My new digital camera will be shipped to me sometime next week. I’m not quite sure when – the memory card isn’t in stock, although they have given me a date for when it comes in – but with any luck I’ll soon be the owner of my very own digital camera. It’ll be cheap, probably quite effective, and will greatly relieve all of the … Continue reading Waiting, waiting…
I’ve just received a bunch of new wargames in the post. Woohoo! It takes my number of games on BGG one past how many Randy has. That’s 203, btw. The thing is, I don’t have the same number of games as Randy. Because I own lots of expansions. Give me a game I like a little, and I want to own all the expansions for it, … Continue reading Expansionitis
Floydd and Rich’s paladin went shopping via PM before last session. As the paladin and the cleric wandered from place to place (followed by a complaining porter with a handcart), they became aware of a woman following them – she was dressed in good clothes which were now tattered and torn. After their dealings in the gallery, she gathered the courage to approach them: it seemed … Continue reading Betrayal in Greyhawk
If there was a magazine I got just out of habit, it was Dragon magazine during the 3e era, and I feel that became more and more true throughout the Paizo era. While Dungeon under Paizo was doing better and better things, Dragon just had too many articles that didn’t interest me at all. To make things worse, I didn’t like Paizo’s take on demons … Continue reading My thoughts on 4e Dragon Magazine
I downloaded Google Chrome today, Google’s entry into the webbrowser market. I really, really like it. Efficient use of space, it’s fast, and it has some really nice features. Like a little whirly thing which tells you if the page is loading, or still waiting for your request to be processed by the server. And each tab has its own entry on the Task Manager. … Continue reading The future is Chrome
Another weekend has passed, and once again we got in some gainful gaming. Friday was my Castle Greyhawk campaign, and the group finally managed to locate the goblin caves where the prisoners they’d been searching for were held. They’d have found them earlier, but they actually believed the goblin who’d told them that another group of humanoids had taken the prisoners… Before they entered the … Continue reading Weekend gaming and beyond!
This has been a good week. I was named Geek of the Week on boardgamegeek, and a bunch of parcels arrived as well. Just in the last few days, I’ve become the proud owner of: D&D 4e DM’s Screen D&D Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 4e D&D H3: Pyramid of Shadows (the third in the “H” series of adventures) Pathfinder #13 Pathfinder Companion ASL: Pegasus Bridge … Continue reading It’s been a good week
Go and visit this thread on boardgamegeek. It’s worth it. Continue reading Boardgamegeek coolness
People run many types of role-playing game and styles of gaming have changed over the years, but in general your average D&D game is made of two components: role-playing and gaming. Sounds stupid? Well, in a way, it is. However, it’s an important insight. When you come down to it, combat is a huge part of a D&D game. That combat provides the “game” aspect … Continue reading How to be a Killer DM
I’ve ordered the Upper Works of CZ from the Troll Lords, so, with any luck, that will soon be winging its way to me from the states. This will give me quite a bit of detail on the upper section of the castle, which I’ve never ever done any development work on. (It’s always been ruined so my players have just gone straight to the dungeons). … Continue reading Castle Zagyg
