Last night was the latest installment of the Storm Point game. It was even more scattered than usual, because we started later, and had two missing players. Still, we got through the initial bits of the adventure to the surprise twist I had planned, which was good. The combat we … Continue reading
I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to do it, but this weekend I went and saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie. I’m still trying to decide if I liked it. Now, as with many a geek out there, I’m a big Holmes fan. And, like every fan of anything … Continue reading
Way back when we started the Storm Point campaign, I threw in a little comment in one of the background sheets I did, mentioning how the islands in Lake Thunder floated in a complex pattern through the storm that hung perpetually over the middle of the lake. I said that … Continue reading
This past Saturday evening, my friend Michael ran a playtest of Trail of Cthulhu, from Pelgrane Press, written by Ken Hite. I talked a little bit about reading the game way back here, but this is the first time I’ve played it. One of the big things standing in the … Continue reading
Back before Christmas, my friend Chris and I started talking about all the boardgames we have that we hardly ever play. Not because they’re not fun, or we don’t like them, but because the roleplaying games always seem to fill up the schedule. So, we decided to see what we … Continue reading
I mentioned previously my enjoyment of the Dragon Age video game. I also mentioned in that post that Green Ronin was coming out with a pen-and-paper version of the game. Well, about a week ago, maybe a little more, Green Ronin offered up the boxed set of the game for … Continue reading
Tonight was supposed to be our Shadowlands D&D 3.5 game, run by my friend Clint, but we had to cancel because one of the players is sick*. So, four of us were sort of at loose ends, looking for something to do rather than just call the evening off. I … Continue reading
Today, my friend Chris ran a demo of the Talisman boardgame at Imagine Games and Hobbies here in Winnipeg. Now, I realize that what I’m about to confess may cost me a whole pile of grognard geek cred, but I’d never played Talisman before, in any of its incarnations. Don’t … Continue reading
Not the labour leader and songwriter, though. A different kind of writer. I’ve been on a Joe Hill binge, lately. It started with the comic collection Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft, which I picked up because I liked the name and the art. It was a great story, very … Continue reading
A while back, I promised my friends Penny and Clint that I would run a small game for just the two of them, something that we could pick up and play when other folks aren’t available. At the time, it was going to be The Phoenix Covenant, and I did … Continue reading
