RPGs… Throwback Thursday: Goblin Markets 23 Feb 202322 Feb 2023 I don't know what it is about goblins that make me want to write in verse. It's becoming a thing. This particular supplement for Changeling: The Lost (a game we…
Painting and Modeling… Throwback Thursday: Flesh Tearer marine/Duncan Rhodes 16 Feb 20238 Feb 2023 It's been about 20 years since I last did a Space Marine army, and I no longer have those miniatures. I've painted the odd marine here and there, though. In…
Board Games… Throwback Thursday: Gaming in the Discworld 9 Feb 20238 Feb 2023 The Discworld, created by Terry Pratchett, is a fantastic, developed setting that has a lot of potential for use in gaming. Certainly, there's a lot of scope for exploration. There…
Painting and Modeling… Throwback Thursday: Completing the Viktorias 2 Feb 20239 Jan 2023 One of my earliest completed miniatures posts, this was from January 2018 when I finished up my Viktorias crew box for Malifaux. I got a few games in with the…
RPGs… Throwback Thursday: Faulty Knowledge in the World of Darkness 26 Jan 202326 Jan 2023 There's an inherent problem with knowledge-based checks in roleplaying games. Survival checks, history, arcana, religion, social awareness... there's something that just doesn't work in rolling a dice and getting a…
Miniature Games… Throwback Thursday: Remembering Shadow War 19 Jan 20238 Jan 2023 Necromunda is a good game. It's great that Games Workshop decided to bring it back after it spent a good few years out of print. Before they brought the game…
Card Games… Throwback Thursday: On Structure in Deckbuilding Games 12 Jan 20238 Jan 2023 I love deckbuilding games. Games like Clank, DC Comics Deckbuilding Game, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, and others have a semi-permanent place at my table. The game that popularised the genre…
RPGs… Throwback Thursday: In-person and Online RPGs 5 Jan 2023 This post was quite prescient. Back in 2018, I shared some thoughts on playing RPGs online, versus in-person. My answer then was ultimately the same as it is now; in-person…
Board Games… Throwback Thursday: First Impressions of Rex 29 Dec 202229 Dec 2022 For a time, there was a real demand for a reprint of the classic Dune board game, but the Frank Herbert estate was very reluctant to issue a license. More…
Board Games… Throwback Thursday: In ur Dungeons, Killin’ Ur Dudes 22 Dec 202218 Dec 2022 Dungeons crawls! I love me some dungeon crawls. One of my first hobbyist board games was actually a dungeon crawl, based on 2nd edition Dungeons & Dragons. It was the…
RPGs… Throwback Thursday: Thoughts on Evolving Settings 15 Dec 202211 Dec 2022 In a post from 2017, I mused on the topic of RPG settings. There are plenty of settings that are fundamentally quite static. They don't change significantly unless there's a…
RPGs… Throwback Thursday: Roleplaying in the Borderlands 8 Dec 20227 Dec 2022 I really like fanmade games. They tend to be proper labours of love. Among the fan games I've looked at, I really enjoyed a 5E version of World of Warcraft…
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