Well, Yggsburgh and Dark Chateau arrived in the mail yesterday. Yggsburgh is not what I was expecting. A little history: Gary Gygax invented D&D, and his campaign was all around Castle Greyhawk and the Free City of Greyhawk. Unfortunately, he was kicked out of TSR in 1985 or thereabouts, and much of his Greyhawk designs never saw print. Eventually, due to the d20 System and … Continue reading Yggsburgh
I’m dangerous with a credit card… Mind you, a bunch of this is pre-ordering, stuff that won’t be out for a month or thereabouts, and I’m doing this to get the discount. However, I’ve got a feeling that I’ve been ordering so much from MilSims of late that they’re giving me a hefty discount anyway… about 15% or so. Eep. So, what did I order? … Continue reading Latest MilSims order…
How annoying is EN World at the moment? Not the edition wars (though they are annoying) or the Wizards-bashing (also annoying), but the huge technical problems it’s having? Given how long it has been since EN World has had a functional review site, it seems very sad that it is now non-functional as regards to forums as well. Completely awesome, on the other hand, is … Continue reading Two other things…
Doctor Who was merely “ok” on Sunday (Planet of the Ood), as compared to the awesomeness that was The Fires of Pompeii the week before. I made up for that with watching two classic Dr Who stories I’d just picked up – The Curse of Fenric and Ghostlight. They’re two of my favourite stories from the classic era, both from the final series before the … Continue reading Doctor Who, Yggsburgh and other things
A further two sessions of 4e this weekend brings my total number of sessions played to 7. Most of the players are now exploring the wonders of 2nd level. Various events on the weekend hurt the number of players that could attend – only 4 on Friday (of 6) and 3 on Sunday (of 6). Incredibly, the games survived and were even fun. I’m not … Continue reading Weekend D&D
I’ve been busy buying new games – both RPG and board – in the last few weeks. My latest boardgame is World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game. I’ve just had a brief (incomplete) game of it with my students. There’s a lot to recommend it. 2-4 players, takes about 90-120 minutes, and plays a lot like a more complex version of Talisman. Downtime is pretty … Continue reading Games, games, games
In our last session of my Castle Greyhawk campaign, Peggy’s magic-user “Mya” used her magic to destroy an altar to the Chaos Gods. She was promptly cursed by those gods, who made it impossible for her to heal. Luckily she was able to get the curse reversed (Into the Woods line there) at the temple of Rao, although she’s now engaged on a quest for … Continue reading Faith in D&D
I’ve just bought my first D&D Miniatures since War of the Dragon Queen, two years ago. (Well, almost. I bought the new starter last month). I bought one case of the new Against the Giants set. For those wondering why I haven’t bought any DDM in the past two years, it’s partly to do with the amount of money I’ve been spending on boardgames – … Continue reading Thoughts on the “Against the Giants” set of D&D Miniatures
MilSims has delivered the final 3.5e books I ordered about a month ago. So, that’s that for 3.5e purchases, I guess. For those who are interested, the books were: * Cormyr: the Tearing of the Weave* Shadowdale: the Scouring of the Land* Fortress of the Yuan-Ti Together, they finished off two 3.5e adventure trilogies. Yeah, I know… I had part 3 of the Realms trilogy … Continue reading Last 3.5e books, and first C&C books.
I’ve just been reading the first Castles & Crusades adventure, “Assault on Blacktooth Ridge”. There are some nice ideas used in the adventure, but the writing is terrible. Spelling, grammar and sentence construction are things you take for granted… until you discover that they’ve gone missing. Then you realise exactly how important they are. “The following are descriptions of the more notable places and people … Continue reading My eyes! My poor, bleeding eyes!
