I’ve almost finished writing all the reports for the boardgame sessions I played over the weekend. I’ve still got one game of War of the Ring to write up, which I played against Sarah on Friday afternoon. (Sarah won as Sauron). FridayYspahan vs Daniel & SarahWar of the Ring vs Sarah SaturdayFamily Business vs Craig, Mike, Rich and RandyYspahan vs Mike and RandySan Juan vs … Continue reading Boardgame Session Reports!
It’s late on Monday night, and my weekend is over. Actually it was over last night, but I’m just catching up on writing about it. I’ve still got about eight session reports to write; I guess I’ll get to them tomorrow. Those are boardgame session reports, btw. I haven’t really been writing up my RPG session reports lately, because I don’t really have a great … Continue reading Roleplaying
I never was a big Cosmic Encounter fan, mainly because I only played the original game a couple of times, but it’s always interested me (if only because Richard Garfield mentioned it as one the inspirations of Magic). However, the same team were responsible for the Dune boardgame, which is one of those games I really, really love. Not that I get to play it … Continue reading Cosmic Encounter and Dune
You are The Magician Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, depending on dignity. Eleoquent and charismatic both verbally and in writing, you are clever, witty, inventive and persuasive. The Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things so just by speaking them aloud. Reflecting this is the fact that the Magician is … Continue reading If Steven Brust can post this, so can I…
Another day, another few 4e updates. It’s probably worth saying at this point that we really know very little about 4e. A lot of what we’re theorizing is going to have no basis in reality. However, that really doesn’t make it any less fun to do! So, what came out of yesterday? MonstersThe big thing here was this article on the Wizards site. We’ve also … Continue reading Latest 4e updates
To call Torchwood erratic in quality is simply stating an obvious truth: the scripts are all over the place. Characterisation is a mess. Although Gwen and Captain Jack – when he gets something to do – fare pretty well, the rest tend to go between invisible and somewhat annoying. Do the writers get things write? Yes, occasionally. Last night’s episode was one of the better … Continue reading Torchwood – Out of Time
Best place to find new stuff about DDM 2.0? I’d say it’s in what Guy Fullerton has been writing here: http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=905528 There will be an “all-star” set of 60 previous minis (from before Unhallowed) that will get updates to the new rules, based on what actually get plays in skirmishes. (Don’t expect a Human Commoner conversion). Commanders and Morale will be gone, to be replaced … Continue reading Guy Fullerton’s Gencon Blog
Well, GenCon is over, and there’s been a bunch of 4e stuff posted. Mostly it seems like it will be similar to 3e, Star Wars Saga, but simpler in many, many ways. One of the goals of the revision is to produce more “per encounter” abilities rather than “per day”. It’s been observed that the way the 3e system works, you get 3 encounters that … Continue reading D&D 4th Edition
D&D Minis 2.0http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/inquest/005672645.cfm THE PLASTIC PERIPHERALSSo Fourth Edition will be a new rule set based on d20, but not remotely compatible. What’s that mean for the minis game? Effectively, this is D&D Minis 2.0 as well. Starting with Dungeons of Dread in April of 2008, D&D Minis sets will use Fourth Edition rules. According to Slavicsek, “All your plastic will still be usable, but your … Continue reading D&D Minis 2.0
Well, well, well. My, my, my. Oh dear. I already have *too many* D&D 3.5e books. What will happen to me now? For those in my existing D&D campaigns: Don’t worry. Yet. Yes, I’ll definitely be getting the 4e books when they are released, and most likely I’ll begin running campaigns with them… but… …I won’t convert a campaign unless most of the people are … Continue reading It’s confirmed: 4th edition D&D.
