A cool utility for players of RPGs or miniatures games

I was going to post something JSA-related today, but I just saw something cool on RPGNow a short while ago.

DC Comics reboot, old-school supers RPGing, etc.

I’m sorry about the relative infrequency of my posts, but I’m running as hard as I can just to stay stationary lately. I never realized that writing a blog would make me so “popular” (lulz), but I’ve been asked to be a “guest blogger” on another site, contribute to two gaming companies’ “house” publications (and I haven’t had time to even reply to any of these folks yet), plus I still need to write an intro and some notes for my Steel & Glory project, and all of that’s in addition to my daily professional writing and editing responsibilities.

More about that “hypothetical question”

I remember kicking back with a particular issue of Conan the Barbarian around thirty or thirty-five years ago (in the glory days when Roy Thomas was writing it); I don’t recall the exact issue number. But I do remember a brilliant little bit of business which Roy included in the story.

Avalon Games’ Steel & Glory System

When it comes to the subject of “Print and Play” gaming, I’m definitely a fencesitter. As a gaming enthusiast PnP enables me to purchase more games within the constraints of my gaming budget, and it also allows more game designers to get their work out to the public (meaning, primarily, that creative games which “push the envelope”, and therefore might not otherwise have been gambled upon by mainstream game companies, actually see the light of day). Flipping the coin, though, I frequently have no idea what a game is like until I’ve actually purchased it, and some “designers” who shouldn’t be allowed within fifty miles of a gaming table make money from work of questionable merit.

A mixed bag of holiday gaming

Christmas has come and gone; S. Claus brought a sack of games to the Lopez house. No, that’s wrong; we bought games for each other (and, in my case, for myself — explanatory exposition follows).

I’m back, I guess

I figured I’d just dash off a quick post tonight.

This past Friday I finished up a stint of thirty-five consecutive days without a day off, and this past weekend saw my first two consecutive days off since March. So this blog hasn’t exactly been at the forefront of my mind.

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

If you have people to game with, the best time to get involved in a collectible miniatures game (CMG) is after it’s no longer being published. Prices are often dirt cheap (many stores all but give the stuff away) compared to the inflated prices that you’d have paid when the game was in its heyday. That’s how I amassed a twenty-pound shoebox of Diskwars pieces last summer for next-to-nothing.

The owner of the local game store recently moved the shop; in the move he discovered three Mage Knight starter sets. The twins and I each bought one and gave it a try;