I really don’t care much for the gods of fantasy novels and game worlds. They are all (for the most part) just, well … bullshit. So structured and formulaic. Give me the gods of the real world any day – ancient or modern! Theology is a bizarre and fascinating topic. Since my game setting is […]
Day 5 – What is your favourite game setting? The greatest buzz for me about this game is building my own world. There are some fantastic campaign settings out there and I’ve even used a few of them too. Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragon Lance, Matt Mercer’s Tal’Dorei, Parsanteum, Middle Earth, and more – all richly […]
As mentioned in the last challenge post, I haven’t been a player very often, but I do play open-world computer games like the Elder Scrolls series. Looking back over my style of play across both types of gaming, I seem to have avoided the rigidity of the character class system. In Skyrim, Oblivion and Morrowind, […]
Day 3 – What’s your favourite palyable race? Human. Probably. I’ve only been a player on three adventures in the past 40 years. All the other sessions have been as a DM, so my experiences in this regard are limited. My first character was a gnome, my second was a human (I think, it was […]
Day 2 – Which is your favourite edition? 4th Edition! Just kidding! I tried the original version of D&D for a session or two back in ’79, but eagerly moved to AD&D once I earned enough pocket money to buy the rule books. I never understood the reasoning behind Expert Edition and dismissed it as […]
Day 1 – How did you get started with this game? Christmas morning in 1978, my sister Lorna gave me a gift of the Monster Manual for 1st Edition AD&D. I remember being very confused about it – not understanding what it was for and what I was supposed to do with it. But she […]
My good friend over at Shichitenhakki undertook this challenge a few years ago and I enjoyed reading his experiences (it all starts here, to save you hunting). What better (and geekier) way to get back into blogging than to undertake my own attempt? Certainly, as a challenge, it’s better than tipping a bucket of ice […]
Our gaming group regularly plays Rapid Fire in 20mm scale, set in North Africa. The extensive range of vehicles, figures and terrain we use all belong to Dave, although a few of us have donated the odd model to his collection. So far I feel I haven’t contributed much to the group in terms of […]
The legions of Castle Brass assemble for their annual Christmas photograph. In all their under-coated glory, the first batch of Kamarg troops are assembled ready for a lick of paint and a bit o’ basing action. These figures are from Eureka Miniatures and are officially licenced products from the History of the Runestaff books by […]
2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the Kokoda Campaign through the highlands of New Guinea, where the Imperial Japanese Army sought to capture Port Moresby and use it as a forward operational base to isolate Australia from its ally, the United States. An under-prepared force of Australian and Papuan troops was tasked with repelling the […]