Games of the Week (2/11 – 2/17)
This week was a good gaming week. On the computer front, it’s been some Lord of the Rings Online. Been leveling up a couple of High Elves. On the tabletop front, Thursday was the regular game day.
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Civilization VI First Thoughts
So I’ve put in a few hours of Civilization VI now. My initial thoughts on it… It is similar to previous entries but different in its own way. Let’s get the negatives out of the way first. Builders/Workers. These guys only do three improvements and then vanish. The upside on this is that it only […]
Continue ReadingRevisiting past games
I almost titled this “Revisiting Old Games” but thought, yes these games are older, but they are still being played. Anyway.
Continue ReadingWhy are Dungeons & Dragons CRPGs so simplistic?
While driving home from dinner, I was contemplating the latest entry into the D&D computer RPG arena, Sword Coast Legends. It does have pretty graphics, there is a lot of voice over work and the quests seem well-written. The DM tools appear to be pretty good too, though I’ve not delved too deeply into them […]
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Lotro Session – Oredan
After a quick ride via goat from the 21st Hall to the Silvertine Lodes, it was time to delve deeper in search of Sweina. It was a quick jaunt to Thalfar’s camp. A brief conversation with him told me Sweina was deeper, near the Water Works. I reached Sweina just in time to aid him when he was ambushed […]
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Lotro Session – Oredan
Picking up in the 21st Hall where I left off, I backtracked to see if I could find Reinn. Unfortunately, I soon did. Or his corpse at least. While inspecting the body, I was set upon by a large orc named Ozut. As he neared death he gloated that the killer of Reinn would dispose […]
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Lotro Session – Malraeg
Tonight’s session of Lotro features my level 84 human burglar, Malraeg. He’s in Rohan, currently near the town of Garsfeld. He runs around with an elven guardian named Rainael. The evening begins with a quick trip to Hytbold to aid the reconstruction efforts. Getting direction, the pair heads to Harwick to see what aid they […]
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Lotro Session – Oredan
I’ve decided I am going to regale you with my adventures in various online games. Since Lotro (Lord of the Rings Online) is the most common one I play, chances are it’s going to be the most populous posts. Today, I decided to work on Oredan. He’s a level 54 dwarf guardian, currently embedded in […]
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I’ve been involved with role-playing games since 1980, and computer games since 1984 or thereabouts. I’ve played most of the table-top rpg’s out there. A few of my favorite, or go-to games are D&D (3rd Ed), GURPS, and Hero System. Recently I’ve started to write games. I self-published a wargame called Astra Imperia. I’ve been […]
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I run or moderate a few sites around the web. Conveniently they are all located on this domain. Aurora 4x – http://aurora2.pentarch.org A site dedicated to space-based 4x gaming, and the Aurora game in particular. Aurora Wiki – http://aurorawiki.pentarch.org A wiki dedicated to Aurora. Arkayn Game Designs – http://store.pentarch.org An e-commerce site setup to sell my […]
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