Which filter in the GNU Image Manipulation Program allows you to make hexes? I knew there was one but didn’t remember it. In looking for the answer to this question, I found this post on the Spriggan’s Den blog. The … Continue reading
Tag Archives: computers & RPGs
While it’s still in memory, some notes about WisCONline, which happened at the end of May. I was part of the concomm, doing a bunch of work behind the scenes, so I’m kinda biased. But at the same time, none … Continue reading
This is a good time to be thinking about remote gaming. The current pandemic is awful, of course. But we’re lucky in that good internet, videochat, etc. allow us to connect remotely with such ease. Most of my gaming these … Continue reading
A lot of my gaming these days is long-distance. Many of us are in vastly different time-zones. Trying to make things work in person would be basically impossible. As a result, we’ve come to rely a lot on videochat systems. … Continue reading
I’ve been missing cons a lot here. So much so that last weekend, I went to the Taipei Game Show, which is a mixed industry-to-industry and industry-to-players trade show that happens every year at the Taipei World Trade Center. It … Continue reading
I haven’t had much time to post here lately. Short version: Real life. And not much gaming as a result. My monthly Blade & Crown game is still going strong, but it’s on hiatus for a couple months due to … Continue reading
How to actually form games, schedule them, publicize them, registered for them, and (when necessary) cancel or communicate further about them is a huge problem for a gaming con — probably the single biggest one. When do games run? One … Continue reading
Since my move to Taiwan, my monthly Blade & Crown group has continued pretty much unabated. Our group is now pretty widely scattered. Most of the players are in the Twin Cities, but one is in the Pacific Northwest, and … Continue reading
Convergence finally asks me to be an Invited Participant, and what happens? I’m not even in the country for it. It’s been a major break between posts here, and for good reason. At the beginning of May, I started a … Continue reading
Like a lot of people, I’ve played the Android game 80 Days a bit lately. I like a lot of the writing, which is generally quite clever. Although based on Verne’s novel, it has a lot of additions, in the … Continue reading