Well, at various points in time we had Pat, Josh, Rich, Mick, Jackson, Liam, Sarah and me playing games at Good Games Ballarat yesterday. Ticket to Ride – Merric, Liam, Jackson – this was fun: both of Liam and Jackson had completed at least one of their tickets (and possibly two) before I put a train on the board. I still won – and that … Continue reading A few weekend games
I just bought the the latest of the Anita Blake novels, “Flirt”. I also finished it during my lunch break. It’s actually a novella, but hey, it’s the new Anita Blake book! I also paid way too much for it, but… new Anita Blake book! (I also picked up the second book of Robin Hobb’s Dragon duology, I haven’t actually finished reading the first one … Continue reading Authors I like and recent reading
The latest updates to the D&D rules have been posted and there are some significant changes to powers and rules we’ve been using. First off, Adam has been nerfed. How did this happen? It’s a change to the Orb of Imposition power. “You can designate one creature you have cast a wizard spell upon that has an effect that lasts until the subject succeeds on a saving throw. … Continue reading Adam and Greg get hit by the nerf bat in D&D
I’ve finally finished writing up reports of last week’s gaming. Thursday: * ASL Starter Kit #2: 88s at Zon Friday: * Runewars – first game (pictorial report and first impressions) Saturday: * Galaxy Trucker (Paul’s first game) * Power Grid (My first game in a year) * Ticket to Ride: Europe (I beat Pat!) * Runewars – second game * Galaxy Trucker (Troy’s first game) … Continue reading Runewars, Galaxy Trucker, Power Grid reports
Milsims is having their latest boardgame (and RPG) sale. Urgh. I made my order, and they’ve sent out a couple of the items to me. (They should arrive early next week) Fields of Fire – a WW2/Korean/Vietnam solitaire squad game. Monmouth – an American Revolution 2-player wargame (hey, it was $25). However, a few items have wandered out of stock, so I’ll have to wait … Continue reading Board game sale – new games
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.
Rich Baker and Rodney Thompson discuss the contents of Martial Power 2 in this interview (Insider subscribers only, sorry!), and it’s full of interesting insights. Of particular note is their discussion of the skirmishing warlord – a version of the warlord that uses ranged attacks, not melee, as its primary means of attack. For those who have looked at 4e – or have played a lot … Continue reading Martial Power 2 Interview
Well, I have Runewars now, and it looks pretty. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, Runewars is the latest “coffin” game from Fantasy Flight Games: it comes in a really big box, and this game is a 2-4 player game that takes about 3 hours where you’re trying to be the first to control six areas containing Dragon Runes. You start with … Continue reading Runewars
My latest set of session reports are up: Thursday evening: * Carcassonne * Combat Commander: Mediterranean * Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage Friday afternoon: * Small World * The BoardGameGeek Game Saturday afternoon & evening: * Galaxy Trucker * Dungeon Lords * Agricola: Farmers of the Moor * Through the Ages * The BoardGameGeek Game Continue reading Latest set of Boardgame reports
My roleplaying over the weekend – this was meant to be the big weekend, with three separate sessions – ended up being quite disrupted. Martin is still ill, so we had to cancel the Friday evening session. Whatever illness he has is lingering; it’s now been 3 weeks. We’re concerned for you, Martin: get better soon! Sunday evening’s session got cancelled because of Valentine’s day. … Continue reading Weekend roleplaying
