Seek the Wolf in Thyself!
From: Fantasy Flight Games Reviewed by: Ron McClung Tide of Iron – Days of the Fox is a new Board Game Expansion from Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). Tide of Iron (ToI) is by far one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. Of course, as with other games that focus on specific areas…
Robert Gifford of Game Chic was kind enough talk with me at GenCon 2008. RM: Tell me the beginnings of this table. RG: Honestly it started out like a lot of gamers do – you sit around and say “If I could have the ultimate “something,” if I could have the ultimate table…” I was…
A Newbie’s Point of View Day 1 This is my first GenCon. I have been involved with cons for several years, been to Dragon Con several times, and am not unfamiliar with big crowds or the other standard convention experiences. However, I have not had the pleasure of experiencing the Mecca of Gamers. We drove…
Ran this at GenCon 2008 System: D6 System Ran the last adventure in the Fires of Marl sourcebook Death by Dime Novel in d6 Bloodshadows. Had 3 players and went very well. This was a well put together adventure and I added a little spice by creating a patch work group of characters that were…
A now defunct web site that I wrote for from 2005 to 2008. They helped with my trip to GenCon in 2008. Thoroughly enjoyed writing for them. During those years, I wrote several hundred reviews of various games. I got paid through free games and my collection grew considerably. It definitely widened my view of…
Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a strong company with a ton of games, and they continue to go full steam ahead with new original games as well as licensed and acquisitioned games. Of course, recent news has had FFG acquiring properties from Games Workshop, Sabretooth Games, and Black Industries. With these acquisitions and many other…
Online collectible wargame Seven Lights, LLC GenCon 2008 gave me the opportunity and the pleasure of meeting the fine people of Seven Lights, LLC and seeing their new game, The Continuum. It is a game that combines the concepts of an online game and a collectible miniature game and adds in some options that you…
After a two year campaign using Fading Suns d20, I have to say that I am happy and disappointed at the same time. I still love the campaign world, but without a doubt, this version of d20 is not the way to go. I tried to make it work but in the end things just…
The last session was supposed to be the end but it ran long, so we’re going to close it out on August 30th at Chris F’s place.
Mongoose Publishing, through a license with Far Future Enterprises, has released a new version of Traveller with the intent on making it the basis of their new house system for future sci-fi lines. Based on the Classic Traveller (CT) system, the designer Gareth Hanrahan has updated the game for the 21st century RPG market.