Over 80 games to choose from so get there now and find your new game of the year.
Monday, January 6, 2014
DriveThruRPG New Year, New Game
DriveThruRPG is running a sale for the new year. Get that game you wanted but didn't get for Christmas and now get it at 50% off.
Over 80 games to choose from so get there now and find your new game of the year.
Over 80 games to choose from so get there now and find your new game of the year.
The Day the Earth Froze
Bring me the Sampo!!!
Sorry, wrong "Day the Earth Froze".
No today is for many the first back to work day of 2014. Here in Chicago all the schools are closed so I am in my home office on Frankencomputer trying to work.
I was going to work on my project plans for 2014 today but dealing with snow, dangerous ice and trying to work remote is putting a cramp in that.
Plus it is too damn cold to think. I went out to shovel the end of my drive and in five minutes I went from "this isn't too bad" to "this is fucking awful!" Can't wait to start complaining about the heat again.
As soon as my brain defrosts some I'll have something intelligent to say.
Sorry, wrong "Day the Earth Froze".
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| My fridge says it is -17 outside and it is supposed to get colder. |
I was going to work on my project plans for 2014 today but dealing with snow, dangerous ice and trying to work remote is putting a cramp in that.
Plus it is too damn cold to think. I went out to shovel the end of my drive and in five minutes I went from "this isn't too bad" to "this is fucking awful!" Can't wait to start complaining about the heat again.
As soon as my brain defrosts some I'll have something intelligent to say.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Zatannurday: Young Justice
Anyone else play it?
Zatanna-YJ by ~jadenwithwings on deviantART
Young Justice Legacy count down 08 by ~riyancyy777 on deviantART
Zatanna. From Young Justice by ~derianl on deviantART
Zatanna 2 by ~derianl on deviantART
Friday, January 3, 2014
Celebrating 40 Years of D&D (or 35)
So here we are 2014.
So far it is cold (-6 outside as I write this). But it is also something of a banner year. It is the 40th Anniversary of the Dungeons and Dragons game. The original D&D game, the one hand assembled by Gary and family came out in 1974, but exactly when did it do that?
Well Jon Peterson over at Playing at the World has some pretty good ideas.
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2013/12/when-dungeons-dragons-turns-40.html
With some pains taking research and the skill of an archaeologist he has unearthed a number of artifacts from the time between June 1973 and July 1975 to narrow down the exact date.
I did not start playing then. My start was a little later. Again, hard to pin it down exactly but I have always said December of 1979. That is the first time I read over the Monster Manual and played a game of D&D during recess consisting of the MM and a bad 7th generation Xerox of Holmes. I would not get my own copy of the rules till later, but it is the Dec. 79 date that sticks with me.
We have quite a lot to look forward to really. D&D 5th edition will be out this summer. You can now go to your FLGS (and many Barnes & Nobles) and buy pretty much any edition of D&D you want. DNDClassics.com has gobs of PDFs. Plus there are still plenty of retro-clones, near-clones, what-if clones, Castles & Crusades and Pathfinder.
I am sure there will be plenty of reflections on D&D over the next year leading up to Gen Con; we are a nostalgia soaked bunch really. But that is fine. Spending some time reflecting on where we were is not a bad thing. As long as we keep moving forward too.
So far it is cold (-6 outside as I write this). But it is also something of a banner year. It is the 40th Anniversary of the Dungeons and Dragons game. The original D&D game, the one hand assembled by Gary and family came out in 1974, but exactly when did it do that?
Well Jon Peterson over at Playing at the World has some pretty good ideas.
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2013/12/when-dungeons-dragons-turns-40.html
With some pains taking research and the skill of an archaeologist he has unearthed a number of artifacts from the time between June 1973 and July 1975 to narrow down the exact date.
I did not start playing then. My start was a little later. Again, hard to pin it down exactly but I have always said December of 1979. That is the first time I read over the Monster Manual and played a game of D&D during recess consisting of the MM and a bad 7th generation Xerox of Holmes. I would not get my own copy of the rules till later, but it is the Dec. 79 date that sticks with me.
We have quite a lot to look forward to really. D&D 5th edition will be out this summer. You can now go to your FLGS (and many Barnes & Nobles) and buy pretty much any edition of D&D you want. DNDClassics.com has gobs of PDFs. Plus there are still plenty of retro-clones, near-clones, what-if clones, Castles & Crusades and Pathfinder.
I am sure there will be plenty of reflections on D&D over the next year leading up to Gen Con; we are a nostalgia soaked bunch really. But that is fine. Spending some time reflecting on where we were is not a bad thing. As long as we keep moving forward too.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Mage: The Ascension (Revised) FREE
DriveThruRPG has the PDF of Mage: The Ascension (Revised) free today.
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/199/Mage-The-Ascension-%28Revised%29?affiliate_id=10748
I always rather enjoyed Mage. I thought it was a great idea and a lot of fun to play as characters with world-breaking powers. I just hated players getting so caught up in all the stereotypes and not trying anything new with their characters. Plus some of the Technocracy stuff didn't really make much sense.
In the end I preferred WitchCraft and Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade. But I still enjoy this game a lot.
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/199/Mage-The-Ascension-%28Revised%29?affiliate_id=10748
I always rather enjoyed Mage. I thought it was a great idea and a lot of fun to play as characters with world-breaking powers. I just hated players getting so caught up in all the stereotypes and not trying anything new with their characters. Plus some of the Technocracy stuff didn't really make much sense.
In the end I preferred WitchCraft and Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade. But I still enjoy this game a lot.
First Poll
My first poll produces some fairly predictable results:
Though what I wanted to get out of this was not just how many people responding played what "generation" of games, but how did they compare.
D&D3/Pathfinder ended up higher than I expected. And I will admit I was surprised that D&D4 even got as many as it did.
Thanks everyone who participated. I'll be doing so more in the future.
56 (70%)
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34 (42%)
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12 (15%)
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5 (6%)
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Though what I wanted to get out of this was not just how many people responding played what "generation" of games, but how did they compare.
D&D3/Pathfinder ended up higher than I expected. And I will admit I was surprised that D&D4 even got as many as it did.
Thanks everyone who participated. I'll be doing so more in the future.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
2013 in review / 2014 preview
Seeing lots of year end / new year posts this week and that is always fun.
For myself, I'll keep it brief.
Highlights of 2013
- Eldritch Witchery was published in October and the Witch continued to sell very well.
- I got to play a lot of games this year which is always nice. 3.x and AD&D1 with my boys, the occasional Basic game and I even ran AS&SH.
- I also got to play in ongoing Pathfinder game and an occasional D&D4 game this year. I am playing the same character (basically) in both games so it gives me the chance to compare and contrast the systems in a way I like. Which I also find fun.
- Got to play some Settlers of Catan again, which I enjoy.
On the other hand I am not sure if I networked as much I as I would have liked and I was slow getting involved with Google+ for the most part.
I did not get as many reviews in this year as I would have liked. Some at DriveThruRPG, a few at Amazon and one or two at RPG.Net.
Looking Ahead to 2014
- I have a few Victorian age supplements coming out which should be a lot of fun. Not for Ghosts of Albion but for Gaslight.
- I have a big project starting up soon that I'll be talking about a lot here. Nothing I want to say yet.
- White Dwarf Wednesday will draw to a close in 2014. I am not planning on replacing it with anything just yet. The above mentioned project will prevent that.
- Looking forward to Gen Con this year and D&D5. I am not as excited about it as I could be, but I will certainly be buying it.
I might not (still undecided) do the bloghops this year. The April A to Z or the October movie marathon. I do have posts I could do for A to Z, but April is going to be busy for me and I didn't see the increase in traffic or interaction as I had in the past. Plus it is a lot of work. A recharge might be in order.
I will be doing some 80s Sword & Sorcery movie marathons though. Not sure how those will work out, but it could be fun.
Until then, have a safe New Years Eve and here's to a great new 2014!
For myself, I'll keep it brief.
Highlights of 2013
- Eldritch Witchery was published in October and the Witch continued to sell very well.
- I got to play a lot of games this year which is always nice. 3.x and AD&D1 with my boys, the occasional Basic game and I even ran AS&SH.
- I also got to play in ongoing Pathfinder game and an occasional D&D4 game this year. I am playing the same character (basically) in both games so it gives me the chance to compare and contrast the systems in a way I like. Which I also find fun.
- Got to play some Settlers of Catan again, which I enjoy.
On the other hand I am not sure if I networked as much I as I would have liked and I was slow getting involved with Google+ for the most part.
I did not get as many reviews in this year as I would have liked. Some at DriveThruRPG, a few at Amazon and one or two at RPG.Net.
Looking Ahead to 2014
- I have a few Victorian age supplements coming out which should be a lot of fun. Not for Ghosts of Albion but for Gaslight.
- I have a big project starting up soon that I'll be talking about a lot here. Nothing I want to say yet.
- White Dwarf Wednesday will draw to a close in 2014. I am not planning on replacing it with anything just yet. The above mentioned project will prevent that.
- Looking forward to Gen Con this year and D&D5. I am not as excited about it as I could be, but I will certainly be buying it.
I might not (still undecided) do the bloghops this year. The April A to Z or the October movie marathon. I do have posts I could do for A to Z, but April is going to be busy for me and I didn't see the increase in traffic or interaction as I had in the past. Plus it is a lot of work. A recharge might be in order.
I will be doing some 80s Sword & Sorcery movie marathons though. Not sure how those will work out, but it could be fun.
Until then, have a safe New Years Eve and here's to a great new 2014!
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