Learning to play Mouse Guard has me figuratively standing on my head, my feet helplessly flailing in the air in desperate attempts of achieving that sacrosanct performance level I always strive for. Truth be told, from my understanding, Mouse Guard plays in the exact opposite way I have ever played…
Painting walls, hauling furniture and chatting with ChattyDM for the better part of a day can yield some interesting discussions. While I've been planting the seeds of a return to DnD within my old gaming group, my DM (let's call him Steve, because that's his name) is considering selling his…
I love my PS3. I have nearly more games after a year of PS3 than I had during my PS2's life time... and I loved my PS2. The PSN - PlayStation Network - is great. I love that it is free. I love that you can buy games online -…
I've had the pleasure of sitting with my friend, co-worker and business associate Alain and his brother for a night of StartCraft : The Board Game. Lets skip analyzing the packaging (pretty & impractical) or the material (very nice - lots of figures, good quality). We jumped right ahead at…
Claw of Elevation R&D Report, by Kreegle Hacktardy, head engineer, Description of the item: The Claw of Elevation is a foot-long magical rod. The rod has a leathery texture and its bottom half can be gripped as solidly as any sword. The rod can be aimed as easily as a…
As some of you might know, ChattyDM.net is soon to "close" and be merged with Critical Hits - another pretty cool RPG blog. I was goofing off in Chatty's comment board and suggested he get himself an audio bumper for when users switch to his category on the new Web…
Here is the list of games I own, I have played or want to play. I plan to upgrade this list with links to descriptions on other blogs and reviews on this blog, as I write them. Games I Own Carcassonne (@BoardGameGeek: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardg...) Citadels (@BoardGameGeek: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardg...) Dominion (@BoardGameGeek: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardg...) Gardens…
Wow are things slower than slow around here! People who know me in the net might have noticed my prolongated absence these last few weeks (or have they been months?) Lots of stuff happening in real life slowing this end of my activity spectrum. A large chunk of it is…
Just about every time I met up with ChattyDM and his merry group of gamers, we end up playing a game of Dominion. I've taken an instant liking to this game and ended up buying it for myself during the holidays. The game is what I would call a "Deck…
The character creation session has them choosing: A race A class Their ability scores A background story After which, they get their base skills and base attacks - no skill training or anything just yet. These are normal, everyday teens, living in a village deep in a forest that is…
