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Books Read: Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:16:23 GMT

Voting for the Ennie Awards has begun

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:49:37 GMT

You can vote here until August, 1st.

Back from Denmark

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:47:42 GMT

Yesterday, we came back from our two week vacation at Kjul Strand near Hirtshals, Denmark.
We were ten people this year and as usual, as lot of games were played:

Dominion (with the new Expansion "Die Intrige")
Agricola
Small World
Stone Age
Geschenkt ist noch zu teuer
Poison
Shadow Hunters
Saboteur
Through the Ages
San Juan
Heiko Hartmann's Space Opera
Der Hexer von Salem
Flinke Feger
A Touch of Evil
Gambit 7
Sushizock im Gockelwock
Professor Pünschge

And in the roleplaying department:

3:16
Agone
Mouse Guard
Pendragon

Books Read: Dan Simmons: Illium

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:00:17 GMT

Books read: Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:56:34 GMT

Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:56:24 GMT

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

Evil Hat: True to Their Word

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:12:41 GMT

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!

RPGs Read: Deadlands Reloaded: The Flood

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:59:17 GMT

RPGs read: Daring Tales of Adventure #12 Legacy of Tunguska

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:31:33 GMT

another pulp adventure from Triple Ace Games

RPGs read: Daring Tales of Adventure #11 The Hands of Kali

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:28:10 GMT

another pulp adventure from Tripe Ace Games

RPGs Read: Deadlands Reloaded

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:25:12 GMT

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

RPGs Read: Savage Worlds Gentleman's Edition

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:23:05 GMT

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.

RPGs Read: Savage Worlds: Necessary Evil

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:56:19 GMT

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

RPGs Read: Hellfrost: N1 The Lair of the Vermin Lord

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:54:24 GMT

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

RPGs Read: Midnight Harvest

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:51:26 GMT

An interesting modern day adventure set during around Halloween

Evil Hat's PDF Guarantee

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:53 GMT

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/

D&D / Descent using Lego?

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:14:30 GMT

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?

RPGs read: Trail of Cthulhu: Keeper's Screen and Resource Book

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:42:06 GMT

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

RPGs read: The Savage Worlds of Solomon Kane

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:35:49 GMT

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

RPC Cologne 2009

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:30:24 GMT

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

RPGs Read: Death in Luxor

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:29:13 GMT

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.

RPGs: Welcome to the 21st century

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:36:54 GMT

There have been a number of interesting developments in the area of story games and/or indie games during the last years.
While I've read a number of those games, I haven't played many of them, at least not on a regular basis: My own Delta Green campaign uses the CoC rules, while the fantasy campaign I'm playing in uses a RuneQuest converted to Fudge system, so all systems are from the last century.
Recently, Uthoroc our GM in the fantasy game started to introduce more story oriented elements from the Burning Wheel rpg. Let's see how that turns out.

Red Wine, Settlers of Catan and Wii

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:59:27 GMT

This evening, I cashed in coupon I got from Inga & Jörg for my birthday: We went to a local wine shop and tasted a couple of different red wines from which I got to chose two bottles (luckily, Jörg was driving).
After that we went to our appartment and played two games of Settlers of Catan and played a couple of games on our Wii, which Inga and Jörg seemed to enjoy.

First Sushi ever

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:54:41 GMT

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.

RPGs Read: 3:16 - Carnage Amongst the Stars

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:30:12 GMT

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.