I went to see the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Othello on the weekend. I generally enjoy Bell’s productions of plays, most of which I’ve seen when the company has toured Ballarat. Travelling down to Melbourne to watch it was a first for me. Unfortunately, the experience was not a good one. The trouble can be laid at the feet of the lead actors, who, … Continue reading Othello – Bell Shakespeare Company
I posted about this on EN World earlier today – I really, really hate 5′ wide corridors. Last session of Savage Tide was ruined by their overusage, as I think Craig, Rich and Bradford can attest. An entire dungeon of 5 ft corridors is not fun. It is especially not fun when you have a party of 6 PCs (not unknown in the D&D world). … Continue reading I really hate 5 foot wide corridors
I’m ill. Again. Or perhaps it’s the same cold… just gone into remission for one week and now back again. It’s not too bad, but my nose is spending a lot of time wanting to be somewhere else, and my head feels like it’s made of cotton wool. And it’s not like I can spend time away from work at present. I should be ok … Continue reading Urg.
All the TV shows I’m watching (and most of the weeknights there’s something on) are counting down to their season finales. Perhaps I’ll be able to go out on weeknights in the near future? Monday night:Supernatural… 5 episodes to go. Tuesday night:NCIS… 7 episodes to go Wednesday night:Heroes… 5 episodes to go; paired with24… 3 episodes to go. Thursday night:Lost… 9 episodes to go. This … Continue reading Counting down the TV shows
G’day, all! I’ve just added four geeklists to BoardGameGeek: Our short games – http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21960Our medium-casual games – http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21957Our medium-gamer games – http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21958Our long games – http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21955 These are for the purposes of my friends in Ballarat – I hope they’ll help them choose which games they’d like to play at our regular Board Game days. Feel free to browse and read the comments, however! Cheers,Merric … Continue reading Our games – on Board Game Geek
I’d like to point out that this was all Randy’s fault. If he hadn’t called me asking for a day of gaming on Saturday, we wouldn’t have had two days of gaming. I refuse to accept blame on account of being a gaming addict: Randy should have known better than to ask, knowing I’d say yes… Saturday:Watched Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End before … Continue reading Two days at Randy’s
My lack of a personal computer is slowing me down significantly… Latest updates on the Wizards site: Maximise your Minis #4 Night Below preview #5 Night Below Store Release Continue reading Latest Wizards updates
For most of last week – pretty much Friday-Friday – I was ill with a rather annoying cold. It started as I was running the D&D games last week, and continued through last Friday afternoon/evening. By the end, the symptoms weren’t much but general tiredness and lethargy, but that’s not so good when I’m meant to be DMing. So, Friday afternoon’s Shackled City session wasn’t … Continue reading Another good weekend
Well, on Wednesday evening I headed off to Randy’s place for some food, games and TV. I really enjoyed myself, and I must thank Randy and Meagan for having me over. After dinner, Randy and I settled down to a few short games before Heroes began. We began with two games of Memoir ’44, which were closely contested affairs – we each won one, and … Continue reading More gaming
This list is of all… well, most… of the board games that we own that fall into the 1-2 hour range in terms of time to play; the ones that just fall into the “Casual” side of play, but require a bit more thought to set up and play. These games are further divided into the Casual and Gamer games – depending on how weighty … Continue reading Our Board Games – the Medium ones
