Zombies To The Left, Zombies To The Right

nedjer — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:47:20 +0000

Werewolves and vampires may grab most of the headlines, but there’s no keeping those zombies down. For a long time they were all about movies and videogames, but not any more:

Alternate Reality Gaming: 2.8 Hours Later

Counter Boardgaming: All Things Zombie

RPG Advocacy Facebook Group

nedjer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:23:46 +0000

This is kind of way ahead of schedule, as some trigger-happy clicking sent the Fbook RPG Advocacy Group live in an instant. Not to worry.

Please feel free to join-up if you’re up for showcasing what’s good about Tabletop RPGs.

So far [...]

RPGs and Enterprise

nedjer — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:25:06 +0000

There are plenty of pages on the site about the benefits of RPGs in learning and teaching – plus links to a certain amount of related research. However, these benefits are mainly set out in the language of active learning, gamification and/ or design gaming. Within all that, design games, (i.e. games focused [...]

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 [...]

100 Up

Thistle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:41:01 +0000

The blog’s birthday came round a couple of weeks ago, but we were too busy making content to pay much attention.

We’ve now reached our 100th post and we’re still too busy making content to pay much attention.

It does, however, seem worth pausing briefly to [...]