So, one of the cooler things this website I am a part of does (www.nerdnyc.com) is every once in a while they rent a place and have all day gaming.  There are two sessions (and a pause in between) of board games and rpgs.  I have been to two of them in the past and have played some fun games, including Trail of Cthulhu.

So this time there a few ( Read more... )

Yes, I would love to be a sky pirate.  Well, at least in a game I wouuld.  Personally, I have a fear of heights, which would make being a sky pirate, somewhat probelmatic.  I just started reading Swashbucker's of the 7 skies by Chad Underkoffler, and I am really wanting to play this game.  It takes being a pirate and combines it with being a ( Read more... )

So, I have been trying to get an Indie gaming group in NYC going for some time. Mostly through www.nerdnyc.com.   The only person I knew was my friend Henry, whom I am known for almost 5 years and is one of my best friends.  So, tonight I was going to meet (although I did not really feel well) a few people from the boards and see what was what.

I  ( Read more... )

All this talking about what games I play now (compared to say 15 years ago) has gotten me to wonder a few things about everyone else.  So here are a few questions ( Read more... )

So, my friend Henry and I got together to talk about game design.  We had (with another friend of ours name Chris) been working on a game called Perdition.  Think the Codex Alera by Jim Butcher (with some differences) and you will a taste of what we were about.  This has been going on for a few years now, but we took a break from it last July and ( Read more... )

So, it should be obvious to anyone that I am not going to Gen Con.

That in itself is not something that even six months ago would have bothered me.  But in life, things change.  Your perspective on what is important to you changes.  So, I am very upset with my inability to go.

To be fair, I have not been to a gaming convention (other than a tiny one ( Read more... )

I am very exited today!

In the mail today was my ashcan copy of Misspent Youth.  This is a game being created by

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Well, you have already seen my post on me moving my love of gaming and philosophy to the Indie game scene.  That is still true and it is gaining momentum as we speak.

Here are the games that I am excited about in the future...in no particular order.  Especially since we are trying to start a weekly game on Saturday to play whatever we want.  :)

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It is amazing to me how things change in your life. How you can be so used to how things are and then something comes and changes how you view things.

Like gaming.

For almost two decades I have played the same type of games. The old school games. Games such as:Call of Cthulhu, Cyberpunk, D&D, Vampire, and games mostly by the biggest game companies ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to the Big Apple Con here in NYC. I was going to do a few things:

1. Meet some of the people from Nerd Nyc
2. Play or watch a game of Spirit of the Century
I was excited since the nerd picnic on May 31st was cancelled due to rain (the ironic part was that it only rained like 40 minutes and then was gorgeous). But the biggest reason ( Read more... )