One of the better card games I have is Citadels, currently published by Fantasy Flight Games. You’re trying to build a city of eight districts. Each turn, you draft one role (Assassin, Thief, Mage, King, Merchant, Bishop, Architect or Warlord) and then use the special ability of that role and (hopefully) build a district. It’s extremely entertaining and I strongly recommend it. Best with 5 players, … Continue reading Citadels
I tend to post quite a bit, which might be understating it a tad, and I certainly write a lot of session reports. My reviews have also been generally well received… but why aren’t there more of them? There are two major reasons: The first is this: I find a good review a lot of work. There’s analysis involved, a description of what the game … Continue reading Why I don’t write more reviews
Oh, and the rules are up for this expansion.http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/PDF/wow_tbc_rules.pdf Will I get this expansion? Likely, yes. I don’t really get to play the boardgame that much, but I enjoy it when I do. Need to set up a time for our next session of it, actually. Anyone interested in playing a game of World of Warcraft: the Boardgame? Cheers,Merric Continue reading World of Warcraft boardgame: The Burning Crusade
The other book I picked up recently was Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay. I haven’t written much about what I read, but Kay is one of my all-time favourite writers. Nearly all of his books are classics of the fantasy genre. Well, in my opinion they are. 🙂 Ysabel is a more subdued work than the regular style of Kay’s work, but very charming indeed. … Continue reading Ysabel
I’ve just finished reading Renegade’s Magic, the final book of Robin Hobb’s Soldier’s Son trilogy. I found it somewhat disappointing. As with some of her other books (final of the Assassin trilogy as well), Hobb has the main character too much a spectator to events. Well, that’s not true: Navarre spends a lot of the book as being the main protagonist of all the events, … Continue reading Renegade’s Magic
Apart from seeing Othello, the other thing I did in Melbourne last weekend was visit Mind Games and Minotaur Books. This was mostly depressing, since I didn’t actually have much money (I got paid yesterday). I had enough for one purchase… that ended up being the new Laurell K. Hamilton book, The Harlequin. And I bought it from Angus & Robertson since they were selling … Continue reading The Harlequin
I went to see the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Othello on the weekend. I generally enjoy Bell’s productions of plays, most of which I’ve seen when the company has toured Ballarat. Travelling down to Melbourne to watch it was a first for me. Unfortunately, the experience was not a good one. The trouble can be laid at the feet of the lead actors, who, … Continue reading Othello – Bell Shakespeare Company
G’day, all! This new addition to the D&D “Complete” series is due out Real Soon Now(tm) – if I’m lucky, it’ll be out when I go down to Melbourne this weekend. There are excerpts on the Wizards site for those interested. Apparently there is a reserve feat that allows you to heal… 3 hp/level of the highest-level healing spell you have prepared. Wow. Cheers,Merric Continue reading Complete Champion
I’ve just posted a review of Niagara on bgg, a light Eurogame I’m quite fond of. That takes my count of reviews on bgg to the total of 4! Hmm. Still a way to go to challenge Tom Vasel. (No, I’m not going to even get close). I’m somewhere between page 12 and 15 of the most active reviewers on bgg. That I can improve, … Continue reading Posted a new review
