Tales of the glory of Christmases long long ago...

Two of the things that I associate the most with Christmas presents from the past are Atari games and Dungeons & Dragons.  Now I can play a lot of those games in a browser.  :-)

I need D&D in a browser too.  Maybe I should look more closely into Roll20.

Merry Christmas (A bit early)

 On this day one hundred and seventy years ago, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was first published.  17 December 1843.

John Cleese - a lecture on Creativity

Miniatures Monday

A fearsome wraith stalks its living prey from beyond the grave!

Happy Thanksgiving!

From the Barbarian Horde!

Dwarven Forge Kickstarter Results

I finally unpacked all of my new Dwarven Forge dungeon tiles last night and used them to build a test dungeon.  This dungeon was built entirely with my kickstarter rewards, and I would say that the results were quite good.  There are certainly enough pieces to do a decent sized layout.  I was tempted to break out my old sets and just keep going, but I think I'll save that adventure for over Christmas. :-)

Miniatures Monday

In benighted chambers far beneath the earth rests this altar of evil, stained with the blood of countless sacrifices!

Who knows?

He has grown very old, but his voice, that hasn't changed one bit.

50 years in time and space

Happy 50th anniversary to Doctor Who.  That I remember the 25th anniversary makes me feel a bit old though...  :-)

Well, I've seen the 50th anniversary special, and they cheated.  Of course they cheated.  With time travel you can always cheat.  It's not the same show from my youth, similar yes, and still tied to it's heritage, but it's different.  That doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy it.  I did.  But they still cheated. :-)

Miniatures Monday

A dreadful cyclops hurls the skulls of his victims at his enemies!

Another of my very old miniatures.  I got this one for Christmas in 1982 as part of one of the Grenadier Dungeons and Dragons Action Art sets.  Those were the sets that came with paints.  I was always very excited about the idea of painting this one, but it still ended up taking me 31 years to get around to it. :-)

Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls

The Kickstarter rewards for Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls continue to arrive.  Yesterday I received the commemorative coin set.  I have to seat that they are way cooler than I had even hoped for.

Miniatures Monday

A fearsome hill giant prepares to smash his foes to jelly with with his mighty war club!

Today's miniature is a hill giant from Grenadier Miniatures dated 1985.  I picked it up from the bargain bin at Games Unlimited sometime around 1990 and have been waiting to paint it for many years.

It is fitting that my 300th post would be a Miniatures Monday post. :-)

Google for the win

A fun little side benefit of having a Google+ account. :-)

Miniatures Monday

Keeping with the Runequest theme, here is another miniature that while not an official Runequest mini certainly could pass for one.

The Muppets: Cårven Der Pümpkîn