... I return to work ( Read more... )

Despite my interest in Call of Cthulhu, I didn't really get into playing in Chaosium's Lovecraftian RPG until I was in my late teens. Up until that point, my informative gaming experiences had been a combination of D&D, the GDW house system (in all it's guises - Dark Conspiracy, Traveller, Twilight 2000, etc), and interestingly enough, FGU's ( Read more... )

when Torvill and Dean broke up? Or when Prince Charles or Princess Dianne separated? Or even when Brad and Jennifer went their separate ways ( Read more... )

So in most cases its reality influencing our games, right? As GMs we go through dark patches, and these reflect in our adventures, or perhaps we want to explore a certain trend or emotion through our gaming. I know I've done both ( Read more... )

This will be the last post I put up here, for a while at least. The reasons are many fold, but basically this blog isn't really doing what I set it up to do any more - track my journey in various roleplay, war and board games. In the past few months adding entries here has become a bit of a chore, and I actually find myself questioning where anyone ( Read more... )

I'm sure I say this every 6 months or so, but I think it is time I decided what RPGs I really want to focus on going forward...

It seems to be that my interests rotate around three main games at the moment, and I suppose these are the games I'm always going to support as the years past. If you aren't aware the games are:

• Call of Cthulhu (Horror)
• ( Read more... )

So last week I headed to Auckland to catch up with friends and family. I'd been promising to head up that way for a good six months, and after a few false starts (mainly due to work comittments) I was able to fly up early on Thursday.

While I won't bore you with the details of the trip, suffice to say I was alone in in the City with no wife and no ( Read more... )

For some reason I've spent quite a bit of the past week reflecting on some of TSRs D&D settings, especially those that were released during its heyday in the early 90s. Reading these old books and supplements, I instance get a desire to play them all, but conversely know full well that they'll never quite live up to expectation ( Read more... )

Since  grandexperiment started the topic, I thought I'd pipe up with my plans for Christmas Gaming and on to next year.

As some of you might know our epic Warhammer Fantasy RPG campaign - The Thousand Thrones - is coming to an end shortly, and with it my year's regular gaming. I'll miss the fortnightly games, although I'm looking forward to ( Read more... )

Last night I decided that I would reread the entirety of the Stormbringer 5th edition rule book. I don't quite know why, but suffice to say I didn't get too far before I crashed. Still, as sleep started to take hold, I did get a chance to reflect on the various SB games I've run since I really fell in love with the game (2003/2004)...

1. The first game ( Read more... )