Board Games… Event Report: Northern Knights Open Day 2022 16 Oct 202216 Oct 2022 Caithness' gaming group, the Northern Knights, held an open day on the 15th of October. This group is really important to me. When I moved into the area and was…
Reviews… Review: DM Dave’s Oozemancer Class for D&D 5E 18 Sep 2022 A couple of years ago DM Dave put out an Oozemancer class for Dungeons & Dragons 5E. I decided to give it a go in a campaign earlier this year…
Reviews… Review: Dungeon Babies (5E, DM’s Guild) 12 Sep 2022 There was a period, some time ago, when it was the fashion for companies to put out baby-themed versions of existing properties. Muppet Babies is probably the most famous example,…
Pop Culture… Review: Dropout.tv (Streaming Service) 9 Aug 202212 Aug 2022 A different kind of review today. When I do review something - as rare as my reviews are - it's usually directly games related. Well, saying that, I have reviewed…
Painting and Modeling… Rollin’ With the Pins: First Impression of the GSW Textured Rolling Pins 21 Feb 202223 Feb 2022 I've spent a pleasant afternoon playing with some rolling pins. These are a few of the textured rollers from GreenStuffWorld. The rollers are plastic cylinders with a texture carved into…
Reviews A Review of Warhammer Fest 2021, Part 2: Days 4 to 6 9 May 20219 May 2021 I don't normally write about Games Workshop's previews, but they're actually normally pretty cool. This week, they've held Warhammer Fest, a massive, multi-day set of previews. Each day has a…
Reviews A Review of Warhammer Fest 2021, Part 1: Days 1 to 3 8 May 20219 May 2021 I don't normally write about Games Workshop's previews, but they're actually normally pretty cool. This week, they've held Warhammer Fest, a massive, multi-day set of previews. Each day has a…
Reviews… Review: Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (5E, DM’s Guild) 9 Mar 2021 As a D&D player, I'm painfully predictable. Whenever I get to a stat increase, I just pump a couple of points into my primary stat, adjust my sheet accordingly and…
Pop Culture… Middleditch, Schwartz and a Masterclass in Fiasco 31 May 202031 May 2020 In April, Netflix posted a series of three comedy specials from Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz. These names may be familiar to you. Middleditch is best known for his starring…
Reviews… Review: Warcraft 5E Manual of Monsters 7 Apr 2020 Last year I posted a review of a fan-made PDF offering a 5E conversion for World of Warcraft. You can go and read the review if you like but, in…
Reviews… Review: Ten Candles 24 Nov 2019 Ten Candles is a game I have been vaguely aware of for some time. I knew that it was vaguely horror-based and that it was played with, yes, ten candles. …
Reviews… Review: Changeling C5 (fan-made) 3 Nov 2019 The 5th edition of Vampire: The Masquerade brought with it a plethora of changes in rules, tone, and art direction. Of these, the change in art was the hardest for…