My copy arrived today, and now I've something nice to read tonight.

After I heard about Evil Hat's PDF guarantee I ordered the softcover edition of "Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies" from Sphaerenmeisters Spiele which is one of the few shops in Germany that carries products from Evil Hat and Indie Press Revolution.
Although Sphaerenmeister is a mail order business and doesn't (AFAIK) have a brick and mortar shop, I sent my receipt to Evil Hat asking for the pdf. After a few days, I received a free download link for DriveThruRPG. While I wait for my printed copy to arrive, I already have the pdf to browse. Thanks Evil Hat!

I've been buying printed or pdf copies for indie games for some time now, and often it was a bit of a dilemma whether which one to get. Now, Evil Hat has published its "Brick & Mortar PDF Guarantee".
What a great move! Let's hope that other publishers will soon offer something similar.

http://www.evilhat.com/home/pdf-guarantee/

another pulp adventure from Triple Ace Games

another pulp adventure from Tripe Ace Games

The original Savage Worlds setting is still a fun to read.

The German edition of the Savage Worlds rules is called the Gentleman's Edition. It's a hardcover with a nice feel to it, but the layout is sometimes a bit hard to read.

I don't expect to play this, but it was a pleasant read. So far, the Savage Worlds plot point campaigns are quite entertaining.

Although I don't know the setting, I liked the adventure. The first two-thirds are good, the final part is a bit generic.

After building a Lego model last Monday with my nephew Kai for about two hours, when looking at these pictures I ask myself: Why should he have all the fun?
Why not play D&D or Descent using Lego?

An interesting modern day adventure set during around Halloween

Finished Goodman Games first adventure form the Age of Cthulhu series, Death in Luxor. Quite deadly, but some great scenes and a nice change to the writing style of the Chaosium CoC adventures. I'm looking forward to further installments.

Went to RPC today, which was held for the first time at Cologne. Bought the new German edition of Savage Worlds.

Evocative illustrations, but the plot point campaign was a bit weak.

In addition to the sturdy screen, the resource book is a pleasant read with (among other things) a large number of interesting npcs.

An interesting little game (96 pages) with a great cover. The players are troopers in a militaristic sci-fi setting: Travel to exotic planets, meet the locals and kill them (or vice versa). Think "Starship Troopers", "Aliens" or "Predator". An interesting example for a game with very few, but highly interlocked rules.
The game didn't make me immediately wanting to play it, but it could be fun.

After my sister-in-law and a friend told us about their quite successful attempts at making Sushi, we decided to try it out ourselves. With some recipies and how-tos from the internet and our cook books, we went to a local Asia shop and got some ingredients (Sushi rice, pickled ginger and Surimi) and a Sushi mat.
We made California Maki with Surimi, Sushi Hosomaki with Surimi and Hosomaki with just carrot and cucumber.
It tasted great and looking back was not hard to make. We'll definitely give it another try.