Tallow, by Karen Brooks, is the first of a new fantasy trilogy by an Australian author set in a fantasy version of Venice. It has a number of really good things about it: the setting is interesting, there are a number of intrigues swirling about, a fascinating magic system and, of course, a prophecy. Unfortunately, all of these good premises are let down by indifferent … Continue reading Tallow
Tired of playing the NPCs, tonight I set out in command of the Fox’s Teeth on a Recon-in-Force mission that Randy and I had decided upon a few weeks ago. As Randy was still engaged in various performances, Nash was my teammate and Derek and Sara played the opposition. The team was as follows: Fox’s Teeth: Black Knight Ian Cataphract George Enforcer Daniel Jenner vs. … Continue reading BattleTech
Oddities of oddities, we saw the 10th episode of Flashforward before you folk in the States did. And now the show is on hiatus until March… Is it dead? I hope not. The reasons for delaying it – to stop a horror run of preemptions – make sense, but the show, for all its intriguing ideas, has been rather hit and miss. In some ways, … Continue reading FlashForward
Wizards of the Coast have updated their online catalogue through to August 2010 with releases. I’m very pleased to see a number of adventures in the list. (Actually, Martin, if you run some D&D 4E for us this year, I’d love to actually play some 4e…) It’s been a very odd 2009: I’ve bought every book, but I really haven’t read them much. The Character Builder, … Continue reading 2010 D&D Releases
I’m just considering if I should make another order of BattleTech minis. Well, not if, but more “which Mechs do I need?”. On my list of Mechs to definitely get are the “reseen” Phoenix Hawk and Shadow Hawk, and the Longbow. But, which other Mechs? Currently, I own – in weight classes: Light Mechs Commando Jenner (x2) Panther Spider Wolfhound* Medium Mechs Assassin Cicada Clint … Continue reading BattleTech miniatures
Why is this an annual event? The latest round of pre-Christmas layoffs from Wizards of the Coast. I’ve seen four names mentioned: Rob Heinsoo, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Logan Bonner and Chris Sims. I’m hoping that Stephen’s name has been added mistakenly, but bad news is rarely mistaken. The name I really can’t believe is there – with all apologies to you other fine people; you do … Continue reading This Christmas’s Horrible News from Wizards
You know how a couple of days I was being annoyed that Middle Earth Quest was terribly expensive? Well, I now own a copy – and it’s due to Good Games Ballarat getting it in (now the Australian dollar is better) and having a 15% off all boardgames sale. So, instead of costing $120-140, it only cost $95. We had a game this afternoon. First … Continue reading Middle Earth Quest
Woo – the 3060 Technical Readout for BattleTech has been sent to me. That’ll give me all the core TROs. 🙂 Continue reading 3060 TRO
We’ve just hit December, which means that the Good Games Ballarat Bloodbowl League will be running this month. Bloodbowl is a game of which I have little interest. It’s a miniature sport game by Games Workshop. Mind you, there are a fair number of people who do like the game. This Thursday, I wouldn’t be surprised if Sara and I end up playing BattleTech together whilst Derek, … Continue reading Bloodbowl, BattleTech, Boardgames and RPGs
I’ve been updating my boardgame wishlist, adding in links to the MilSims pages for those games that are available, and putting OOP/not out yet on the games that aren’t. With a few of the games that are available, I can see very much why I haven’t got them yet. Middle Earth Quest, a game that sounds like a lot of fun, is currently aus$121.50 – … Continue reading Wishlists
