Monday. My boy started pre-school today. sigh

Yesterday played in One Hit Wonders- a Houses of the Blooded game ran by cochese . Lots of fine folks in attendance. The game...well, let's just say we gave up on John Wick's ability to write clear prose or instructions, the lack of tables and references, and the fairly convoluted rulebook (not to mention the ( Read more... )

Just returned from camping. Made a stop off at Powell's as we swung through Portland. Got out of there only spending 100 dollars, some of which was for my daughter. Have been in a particularly sci-fi mood lately- bought books by various "new space opera" authors: Alastair Reynolds, Iain Banks, Sean Williams, etc. I love the "recent" return to the ( Read more... )

Stolen from cochese  who Stole from ( Read more... )

My schedule rocks! Gming, Fun+light games, A bit of a challenge, cool players and GMs ( Read more... )

OK, well life is pretty good, Moira just turned 7(!) and we are having two parties this weekend (friends and family, respectively). wow.
Have been working feverishly on ACNW stuff, also have a couple games coming up! (summer was very dry for gaming but the fall is getting crowded): First, my old gaming group is gathering to play Dark Heresy, which I ( Read more... )

Am stealing this from ogremarco  who ran such a list and it got me thinking, so here are some games I would like to play but never have, with asterisks to denote games I own.

Metabarons*
Top Secret!*
Colonial Gothic
Space 1889*
Changeling: The Dreaming*
Wraith the Oblivion*
Mage the Awakening*
Trail of Cthulhu
Cthulhutech
Cartoon Action Hour*
Burning Empires
Coyote ( Read more... )

cochese  has upped the ante and posted his description for our Grindhouse Double Feature at ACNW. So, I have been shamed into doing likewise!

PUNK ROCK APOCALYPSE
Movie Voice over guy (video shots):
Urban Decay! (clip of ruined city street, burning garbage cans, punk rockers (black leather, football pads, mohawks, bright green/pink hair, etc.) with chains ( Read more... )

Yeah, that's me. Have been catching glimpses of everyone else's LJ, man I just sort of dropped out of everything the past month and a half, or more.... So, what have I been doing?
Okay, well the sabbatical will continue into Fall quarter. I may not go back to teaching. But, summer has seen me fulfill my standard summer role of "Stay at home dad", so ( Read more... )

Finally ( Read more... )