Since I posted about my anxiety regarding strategic gaming a few weeks ago, I thought it only fitting to follow up on my previous post with a bit of real life experience. Mainly because I didn’t want to feel like I was “running scared” from something, and also because I actually wanted to play the game, I made sure that
Read moreI’m playing in the local 13th Age organized play at Armored Gopher on the opposite Thursdays from the Age of Rebellion game. Why am I posting in this format, instead of doing a nice character journal like I am doing with Orts Freestar in the Age of Rebellion game? A lot of it comes down to format. Initially I thought
Read moreToday was once again “I Bought This Game and I’m Going to Play It” day at Armored Gopher Games in Urbana, Illinois. For anyone that hasn’t caught these entries before, this is the day that the FLGS sets aside, usually about once a month, for people to come in and play the games that they haven’t gotten to play, even
Read moreAfter I ran my DCC funnel in the early afternoon slot at the store, a few of us went out to lunch, and reconvened for one of the two events scheduled for the evening. The two evening games were Shadowrun and Deathwatch, and even though, in the spirit of a “demo day” I should have tried Shadowrun. I’ve been gaming
Read moreThe intrepid adventurers had just survived a slightly modified version of Perils of the Sunken City, and had then survived an attack by an all elf rival band of adventurers looking for the magical ring that Granshee is in possession of, which he first picked up way back in the funnel that started the campaign. The mercenary captain that was
Read moreEvery so often the FLGS has an opening on a Saturday and they fill it with an interesting event. Last month, the FLGS held an RPG demo day to give people a chance to run games for people that may not have had a chance to play a given system yet. There were three tables for the morning event, and
Read moreToday was “I Bought This Game and I’m Going to Play It” day at the FLGS, Armored Gopher Games. This is the day that the FLGS sponsors once in a while in order to allow the patrons to get a chance to play all of those neat little games that we just don’t get time to play, but they looked
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