We broke in my shiny new copy of Battlestar Galactica on Monday evening with six of us getting together to take the game through its paces: Randy, Rich, Josh, Adam, Pat and myself. Some eight hours later, we tottered off home, having experienced a couple of the best games we’ve played. Paranoia, co-operation, and a fair deal of brig time had combined to give a … Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: the Board Game
I’m 36 today. The years are speeding by now. I’ve had a very good year, all things considered, although this isn’t my favourite day of it – I’m stuck at work printing report after report. Given that’s also what I was doing yesterday and most of last week, I’m a bit sick of it now. Happily, I’ve got two new boardgames: Dominion (currently #7 on … Continue reading Birthday fun
I’ve picked up on my reading and buying of new books recently. (Hooray!) Here’s a few of the highlights: Chris Evans, A Darkness Forged in Fire, book 1 of the Iron Elves A new US fantasy writer, and he’s written an enjoyable debut book. It’s a military fantasy in a world where a dark force is rising and corrupting certain groups. Interestingly, you have the … Continue reading Books, books, books
One of the more common adventure types that I encountered during my brief time with the RPGA was the investigative adventure – the mystery. Recently, I’ve been playing the Star Wars RPG "Dawn of Defiance" series of adventures, and guess what we’re finding? Mysteries. Not every adventure, but enough of them. And I really, really hate them. Especially in Star Wars. But also … Continue reading I hate mysteries
Yesterday, we had the latest session of our Thunderspire Labyrinth D&D 4e game. I’m very glad to say that it went much better than the last one, and I enjoyed it tremendously. Greg was able to make this session, so we had six players plus one DM (that was me, if somehow you haven’t worked out I’m normally the DM for D&D sessions around here). … Continue reading Good gaming in the Labyrinth
A lot of games have suddenly come into stock, so I’ve been getting regular parcels from MilSims of late. The highlights: Rails of Europe – the expansion to Railroad Tycoon, which is now out of print, and the license to the RRT name has gone. So, Glenn Drover is using the same system to produce a Rails of the World game, but before that comes out, Rails … Continue reading Games, games, games
Urgh. I’ve got that sinking feeling that has been engendered by reading the names in the latest list of layoffs at Wizards. It’s still not 100% official, but it’s depressing. Dave Noonan’s is the name that most surprises me, but there are some very talented people on the list. I hope they can find new jobs soon; this is not the time I would choose … Continue reading Layoffs at Wizards
It’s been a strange old week; I’ve been feeling mightily out of sorts during it. I’m not ill – at least, I don’t think I am, but there have been a couple of things happening to unsettle me. The major one was the car trouble I experienced on the weekend. My alternator died, so my battery was no longer recharging. This is really, really bad … Continue reading Strange old week
…I’m going to be 36 in a month’s time. Eek. As is traditional, I’ll be celebrating the event at my place on the weekend, which I hope some of my geographically-closer friends will be able to attend. The most likely date at this point is Sunday 14th December. Hopefully, at least someone will be able to come… Continue reading A month until my birthday…
Something that is becoming more common in our Sunday sessions is that we spend a lot of the four hours we gather for not playing D&D. This session, we spent 90 minutes talking about Star Wars (RPG, films, computer games, novels, etc.) before we even got to the D&D session. And then we only played 2 encounters of the adventure, plus a third one introduced … Continue reading Sunday D&D… sort of
