I’m now mostly over the cold I’ve had for the last week and a bit. Hooray! I was never happier that Martin cancelled Friday’s Star Wars session because it allowed me to recuperate a lot. Unfortunately, I had to cancel Thursday’s boardgaming session, which would have probably found Randy, Sarah and me playing Android. I was well enough on Saturday to get to the … Continue reading Weekend fun – Le Havre, Age of Empires, Magic
Saturday was a big day of gaming for me. It started out at noon, when I ran the first of two sessions of the D&D Worldwide Game Day. The first group was mostly members of my regular games (Nathaniel, Martin, Rich and Josh) along with one complete newbie – Liam (I don’t think he’s even a teenager yet, though I might be wrong). … Continue reading An exhausting Saturday
Last Friday, we finished part 6 of the Dawn of Defiance campaign, The Core of Corruption. This installment gave us quite a number of troubles, mainly relating to its structure which assumed that we’d be more active in our investigation than we were happy in being. Honestly, most of us would be happy to have a big sign saying "Go This Way" at the beginning of the adventure, … Continue reading Dawn of Defiance update
Randy and I have been playing a few World War 2 games recently: Combat Commander: Pacific and Memoir ’44 (with the Campaign Book) in particular. Our game in the Pacific Theatre last night was dreadful for my marines: we were landing on a beach where Randy’s Japanese had a most incredible defensive structure. The initial landing saw the death of all three of the first … Continue reading Back in World War 2
I’ve spent part of the last week playing one of Richard Berg’s Great Battles of History games: SPQR, Great Battles of the Roman Republic. This is a game I bought early last year (IIRC, or maybe late in 2007), and I played the introductory scenario, one of the simpler scenarios, and then put it away for a bit. Now it’s out again, and I’m … Continue reading Romans vs Barbarians
We had a pretty good Saturday boardgaming. BattleTech was intense; a 5-hour session which saw Rich, Martin and Pat trying to take down the “Fire” Lance of the Fox’s Teeth, run by Sarah, Randy and me. They had a fairly successful first half of the battle, being able to cripple my Grasshopper and cause it to retreat, as well as inflicting a lot of damage … Continue reading Saturday gaming
Well, I’ve finally reported what happened in our last group of BattleTech missions. For those who are interested: The Fox’s Teeth Mission #5: Supply Run Mission #6: Recon-in-Force Sorenson’s Sabres Mission #5: Pursuit Next up will be missions #6 and #7 for the Sabres, which will be run on Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon. As a change from the revision of the rules in S&D, we’ll … Continue reading BattleTech reports
Today was a good session of Pyramid of Shadows. This was a combination of good DMing, great players, and better encounters. We had three major encounters. The PCs met the bandits and talked to them; human foes are always interesting as they have at least some areas in common between them and the PCs. This led to the “room of the demon bitch”, which saw everyone … Continue reading Pyramid of Shadows joys
I’m currently running Pyramid of Shadows, the third of the Wizards 4e adventures. It has a nice set-up, interesting locations, a great hook, and, despite all that, is falling rather flat. Why is this? Well, in this writer’s opinion, it’s due to the incessant combat encounters with little chance for a change of pace. Now, I’m not against combat in D&D. Most of my campaigns … Continue reading Pyramid of Shadows woes
Well, we had a pretty good weekend of gaming – or at least, I did. 
Friday night saw Martin take Adam, Greg and me through the end of part 5 of the Dawn of Defiance campaign, The First to Strike. We’ve struck a blow for the rebellion and the rights of all enslaved aliens everywhere! The campaign may need another player with Nathaniel likely having to leave. … Continue reading BattleTech and other boardgames over the long weekend
