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Gaming history: a bit more about Phoenix Games

Posted on 2017 September 30 by njwSeptember 30, 2017

After the Little Tin Soldier went out of business, people in the Twin Cities gaming community held our breaths: would someone else take over? Would one of Don Valentine’s former employees buy the business from him? Would we all need … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged FLGS, gaming history, local | 2 Replies

FLGS intro: Alchemy Games

Posted on 2015 July 1 by njwAugust 3, 2015

Next time you’re in Taibei, Taiwan and looking for a good FLGS, Alchemy Games is the natural place to check out. There are several locations around the city with different strengths. The one on Xinyi is more about M:tG; the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged FLGS, gaming history, Taiwan | 2 Replies

THAC0 on YouTube

Posted on 2014 April 27 by njwApril 27, 2014

There are a lot of movies that feel like RPG adventures — Ladyhawke, for example — and there are even a pretty good number of movies directly about RPGs, like the second D&D movie. But I just discovered that one … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged filmed RPGs, FLGS, gaming history, local, reviews | Leave a reply

Road of Kings: a nifty app

Posted on 2014 March 16 by njwMarch 16, 2014

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 →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged boardgames, buying and selling, computers & RPGs, diversity, gaming history | Leave a reply

The night my hall director solved Car Wars

Posted on 2013 November 13 by njwJuly 21, 2015

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 →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged boardgames, buying and selling, Car Wars, gaming history, let me tell you about my character | Leave a reply

Gaming history: Mention of the Little Tin Soldier in a newspaper article, 1984

Posted on 2013 November 6 by njwJanuary 10, 2014

With a recent comment on my post about the Little Tin Soldier, I was curious what else I could find about Don Valentine on the net. With the exact search terms “Don Valentine” and “Little Tin Soldier”, Google returns just … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged boardgames, FLGS, gaming history, local | 5 Replies

Darklands art on eBay

Posted on 2013 April 9 by njwApril 26, 2014

If I had $2000 lying around, I’d be buying this right now: the original cover art for Darklands, one of the best CRPGs ever. The thumbnail to the right shows the cover as it was published; what’s on sale is … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged art & artists, buying and selling, computers & RPGs, Darklands, gaming history | Leave a reply

Gaming Hoopla

Posted on 2013 April 7 by njwApril 10, 2013

Something I forgot to note in my slew of Con of the North posts: a couple weeks from now (April 19-21), there will be a pretty nifty gaming convention in Wisconsin called Gaming Hoopla. They now have their event listing … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged boardgames, conventions, gaming history | 3 Replies

Minicon and the Minneapolis Dungeon

Posted on 2013 April 3 by njwAugust 16, 2013

The “Minneapolis Ties to Gaming” panel that I mentioned before went pretty well. We went through local gaming history pretty much chronologically, starting with boardgames published in the area nearly 100 years ago and ending with the potential future of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged computers & RPGs, conventions, D&D, gaming history, local, Minicon, reviews | 16 Replies

This weekend: Minicon

Posted on 2013 March 29 by njwApril 1, 2013

This weekend, I’ll be at Minicon, the Twin Cities’ longest-running SF convention. No scheduled games, but I could certainly run something if there’s interest! And I’ll be on a panel that promises to be really interesting: “Twin Cities Ties to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged conventions, gaming history, local, Minicon | 1 Reply

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