Last week, I ordered a bunch of books from Amazon. (How many is a bunch? About 11 books, although two of the books are actually trilogies in one volume). All the books have been part of one order. They’ve shipped to me in four lots (over about 2-3 days). Interestingly, the first two shipments (a total of four books) were with the "expedited International Delivery" which I actually … Continue reading Amazon
I’m apparently really out of touch at the moment. David Eddings, the author of The Belgariad and The Elenium, died three weeks ago. I only learnt of it today. The Belgariad was the "big" fantasy series when I was still at school. (Along with the Riftwar saga, by Ray Feist). It took some time for me to actually get around to reading it, but it was so worth … Continue reading David Eddings
I spent a busy weekend playing games. On Saturday, I first stopped by Good Games Ballarat and played a game of Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries with Mark; I also picked up "Naval Battles" and had a game of that with Liam, before heading over to Randy’s and our regular boardgame day. Of note from the BGD:* Rich completely dominated a game of "Age of Empires III" (yes, the … Continue reading Weekend
I’ve just bought Skin Trade, the latest Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel. Woo. Good stuff here: Edward’s back, and Anita seems to be being taken far outside of her comfort zone. Guess what I’ll be reading tonight? Continue reading Delight of delights!
Incredibly, it is now exactly a year since I ran my first session of D&D 4E – the first session of Keep on the Shadowfell. In Australia, the adventure arrived about a month late, so I got it almost with the core rulebooks. Certainly, we all had the rulebooks when we played that first session, although we still (mostly) were using the pregenerated characters. … Continue reading Thoughts on my 4E anniversary
This Friday, I was hoping to take my friends through a rather nifty (if I do say so myself) adventure set in the dark heart of Farika, hunting a tiger. I’d worked out a bunch of entertaining encounters, thrown in some interesting NPC interaction, and basically based the entire thing around Nathaniel’s character. Well, not actually: Nate mainly would provide a great deal of the … Continue reading Plans and possibilities
Last night, Randy was ill, so I was free to go to the Magic draft at Good Games Ballarat. There, I met with old friends Julian and Craig for the first time in quite a few years. It was really nice to see them again, especially Julian, who played D&D with me for a couple of years in addition to all the Magic games we … Continue reading Old Friends and Magic
I’m now mostly over the cold I’ve had for the last week and a bit. Hooray! I was never happier that Martin cancelled Friday’s Star Wars session because it allowed me to recuperate a lot. Unfortunately, I had to cancel Thursday’s boardgaming session, which would have probably found Randy, Sarah and me playing Android. I was well enough on Saturday to get to the … Continue reading Weekend fun – Le Havre, Age of Empires, Magic
CREATURES (17):1W Aven Squire (x2)2W Aven Trailblazer3WW Battlegrace Angel5WW Yoked Plowbeast2R Exuberant Firestoker2G Ember Weaver3G Algae Gharial3G Cliffrunner Behemoth3G DrumhunterGW Qasali PridemageRG Nacatl OutlanderRGW Woolly Thoctar1RGW Retaliator Griffin2(G/U)W Messenger Falcons4GW Pale Recluse (x2) SPELLS (6):2G Gift of the Gargantuan(R/W)G Trace of Abundance(B/G)R Sangrite Backlash1WG Sigil of the Nayan Gods4RG Vengeful Rebirth3 Obelisk of Naya LAND (17):5 Plains6 Forests4 MountainsAncient ZigguratJungle Shrine Continue reading My Magic draft deck
Saturday was a big day of gaming for me. It started out at noon, when I ran the first of two sessions of the D&D Worldwide Game Day. The first group was mostly members of my regular games (Nathaniel, Martin, Rich and Josh) along with one complete newbie – Liam (I don’t think he’s even a teenager yet, though I might be wrong). … Continue reading An exhausting Saturday
