A new year. A time for reflection. A time for memories ( Read more... )

I've been giving some thought to all things GenCon Indy 2024 at the moment, given the convention is just a few days away from starting (and folks are already on their way, and may even be gaming informally already). Thought that I would pass along a simple piece of advice: Remember the 5/3, 2, 1 Rule of GenCon. This means that in every 24 hours ( Read more... )

Since I know that a lot of my gaming friends and peeps are going to this year's GenCon 2024, and will be heading out sooner rather than later, I want to wish all of you a very happy GenCon ( Read more... )

Today is one of the Sundays where the gaming group is not playing because Tammy is working the weekend.

However, the new player who joined the Sunday group after CanGames 2024, Caroline, has convinced another potential player, Nicole, to come out this weekend. Since I wrapped up the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game last weekend, Caroline and Nicole ( Read more... )

The start of a new month. Thus, as is my standard usage of my blog space at or near the beginning of the month, I present the listing of my May, 2024 reads.

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Books Read in May, 2024

Pym by Mat Johnson (r)

Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch

Doctor Who: The Aztecs by John Lucarotti

November, 2023 Locus

October, 2023 Reader's Digest ( Read more... )

Today is one of the Sundays where the gaming group is not playing because Tammy is working the weekend.

However, the potential new player, Caroline, that I met at CanGames 2024 a couple of weeks ago is coming out to create a character for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game this afternoon. spross is also going to come out to create a second character for ( Read more... )

I'll be going out to do the grocery shopping and some errands this afternoon, so figured I'd try to write this blog entry before I go out, as it's going to be a warm day and I'm not sure how I'll be feeling health-wise when I get home late this afternoon ( Read more... )

Here's the post of my report on the third and final day of CanGames 2024. You can read the post on CanGames 2024 Day 2 by following the link. This convention day report is somewhat long, but there are no photos. Enjoy! :)

( Sunday at CanGames, 2024 )

Today has been a somewhat more typical late spring, early summer day here in Ottawa. The city has been under a bit of a heat wave for the last few days, but today was a pleasant, somewhat sunny day with overcast periods and a bit of a windy one at times. The temperature reached around 17oC, much more comfortable than the 28-30+oC weather we've ( Read more... )

Here's my report and write-up on the second day of CanGames 2024. You can read the report on CanGames 2024 Day 1 by following the link. This report on the second day of CanGames 2024 is relatively long, and there is only one photo included. Naturally, it's behind the cut for those who aren't interested.

( Saturday at CanGames 2024 )