If I had as much time as I wanted, I’d probably be a miniatures gamer. I love the intricacy, the skill, the sheer aesthetic delight of painting minis. The maneuvering, the planning, the feints and the luck of battles. And … Continue reading
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This past weekend was Method Con 2, this year’s MnStf fall relaxacon. As usual, it was a pleasant weekend of conversation, gaming, food and generally hanging out with a bunch of cool people. Games I played As a MnStf relaxacon, … Continue reading
A month or so ago, I had a chance to play Timeline, the inventions edition. I had some frustrations with it, but overall liked it a lot, so when I went to Rogue Robot and saw Timeline on the shelf, … Continue reading
I didn’t do much actual gaming at Convergence this year, but what I did was good. Thursday night, I played a little Zar. Usually pretty fun, and this was no exception. No idea who won, but that’s rarely the point. … Continue reading
This WisCon, I did a fair amount of actual gaming. Foremost among these, of course, was my Mountain Monastery Murder Mystery. As I’ve mentioned before, this is set in a monastery/abbey of Sister Earth, in my main campaign world, Calteir. … Continue reading
I’ve played Artemis a few times now. It is, as I’ve said, a pretty revolutionary concept. It’s not quite an RPG, not quite a LAN game, not quite a LARP… Artemis is pretty much its own genre. In my head, … Continue reading
Dave Trampier has apparently passed away. Trampier, aka DAT and Tramp, was a very influential artist. He of course did the famous Players’ Handbook cover with the adventurers clambering over the giant idol. Emirikol the Chaotic surely has had a … Continue reading
Through a thread on Story Games, I found out about a nifty game app available for iOS or Android: Road of Kings. It’s a sort of hexcrawl, where you’re out to prove your worth as a barbarian chief by accumulating … Continue reading
Saturday night, I had somehow managed to get tickets for two two-hour blocks of Artemis Starship Bridge Simulator in a row. As I’ve mentioned before, I find this game to be pretty revolutionary — it’s equal parts LARP, LAN game, … Continue reading
Recent discussion of the Tin reminds me of Car Wars. Starting sometime in the late 80s, my interest in Car Wars paralleled my interest in RPGs. For a few years there, I gave both an equal share of my free … Continue reading