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
Yesterday, my copy of the Valley Games edition of The Republic of Rome boardgame arrived. Like their reprints of Titan and Hannibal, it contained some really nice components, and so it ended up on my table last night as I attempted to decipher the solo game rules. The game’s rulebook could be a lot better. Some of it works, other parts of it are obscure … Continue reading The Republic of Rome
My Greyhawk heroes will be stepping into the Shadowwood on Friday evening (assuming the session doesn’t get cancelled again), where they will attempt to find the evil necromancers and corrupt druids that have been causing trouble for the good folk of Greyhawk. They’ll be accompanied by the High Priest of Pelor – one of my old PCs – and we should see a session that … Continue reading Into the Forest of Shadows
This weekend, once again (alas), was a roleplaying-free zone. To fill in the time, I played a lot of boardgames. Then, come Monday (which I don’t work on), I’ve spent the day writing session reports – both for this week and last week. A lot of session reports. I’ve just written fourteen this afternoon. A good range of games, as well. In the past fortnight, … Continue reading A lot of boardgaming
Well, A Time of War is now out of beta, so I can download the full version of the BattleTech RPG when I get around to it. (For people who want to buy it now, it’s US$15 from www.drivethrurpg.com). I don’t know when the hardcopy will be out; the next few months, I guess. The system seems somewhat fiddly; at some point I hope to run … Continue reading BattleTech – Galtor
It began back in the late 80s, when I was invited to play in a AD&D campaign run by a fellow, Bruce, from a school I’d left and my brother still attended. Thinking back all these years now, I have no idea how it happened that we all lobbed together, but there we were – Bruce as DM, myself, my brother and one other playing … Continue reading A history – of sorts – of my Greyhawk campaigns (part 1)
I’ve been typing up a bunch of recent session reports and posting them on RPG Geek. Occasionally I include a few notes as to what I’m planning as a DM or otherwise explaining the plot (which might actually help a few of my players). None of it is really top secret information. Playing once per fortnight and also having three separate role-playing campaigns does make … Continue reading D&D session reports
I was just going through a few old blogs of mine, looking to see if I had a copy of Alf’s stats, when I found an old report of the Greyhawk Ruins campaign. Adam, your halfling was called Harald. This is relevant because Alvares and Harald co-own the Green Leaf Tavern which is frequented by the PCs in our current City of Greyhawk campaign. Harald … Continue reading Adam, your halfling’s name is Harald
