Starting in 2019 myself and a few gaming mates have had some brilliant The One Ring Roadtrips (converting to a virtual mode during covid), and plans were made for a similar trip this year. It seems our efforts inspired another group of Grognards to plan a Moorcock weekend, and before we knew it our paths … Continue reading The big Tolkien/Moorcock weekender
It was no surprise to see Virtual Grogmeet at it's biggest and best yet this year, in part due to the cancellation of quite a few 'before coronavirus' cons, but mostly due to the great organisation of the hosts Dirk and Blythy and the great gamers who have come together to make this happen. Initially … Continue reading Virtual Grogmeet 2020
Last year I set out my gaming plans for 2019 - they were ambitious but open to change, and for the most part I followed them, getting to cons and running most of the games I had planned to. The games I didn't get to run were Black Blade of the Demon King and World … Continue reading 2020 Gaming Plan
In preparation for this I was reading my review of 2018 - it showed a very busy game filled year. I'm pretty certain though that 2019 has been even busier, with more games, more cons, meeting more gamers, all great stuff. Once again Roll20 played a massive part in my gaming life, in fact apart … Continue reading 2019 Review
I measure my progress through the year with family birthdays and gaming events... Convergence marks the start of the con season in early March, then DevaCon in April, UK Games Expo in May and BurritoCon3 in July, then it's the inevitable slow down over summer with folks on holiday and fewer game opportunities. Owlbear and … Continue reading Owlbear and Wizards Staff 2019
A week after the event I write this with tears in my eye, tears of joy for Expo was truly awesome, and a tear of sadness now that it is over. Friends, games, food, beer and a single game of footy made it a weekend of epic proportions. Just how did it go down? Thursday … Continue reading UK Games Expo 2019
At the conclusion of a highly satisfying 2018 of RPGing, it's time to give some thought to the next 365 days. Like all good agile plans this is likely to change and I'm quite happy to accomodate quite a bit of feature creep... Conventions Convergence (1st-3rd March, Stockport) - I'll probably only attend on the … Continue reading 2019 The Big Plan
So much has happened over the last 12 months, it's really been a fantastic year for gaming, so many highlights and excellent regular games played with great gaming folk. I deliberated long and hard about the best way to present this; top 5 games, top events and so on, but in the end went for … Continue reading 2018 Review
Manchester gave us great weather and a fantastic venue for the nano-RPG Con with the food inspired name, just as perfectly formed and tasty as it's namesake: BurritoCon! This is the second time we've run the event (I feebly scrawled about the first one) and after filling two tables with great gamers first time we … Continue reading BurritoCon2 over and out
A day after the events at Owlbear and Wizards Staff, I'm still coming down from the excitement of it all. Set in the welcoming town of Leamington Spa it promised a day packed with RPG goodness with a bus load of games on offer. The weekend started for me on the Friday night with a … Continue reading Owlbear and Wizards Staff 2018
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