Gary Gygax is dead ( Read more... )

Even moreso than the tightass paladin, the stereotypical character type that pisses me off in D&D? The "Chaotic Neutral" person who uses it as an excuse to be all "WHEE I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT WITHOUT CARING." Or the people who think Chaotic Neutral = Psychopath. And the worse part is how so many of the official D&D books give that exact kind ( Read more... )

The game system I have the most books for I've never used is probably GURPS. Mainly because GURPS takes so damn long to make characters, I always lose patience, so I've never tried to run anything with any of my groups. But I have them more because a lot of the books are good reference for other things, and I've used them for that. And I used to ( Read more... )

Playing D&D last night, the other mage in our party got hit by a specifically targeted version of the Silence spell. Which I then dubbed "Power Word: STFU ( Read more... )

I bought a pair of video games today, the first I've bought in months, at least. And I only got these because they were $10 each at Target. I got Longest Journey and Starship Tycoon. And... That's all there really is to say there, I guess ( Read more... )

Um, yeah. Wizards of the Coast says they found the lost third set of the Ice Age block. In all the time I've played Magic, I've never heard of this before. But they're going to print it, and make it T2 legal. Um ( Read more... )

So, I've been playing FF7 off and on a bit. And in thinking on it, I've come to approve of the limited upgrade stuff for people, there's really no reason I should have to worry about micromanaging armor and weapons and all that crap. Sometimes, detail gets in the way. "Hey, better sword!" works fine ( Read more... )

So I've been playing FF7 a bit. And I haven't bothered to rename the characters when they show up, even though they give me the option. There's not really much point. Naming the character something different doesn't change what happens, their personality, or their interactions. That's all pre-scripted. I might as well just leave their names ( Read more... )

Today was the Ravnica release event at the local hobby store.

( Details inside, so as not to bore the non-Magic people )

Yes, I realize the game's been out like ten years. I hadn't played it, and still haven't much. One of my friends loaned me it and his playstation 1 to play it, since we were doing an RPG set in an FF-like universe. Which seems to have died, but ( Read more... )