Today was my first day as a producer at Cubicle 7. For me, this is a match made in heaven – I’ve done a good 30 or so assignments for C7 as a freelance writer, and working on Warhammer full-time has been my dream job since I was 9 or so. I’m really excited to put down roots with a game company whose games I have enjoyed for so many years.
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2023-so-far Roundup
At time of writing I’m enjoying a brief respite between attending MCM London Comic Con and UK Games Expo on back to back weekends. This just three weeks after getting married, and two weeks after getting back from my honeymoon. And two days after the Succession finale. What a month!
Continue readingEnd of 2022 Roundup
Welcome to the liminal space between Christmas and New Year! The perfect time to look back at the year that was, and take stock of where the world is heading. Actually, that sounds really depressing. Let’s just talk about games instead.
Continue readingExisting in 2020
Today’s the day I officially resolved to stop including the phase “regularly blogs” on my resume for freelance writing applications.
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Six months since I last posted! Unlike last time, I’m not going to make the mistake of promising to restart regular blogging again. I should have known better than to tempt fate.
As before, I’ll present evidence of the RPG work I’ve been doing instead of blogging, by way of an apology. Continue reading
GenCon, Nine Worlds and What’s Coming Up
I think I’m getting old. I spent all of last weekend at Nine Worlds complaining about how tired I was, how stupid it was to attend the week after GenCon, and how I’d never be that stupid again. So I was pretty surprised to look back at old blog posts and learn that not only did I do the same cons back-to-back two years ago, but that I seemed pretty chipper by the end of it. The weary refrain of all men in their late-twenties: grant me the long-lost vigour of my mid-twenties. Continue reading
GenCon 2016: Day Two
Halfway through the con and I’ve still not played any roleplaying games! No games of any kind in fact, except for yesterday’s Dresden Files co-op card game demonstration. This is something I’ll definitely be fixing tomorrow, and to be fair social considerations have taken up a big chunk of my Friday – including reuniting with an old friend that I’m delighted to see again after such a long time of separation. Continue reading
Mini-Review: Only War
Every time I return to the 40K RPG after playing something else, my dismay at its slow, dated, overdesigned combat system increases. How much can I forgive this game for, when the only reason I’m playing is that I’m a Warhammer fanboy? Turns out quite a lot. Dark Heresy Second Edition might represent the system at its most elegant (or perhaps just “most sensible”), but Only War’s focus on the soldiers of the Imperial Guard is surely the best representation of the 40K setting. Back on the battlefield, but without sacrificing humanity to get there, this is what the Grim Darkness of the Far Future is all about. Continue reading
2015 in Review: My Games
December is a time for meditation and self-reflection, to review the year that has almost passed and see what lessons can be learned for the future. It’s also a time when roleplayers go home to family or whatever, and with campaigns on hold, obsessives like me have nothing better than scrutinise their year in gaming. Continue reading
#51in15: Completion and Conclusion
Well, I made it. Seven and a half months since Tabletop Day, and my #51in15 list is finally complete. Continue reading
Roll Plus Hot 