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Christmas 2011

nedjer — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:13:57 +0000

There’s a stack of Christmas gaming options in our Family Games pages, including the Christmas 2009 and 2010 posts. (Not to be missed if you’re looking for presents for kids). This year’s selection isn’t quite so off-the-shelf, as there are some tough choices to make.

Touch Tablets

Tablets are [...]

Eastern Front Studios And The OSR Group

nedjer — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:48:19 +0000

Our recent post on the Stalingrad skirmish game 1:48Combat! included images of a few well-sculpted figures painted to make the best of the game’s setting. 1:48Combat!’s painter made a particularly good job of working with the restrictions imposed by standard military uniforms, which often call for authenticity and a palette full of camouflage [...]

Thistle Games’ Facebook Feed: #1

nedjer — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:11:50 +0000

Here’s selection of highlights from Thistle Games’ Facebook feed over the last week:

Stunning Lego Rendition of Isengard

The Most Beautiful Settlers of Catan Board you Will Ever see

Fun Strategy Games for Girls

Victory Point Games Paul Koenig’s Market Garden: Arnhem

Neil Gaiman Explains All Hallow’s Read

War of the Ring (Collector’s Edition)

Alea Tools [...]

Halloween 2011

nedjer — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:05:45 +0000

With three weeks to go it’s time for a Halloween post. This year we’re going to suggest a few games well worth trying out on Halloween.

First up is boardgame Arkham Horror, which takes 4 or 5 players on an investigation of the strange events in the town of Arkham. The [...]

Tabletop RPGs and Touch Tablets: Holding Fire

Thistle — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:19:38 +0000

While we can’t claim to have laid hands on one of Amazon’s new touch tablets, this week’s announcement about the colour Kindle Fire certainly appears to herald the arrival of very affordable and functional touch tablets suited to use with Tabletop RPGs. Some of the possible applications we’ve mentioned before include storing and [...]

Scottish RPG and Gaming Meetups

Thistle — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:33:40 +0000

Just added a new page with lots of links for Scottish RPG, boardgame and LARP clubs and meetups.

Back later tonight with a new recipe to add to The RPG Cookbook.

Renegade: Before The Battle

nedjer — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:23:07 +0000

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No access to Flash content. The links from the invisible link cloud are on the Renegade page.

Back soon with Renegade: Preparing For Battle!

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