40K Friday - Other Stuff
There hasn't been much 40K action around here lately. Blaster and I are both interested in the big Eldar update coming in their new codex. It looks like they're rolling Harlequins back into the main...
View ArticleSentinels of Earth Prime and Kickstarter
Well, look what finally arrived on my front porch over the weekend! I say "finally because, well ...Yeah ... that's straight from the Kickstarter page. That was set for a year after it funded, which...
View ArticleTen years ago today ...
... my kids were mangling the Moathouse garrison on a spring break run.I could probably do a lot of posts like this at this point. I suppose that's a good thing as I'm still at it but I'm also feeling...
View ArticleThe Star Trek Adventures Starter Set
I got this a while back and I felt like I really should post about it. While I have some quibbles with the rules themselves this is a really good starter set. It contains the expected basics for...
View Article40K Friday - Warhammer Plus ... 8 Months In
So I've talked about the service at launch and a month or so in but I haven't said much since - so how is it?The short version? It's ... disappointing.There is some really cool stuff here but they are...
View Article40K Friday - A Bunch of Horus Heresy
Well, it looks like Horus Heresy is becoming GW's 3rd big game. I mean sure, they have the skirmish games like Kill Team and War Cry, and side games like Blood Bowl and Necromunda, but the effort they...
View ArticleThe New Marvel RPG - Part I: Dice Mechanics
I was a fan of the TSR Marvel RPG back when it came out. I mean ... it wasn't Champions but we had some fun with it over the next few years.I did not play the SAGA Marvel game. No experience, no...
View Article40K Friday - Chaos Marine Updates
With word that the Traitor Legions are finally getting their 9th edition codex I'm looking forward to dusting off my Iron Warriors for the first time in a while. Alongside this GW announced that the...
View ArticleThe Summer Update
Well it has been a while since I posted anything but that up there is not a direct commentary on the blog. That said it feels like it's time for a general update at least. It's been a busier than...
View ArticleDCC's Wizard Van
This is hilarious and awesome - full story here. Excellent work Goodman Games!
View ArticleTranslocation Complete
Well the trip is finally complete! It took way too long ... apparently I have a lot of stuff ... but it's finished now and we are fully transported to the new estate. We've integrated Fred the Yard...
View ArticleMy Mutants and Masterminds Kickstarter Conundrum
So Green Ronin is running a kickstarter to get a bunch of M&M 3E books back into print. That's a good thing, happy to see it. One complication is that I already own all of the books, including...
View ArticleAndor - A Longer Take
I know it's not been doing well in the ratings but I decided I was hearting enough good things about Andor to take a look and I'm glad I did. There's a proven principle in box office analysis that a...
View ArticleAge of Sigmar: Return of the Chaos Warriors
After the move comes the unpacking and as a part of that process I got to spend time with things I had not really touched in a long time. One of those was my old school Chaos Warrior army that I...
View Article40K Friday - Catching Up
So much new stuff this year and I was out of action for a big chunk of it - I am finally getting back on track. The new workspace is finally usable and the playing space has been ready for a bit. We...
View ArticleThe 10th Anniversary
Golden Griffon goes to workWell today marks ten years since the shutdown of City of Heroes. Yes, we have the game back now and have for a few years but it's not quite the same as when it was a going...
View ArticleThe New Backup Game
We just recently restarted the Deadlands campaign that I've been running for the past year. Everyone is excited and the new place adds something to it too. So we mapped out a schedule that worked for...
View Article40K Friday - Monday Edition - Necrons!
Remember those Necrons I was working on last year but didn't quite finish? Well, they are finally getting to a "finished" status now. Hey, it's only a year later than I was thinking ...Of course now I...
View ArticleThe New Year's Eve Post for 2022
Well the end of '22 finds me in a very different place then the end of '21 ... literally. Somewhere along the way I decided to see how much change I could pack into one year and the answer is "a whole...
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