing quite well. Although ASL might not quite … Continue reading Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit #1 review
