Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsGURPS generally enjoys a reputation for good reference supplements. One that caught me particularly by surprise was when I borrowed a friend’s copy of GURPS High-Tech. I’m not really into guns, but I was impressed by broad-based historical info on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over for gaming yesterday. We played the ever-popular Advanced Civilization with five players, and had a good time of it. The mix of powers was the same as last time, though who took what was different. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the Design and Effect blog at GameSquad. There are games that are tactical in scope, presenting small units (or even individuals) fighting out a battle. There are games with a wider, strategic, scope, where entire wars are fought[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today for wargaming. It was his turn to pick, and he had originally wanted to do Spartacus, which both of us think looks interesting. But, he hadn’t gotten a chance to get it to me ahead of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The early 1990s marked the last part of the expansive history of the ‘classic’ TSR. New lines were being created all over the place, and most previous lines were kept fresh and updated. TSR’s financial collapse is mostly blamed on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Zjonni over Sunday for some gaming and dinner. That is, he came over and cooked dinner; he usually stays over for dinner with us on game days. Like my roommate Barron, he enjoys cooking, so this time he returned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over yesterday for our sorta-monthly FtF session. It was my choice this time, so the venue was Federation & Empire. We’ve been playing (or failing to) this game for quite some time now, but Mark’s been struggling with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang, or at least some of it over yesterday to try out GMT’s Blackbeard, which Mark got some time ago. Due to schedule constraints there were four of us (the game supports up to five), me, Mark, Jason[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today for our monthly wargaming session. It was his turn to pick, and he decided to go with a couple of shorter games to give us some greater variety. We started off with Winds of War a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With today (the 4th) being a Saturday, I got yesterday off for the Federal Holiday. Zjonni also had the day off from college, so he came over for some gaming yesterday. As he wasn’t entirely on top of things, he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…