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Martin’s Universe character

This thread is for creation of Martin’s “Universe” character. So, here we go… POTENTIAL MULTIPLIERS:Physical: x3 (Above Average) Co-ordination: x3 (Above Average) Intellect x1 (Below Average) Social Background x1 (Below Average) STUDY POINTS: 4. HOME ENVIRON: 6: SB (Water Submerged) Gravity: Heavy Temperature: Normal SOCIAL STANDING: Lower Middle Class Family Wealth: 100 Mils INITIAL SKILL POINTS: 4 NEXT STEP: Determine Fields of Study. You have … Continue reading Martin’s Universe character

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Board Games, Session Report, Uncategorized

A few boardgames

Almost every weekend, I wander into Good Games Ballarat with a number of board games in my possession: some new, some old. Well, when I say old, I mean old from when I started collecting boardgames (quite recently), not when they were originally published. The modern rise of boardgames is indeed remarkably recent. The first major hit of the modern era was The Settlers of … Continue reading A few boardgames

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D&D, D&D 4E, Uncategorized

About Living Forgotten Realms

Good Games Ballarat is currently hosting a Living Forgotten Realms campaign run on every second Saturday evening and sometimes more frequently than that. Why Living Forgotten Realms? Why not a regular D&D campaign? Well, the main reason is to allow continuity of individual characters in the group whilst not requiring the same DM from week to week. The general episodic format of the LFR campaign … Continue reading About Living Forgotten Realms

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Magic, Session Report, Uncategorized

My first Mirrodin draft…

Well, I’ve finally managed to play a Mirrodin draft, albeit online. (Playing RPGs every Friday evening does tend to cut out Friday Night Magic for me). The deck I drafted would probably be termed a classic infect deck, and I won almost every game with infect. 1 Plague Stinger 1 Corpse Cur 1 Blight Mamba 2 Contagious Nim 2 Ichorclaw Myr 1 Ichor Rats 3 … Continue reading My first Mirrodin draft…

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Review, Uncategorized

First impression of Civilization 5

I don’t think I’ve ever bought a computer game for full price before – most of the games I buy are acquisitions that come along long after they’ve been released. However, I have a (relatively) new computer, and there was Civ V staring at me longingly from across the aisle, and I just had to buy it.  Installation went smoothly, which included setting up a … Continue reading First impression of Civilization 5

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D&D, D&D 4E, Uncategorized

Mixed Signals from Wizards of the Coast

Most of you would know me as a fairly ardent fan of Wizards of the Coast. They make two of my favourite games – Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons – and for most of the last few years their support of both games has been excellent. However, this past year has seen the support for Dungeons & Dragons be particularly erratic. This has … Continue reading Mixed Signals from Wizards of the Coast

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Games of my youth… and Rolemaster Express

Looking back at the early years of my role-playing and general gaming, there were a number of games that I wanted to play and never got a chance to. Amongst those games were such titles as Rolemaster, RuneQuest, Traveller, Call of Cthulhu, Car Wars and BattleTech. At this stage of my life, I have found myself able to dabble in a few of these older … Continue reading Games of my youth… and Rolemaster Express

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AD&D, D&D, D&D Basic, Review, Uncategorized

The World of Greyhawk – 1980 folio edition

The release of The World of Greyhawk in 1980 was an event that I didn’t mark. At that point, it was still a year before I would get my first introduction to Dungeons and Dragons. Eventually I was introduced to the World of Greyhawk through the first real AD&D campaign I played in the mid- to late-eighties, and that was using the later World of Greyhawk (2nd Edition) 1983 boxed setting. It … Continue reading The World of Greyhawk – 1980 folio edition

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Magic, Session Report, Uncategorized

Scars of Mirrodin prerelease musings

I attended our local Scars of Mirrodin prerelease yesterday – well, one or two of them. The real enthusiasts had started at midnight, but I opted to play D&D yesterday and then play a prerelease in the morning after I’d gotten some sleep. I went 3-1 in the prerelease, with a deck I’d describe as rather average. It was a White/Blue deck which had some … Continue reading Scars of Mirrodin prerelease musings

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