Thursday, November 16, 2017

So many games!

  Hello, patient readers.  It's been a while and I can't promise that I'm going to return to the old days of consistency.  But I figured it was time to dust off this old blog and see if it still works.  You'll notice that I changed the theme and made everything a bit more basic.  I just can't find a background pic that I like, so if any of you have any suggestions, let me know below!

  The last two years haven't been slow.  School and work got in the way of a good time and I had to find that time again.  The great thing is that I had some extra gold pieces from working and that allowed me to keep up the purchasing habit, if not the gaming part of it.  I made a number of store owners pretty happy during that time.

  Even better, the time I did have to play these games saw my son hobby and use two armies and my wife to even get into a game or two.  And we planned ahead- we're currently waiting on a Kickstarter to arrive and have another one for next year.  That's even more gaming in the future!  And with the eternally reluctant family, no less?  The last two years may have been desolate, but it looks like the next two will be rather rich...

  The last time I blogged, I regaled everyone with my love of Games Workshop's current direction and my full support of their revival of specialist-style games.  That was small fish compared to what's happened since then.  The release of the bubble-world Age of Sigmar, followed by the release of Age of the Emperor, er, Dark Imperium were earth-shaking already.   Now we see the release of Shadespire followed by Necromunda, which are apparently torrents of awesome themselves.  And in between we saw the release of some ridiculously cool terrain and objective pieces, which all have drained my wallet.  Luckily, I haven't missed it all and I have even more regaling to do.  But I might get to all that in some other posts.

  I also had to throw some change at Warlord Games for their Test of Honour game- a fantastic skirmish game for a quasi-historical period and setting that we all love but see very little of in general circulation (I've seen many more Space Marines than Samurai on the tabletops, and that might be sad).  Even my wife loves this game so much that we've ordered some terrain for it.  And remember, my wife is the smart one!
  
  We got some Dungeons & Dragons played as well.  Unfortunately, scheduling became a severe issue and that didn't last long.  D&D will always be my first love, but I seem to have lost some of my storyteller's wit and I'm pining for the days where I can play myself.  I am currently wrapping in some family (my brother used to play, so he's my first victim) and trying to build up a group again because Wizards made it too easy for us.  They released the Tomb of Annihilation book, which means that I don't have to think for a while or, and this is my personal hope, someone else in the group wants to DM and I can play!  I love the new edition despite the fact that the company is starting that overwhelming release schedule of books again and I can't wait to learn from Xanathar in the upcoming release.  
  
  Speaking of D&D and the plans there beyond building a group and playing again, the wife bought a set of dry-erase tiles and then okayed a Kickstarter for a bunch of fantasy and dungeon terrain.  With my collection of miniatures, those things point to some awesome dungeoneering opportunities, giving me even more reason to want to play again!!!  I can just imagine those beautiful layouts taking up the dining room table and surrounded by eager players holding gobs of dice and pushing their adventurers around the 3D representation of the scariest dungeon they've ever seen...  And, thanks to my wife and her infinite attempts to appease her grown-up child-husband, those days are coming. 

  We got some X-Wing in, played a bunch of Pokemon (I haven't changed my beat-stick deck yet as it almost never loses, but I still come in second in each of the tournies we've done...  HOW!?!?), remembered some Star Realms and Munchkin, and added some laser beams and goats in the form of Exploding Kittens.  It hasn't been a very fun two years, but there has been fun found whenever I can corral the people.  After all, I can't spend all my time doing homework when I'm not working, right?

  I've been very excited and never disappointed at all that GW is doing and I'm even happier to have a role in bringing another great game company to life through hefty Kickstarters.  But I'll go into detail on all that stuff later (I hope).  Right now, I'm more interested in what you guys have been doing while I was busy.  What games are you excited about, have been playing, or are really curious about?  Have I missed anything that you've enjoyed?  Let me know in the comments below!

6 comments:

  1. It's always great fun when the family gets involved. And as for being happy as a dragon ... heh heh ... the things I could do as a dragon, sigh XD

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  2. What!? Jay Wornham, I just a few weeks ago start to get back into 40K after my move and am reading through some articles on BoLS and I see you commenting sir! It's been some years since I've spoken with you. Good to know your doing well.

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  3. Ryan!!!!! It has been a long time indeed. I'm also really happy that you're getting back into 40k. I had all but abandoned it over the last couple of editions (although my collecting never stopped), but this edition has got me hooked again. Whatcha collecting?

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  4. So I've got a fairly large Nid army from the softcover book so none of the newest bugs like the malceptor or that stuff, but I have trygons and tervigons. I have so many Dark Angels that I remember you telling me their lengthy backstory, and am waiting to see what the DA release is going to look like sadly I think there will be no return of the Lion..... which makes me think it will be Space Wolves /sigh. I've also got a big World Eater and Eldar army in some boxes still packed from moving and all that. What have you been collecting more of?

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    1. I'm purposely trying to ignore the Dark Angels (even though I should obsess over them like I used to), simply due to budgetary considerations, but they look like they are going to be boss! I've gotten my son into Death Guard (the new starter stuff is amazing!) and he's a 'nid-head himself. We've got a big army of bugs, but I still need to get some more. Otherwise, I've been all about the Ultramarines (now with Primarch and Primaris marines and stuff) when I have been 40k. Instead, I've been focused on many other games outside GW...

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  5. That's cool your son is into playing it as well man and there are always more bugs to need to get. So this new edition is is really different and I've been wondering if some of the rules are not in the main book like what specific keywords rules are and some things along those lines. I feel the same way as you in sure, I'm trying to find people to play 40k with as I still need to learn by playing more as it has been at least 3 years and also find people who want to play some RPG's here in Washington state. Yeah I saw they had Gulliman come out and 2 daemon ones but that being it so far, the Primaris guys are new so I'm not sure what they do. I'm sure I will get the DA codex here soon and it will give the low down on them and all that. Hope you all weren't in that big mess that happened in Texas with the hurricanes and all that man.

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