Greatest Hits #30 - Modern Marvels Session 3 - Enter Hercules!
The third session of one of my favorite campaigns ... and I'm sure we played a fourth that I never wrote up! I'll have to rectify that!We had a chance to get a game together but not all of our...
View ArticleGreatest Hits #31 - Ye Olde Fumble Table
In honor of the kind of year 2018 has been for me, this is the most appropriate way to end the year:In the interest of contributing something at least semi-useful to other people I present Ye Olde...
View ArticleBeginning Year 10 of the Tower
I started writing here in 2009 as an outlet for my game related-thoughts and that's continued every year since. Last year was a terrible year and posting fell way down, but as I climb out of the hole I...
View ArticleThe RPG Catch-Up post
Despite the silence this month I have managed to get in some games - here's what's been going on at the beginning of the new year:I'm actually playing in two games! At the same time! Not...
View Article40K Weekday: Grey Knights Update
I really really like the Grey Knights lore in 40K I remember them being an interesting unit in Rogue trader and then in Epic where they were a single unit you might take if fighting Chaos but not an...
View ArticleBat Rep of the Week: Imperium vs. Khorne
This one is from Tabletop Tactics and it looks like they are having a ton of fun in this one. Also: comically bad dice rolls!
View Article40K Tuesday: Chaos Daemons Update
I spent a fair amount of time in 2018 building up this army alongside the Grey Knights and while it's still a work in progress I did at least make some progress. I have all of the pieces I want, for...
View ArticleBatRep of the Week: Grey Knights vs. Tyranids
A new one from Miniwargaming that's fun and shows off some of the new Urban Conquest Rules
View ArticleSentinel Comics RPG Kickstarter
A lot of you probably already know about this but just in case the RPG based on the Sentinels of the Multiverse card game has a kickstarter that wraps up in a little more than a week. The campaign is...
View ArticleBatRep of the Week: Imperial Knights Vs Khorne Battle Report Warhammer 40K
A fun battle with lots of heavy hitters knocking each other around.
View ArticleBatRep of the Week: Armada!
Something a little different this week as Blaster and I dig back into Armada for a change:First, a very casual intro by the guys at Shut Up and Sit Down:Then another "how-to" with a European...
View ArticleRPG Stuff: Our 50 Fathoms Campaign Log
So I'm actually playing in two ... that's TWO (!) ongoing campaigns now - and have been for a few months! I could not tell you the last time that happened. I've been playing in one for about 5 years...
View ArticleBatRep of the Week: Orks vs. Orks
Steve the Mountain and a battle of Orks against Orks! It's a lot of fun.
View ArticleThe Gygax Story
This article came out last week and I read it, thought about it, waited a few days, and decided to put a link up here. It's tied to the very foundations of the hobby and it's worth a read.Fantasy's...
View ArticleSavage Worlds - Adventure Edition
I've been interested in the Savage Worlds game since the earliest days of its existence - maybe before if we're going back to Deadlands and the Great Rail Wars days. I played and ran some Deadlands in...
View ArticleCats: No Respect for the Game
Diving back into Magic this month with Blaster and this guy has to jump right into the middle. The bulldog is perfectly happy to go to sleep under the table ... not this one.
View ArticleMagic Monday
So Blaster got back into Magic: The Gathering with some of his friends last month and once he started talking about it I realized I haven't bought a pack of Magic cards since before he was born so it's...
View ArticleNot-40K Friday - Resurgence! - Aluminum Man Flies Again
I was going to start posting about 40K again but the big thing this week is definitely not 40K here.For current details look here - it's a few posts down on this page.Some fun information here.
View ArticleObsession of the Moment: Paragon City Returns
So many heroes reborn ...Adamantium Man returns!Phurious Pharoah returns!Draco Rex returns!Not all of my time has been sent with old friends - some new ones have turned up too - more on that later.Just...
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