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
Following hot on the heels of BurritoCon3 is the new kid on the block, BurritoCon4. If you seethed with envy at missing BurritoCon3, now is your chance to make others jealous. Come and join us for a friendly mini-con with top games to play and the most wonderful gamers on this earth. With four tables … Continue reading BurritoCon4 is go!
After many weeks of organisation (which wasn't a great deal) and looking forward, BurritoCon3 finally came along, and last Saturday 27th July, twenty or so gamers gathered in Manchester to play some great RPG's. In the lead up to the event I was delighted by the response of gamers on Twitter, with plenty of GM's … Continue reading BurritoCon3 been and gone
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
I'm running a Barbarians of Lemuria adventure, A Heart for Madness, at UK Games Expo. The characters start the adventure in the employ of the merchant Rustus in the old trading city of Oomis, acting as guards for him and his family. The heroes are a hard as nails ragtag band of adventurers. Like all … Continue reading A Heart for Madness
Saturday 27th July, 10am-5pm, Fanboy 3, Manchester Wasn't sure that it was going to happen, but the happy circumstance that lead me to organising the first BurritoCon last year has happened again (my daughter wants a lift to Manchester ComicCon with her mates and I'm on taxi duty; rather that driving to Manchester and back … Continue reading BurritoCon3
Now in its third year, DevaCon is the same small friendly con with a big heart held in the super posh Crowne Plaza in Chester. Stephanie McAlea has done a great job pulling the event together with everything you need for a full day of gaming in one place (ok, food and drink can be … Continue reading DevaCon 3
After only running a single game VG18 I'd decided to step up this year - still running one game, but joining in some others. My initial plan for Virtual Grogmeet was: Friday evening play in @Sam0Vail's Pendragon adventure, The Jewish Gene, set in 1963 and using Sam's homebrew rules. Saturday morning I was running a … Continue reading Virtual Grogmeet 19
You know you have those weekends, the special ones, the ones you look forward to for weeks or even months in advance. Maybe it's to celebrate a big life event, a break away with the family, or a gaming weekend (especially gaming weekends!). Whether it's a one day con or a whole weekend like UK … Continue reading One Weekend to Rule them all
This small, friendly con is my first in 2019 and holds a special place; it was the first RPG con I ever attended two years ago now, and the first time I met some of the great gamers I enjoy playing with still. As the first con of the year I like to think it … Continue reading Convergence 2019
