Another quiet week on the gaming front for me, until I saw the latest gameplay video for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Wow. I immediately went out and preordered this after watching the video! You can watch the video on Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5623602/assassins-creed-brotherhood-single+player-in-action While I’m on the subject of Assassin’s Creed, let me take a moment to express […]
In my EDH column last week, one of the subjects I didn’t get into was the politics of playing multiplayer Magic. This is partly because it’s something that’s applicable to other non-EDH formats, but also because it’s a topic worthy of discussion on it’s own. While I’m writing this from a Magic-based perspective, I think […]
Hello gamers, As you may have noticed, I am going to be talking about a less than trad game in this column. There will be a few of these in the near future resulting from my trip to GenCon. I want to cover the things I did there, then it is back to 1990 as […]
Knockspell is a gaming magazine published by Black Blade Publishing. Knockspell focuses on the older editions of D&D, specifically OD&D (cloned by Swords and Wizardry), Basic D&D (cloned by Labyrinth Lord) and, AD&D (cloned by OSRIC). The magazine is more professionally organized than most of the other old school magazines and has the feel of […]
Ah, summer. A wasteland of gaming. Maybe an occasional oasis to provide some respite. Sadly nothing new to be found for me lately, so I decided to share a Magic variant format that has become very popular among all types of players and that I enjoy working in during downtimes: Elder Dragon Highlander (or EDH […]
It’s been a week since GenCon concluded, so it’s probably time to release Wayne’s last journal concerning the big show. Wayne reflects on the costume contest, Felicia Day and The Guild, and the dealer room. Plus, his final thoughts!
Most people say that 2009’s Batman: Arkham Asylum is one of, if not the, best superhero game of all time. And I feel the same way – really, the game is so damn fantastic, I can honestly say that it’s the only time I can think of in recent memory where the hype actually was […]
I thought I would take some time to talk about the game I am currently running, and how I go about doing it. I am currently running a campaign using Michael Curtis’s Stonehell megadungeon, I have set the dungeon in Amacuifrom the Points of Light II hexcrawl setting collection. Both Stonehell and Points of Light […]
It’s been a pretty slow time for me on the gaming front, so this week I just wanted to share some videos of a game I am most definitely looking forward to: Fist of the North Star! The Japanese trailer E3 2010 Trailer As always, you can find me either here or on Twitter if […]
In today’s episode of The GenCon Journal, Wayne describes his very first Battletech experience, shares his thoughts concerning the board game lending library, and turns his nose up at pay-to-play con games. Listening to this episode, you will believe a man’s feet can hurt!