Making new gamers one by one
I am now outnumbered and flanked. We welcomed Melody Alexis Cole to our gaming circle yesterday.
I am now outnumbered and flanked. We welcomed Melody Alexis Cole to our gaming circle yesterday.
Got back out to the range today, and took a Stag Arms gas piston upper receiver in 6.8 SPC out for a drive, along with a head-to-head matchup on the Springfield XDM and Walther PPQ M2. The Rifle This is the first time any rounds have been put through this, at least by me. The…
Dramatis Personae The Commander (Doug) – telekinetic super-soldier with a really angry dog (Yukio). The dog is a powerful ally (250-300 points) and very intelligent and very, very aggressive. Zephyr (Merlin) – Real name Murui; Shaolin Kung Fu expert and super-speedster. Eamon Finnegan (Kyle) – smooth talking gravity-master; a lawyer so good he can actually prove…
If one is to discuss combat in RPGs, one might as well start with the medieval fantasy genre that still dominates the industry. For many games, hand-to-hand (or hand-to-tentacle, hand-to-claw, hand-to-mouth . . . ) combat is a central point of the game, hearkening back to the origin of fantasy RPGs in wargaming. This Violent…
Been away for a bit. Will be back. Life changes whether you like it or not, and I’m looking to make the most out of a curveball I was thrown a few weeks ago. No, no more details than that. But Gaming Ballistic will return once there’s a bit more certainty around some of these…
This one flew completely under my radar until +Hernán Ruiz Camauër popped up on LinkedIn of all places. He’s got four days left to go in his Kickstarter, which is to improve the native content available on his Battlegrounds Virtual Tabletop. I wanted to interview him back when I did my Firing Squad series on VTTs, and…
Some recent posts by me and others have touched on combat pacing. On the one hand, we have a situation where the frantic pace of blows given and received strikes some as unreasonable for certain situations. It doesn’t properly match some one-on-one combats, and even when it does, one has to invoke pretty extreme rules…
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Congrats again Doug! She's beautiful. Now get her a star wars mobile to go over her crib, get her started right.
Yeeesshhh. Need it, we do.
Yeah, what Nate said. 🙂 Be E A You Tea Full.
Hold on to Big Sister's Wonder Woman suit. Little Sister will need it soon enough. Enjoy and congrats to you both. Cheers and boogie boogie.
Congrats, man! You must be so proud! Now go enjoy your sleepless nights and try not to think about how quickly Short Stack and Newbie will be bringing boys home to meet Dad 🙂
S: I love being a big sister.
D: you won't be saying that when she starts trying to date your friends.
Congrats, Doug! Adorable little baby girl. Makes me remember when my youngest was that size, now she's about to start kindergarten…