Tag: personal

September 4, 2009

I’m Back

We’re settling in to the new apartment in Takoma Park. Setting up a gaming space was, of course, a concern, and I think we did pretty well. We have a table that can expand out to seat up to ten people, and a nearby bookcase that holds our gaming books. Now we just need to find people to game with....

July 23, 2009

Looking for Group

Not yet, precisely. Angela and I are moving to the D.C. area soon. Very soon. This is the primary reason that I haven’t been posting much lately. I’ve been busy. I know a good number of gamers in the D.C. area. I know that there are a large number of RPG blogger-types there as well. Since I last lived in...

December 29, 2008

What I’ve been up to…

Not too much, gaming-wise. I mentioned that I thought Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera series would be great for gaming. I’ve been toying with some ideas about it. One of the interesting things about the books is that the main characters essentially change their roles and careers somewhat regularly. This got me thinking about a Warhammer FRP – style system. Of...

August 26, 2008

Vampire allergies and other strangeness

I’ve talked a bit about the Monday night game that I play in – it is a Morrow Project game that uses White Wolf’s Storytelling system. The Morrow Project is a game about operatives for a shadowy philanthropic paramilitary organization who are cryogenically frozen in case of disaster. We woke up to a post-apocalyptic world ~150 years after a nuclear...

August 1, 2008

Housecats vs. Wizards: Test Case I

You know how in certain editions of D&D a housecat could pretty easily take a wizard? Well, we had a bit of a test of that the other night. Jenn (housemate) seems to have acquired a cat. It has been living in her room since July 4th. I have a cat. Angela also has a cat. Angela’s cat, Tempest, is...

July 2, 2008

Yesterday: Not as planned

…but it turned out OK. I had a wee headache in the morning that got progressively worse throughout the day, so I ended up going home early. I took some painkillers and a nap. In the meantime, the Nobilis game was canceled because the GM (HG?) was ill. I’m enjoying Nobilis. It works as a system and setting better than...

June 27, 2008

Big Kitties

Over at the Necropolis Studios Art Blog, Angela posted some pictures from the Exotic Feline Rescue Center.

June 23, 2008

Public Service Announcement

Since I know that I have several readers in the Illinois/Indiana area… This weekend, Angela and I went to visit the Exotic Feline Rescue Center, in Center Point, Indian (near Terre Haute). It was pretty awesome. The place takes in exotic cats (mostly tigers, lions, and pumas – but there were also leopards, bobcats, and servals) that are abandoned or...

May 6, 2008

The state of my gaming life

Gaming is entering another transitioning period. My Monday night group is currently playing in a postapocalyptic nWoD/Morrow Project game. I’ve had some frustrations with it, but we had a really good game last night. The dynamics of the game are interesting. We have far more firepower and better equipment than almost everyone we’ve encountered (and certainly everyone with whom we...

February 21, 2008

Taco Like a Pirate Weekend

Last weekend, I headed up to Capricon. Angela and Grace had a table in the dealers’ room. Not that my con-going experience is vast or anything, but it was the most well-organized con I’ve ever been to. The signage was remarkably good. The badges were made of hard plastic. The con suite was always fully stocked with a dozen different...