A good e-mail…
I’ve just got an e-mail from MilSims: “Your order has been updated to the following status. “New status: Shipped” I have a warm, fuzzy feeling. Continue reading A good e-mail…
Weekend games
No Star Wars RPG last weekend, as the flu had hit Martin. I’m more than happy to not get infected, so Nathaniel and I went to the Friday night Magic booster draft at Good Games Ballarat. Alas, it wasn’t sanctioned (despite the 10 players), so my rating won’t have increased despite winning every round. (For those interested in such things, my current Limited rating is … Continue reading Weekend games
Magic Online
Well, I have my new computer. So, what have I been doing pretty much more than anything else with it? Well, that’s not a hard question to answer if you’ve been paying attention to my subject line: yes, I’ve been playing Magic Online. I hadn’t before. I think I played in one draft using Sarah’s account once, but mostly I’ve had to listen to my … Continue reading Magic Online
Charles S. Roberts awards
Every year, the “Charles S. Roberts” awards are given to some of the best wargames published in the last year. The 2008 awards were last weekend. (Why are they the 2008 awards when it’s 2009? Probably because only games & magazines published in 2008 are eligible). I don’t consider myself a wargamer, but, there’s no doubt that I’ve been playing more and more wargames of … Continue reading Charles S. Roberts awards
MilSims sale
The latest MilSims sale is on. I’ve ordered a few items… Men of Iron (GMT wargame of the middle ages) Napoleon’s Triumph (very highly regarded wargame) A couple of BattleTech books – Intersteller Players #2, Blake Documents (both for the Jihad era) Knizia’s “Formula Racing”, and the Settlers expansion, “Artisans and Benefactors”, which makes Settlers of Catan a 2 player game. Continue reading MilSims sale
EN World redux
Well, Mistwell suggested a guy, Morrus hired that guy, and now EN World is blindingly fast. Compared to how it was yesterday, and how it was before the slowdown. Woo. I’m very happy for Morrus and the site. The universe is restored. Even if I’m not posting there quite as much as I used to, I’ll still visit it. Continue reading EN World redux
EN World
It’s a sad thing, but with the current unresolved status of the EN World servers, I think the future is going to be really, really rocky for the venerable D&D site. It’s rather odd timing that just at the time EN World has become virtually unusable, RPG Geek has finally turned on. I’m a big fan of boardgamegeek.com, and RPG Geek has a lot of things going … Continue reading EN World
Roger Zelazny
It’s rare I pay a lot of money for books – perhaps I buy many books, but individually, I don’t pay that much for each one. I’ve just made an exception, for this collection of short stories by Roger Zelazny. After shipping, they’ll be close to aus$50 per book, but they’ll be worth it. I’ll have to wait for volumes 5 & 6 to come … Continue reading Roger Zelazny
Friday D&D campaign – postponed
G’day, all! I’ve decided to stop running the Friday D&D campaign for the next couple of months while I try to work out what’s going on with the game. Things just aren’t coming together the way I’d like them to and I need a break. My Sunday campaign will continue. Apologies to everyone looking forward to Friday’s session. Cheers, Merric Continue reading Friday D&D campaign – postponed
Weekend disruptions
This weekend saw our regular boardgame day be preempted by the Magic 2010 core set release. (Why is it called 2010 when it’s actually 2009? Apparently, because it’s less confusing once it’s being sold in 2010. It does actually make some sort of sense). I had a horrible first round, paired against a deck which just was death to small creatures – of which I had too many. Giant … Continue reading Weekend disruptions