Recent content by MGibster

That's probably part of it. I think the subject matter was also an untapped market. When I was that age, a lot of the girls I knew had devoured all of Rice's vampire books whereas I pretty much gave up after Lestat. Like D&D, I think the Vampire folks managed to drill in the right spot at the...

You’ve never seen me bowl. B-) I’m not sure how intimate most RPGs are. Am I playing a Wizard because it says something about my psyche or am I just tired of Barbarians? As with most social activities, you’re going to learn about the people you interact with and they you. It’s just...

I was 15 when the 1st edition of VtM was released which was a long, long time ago and my perspective is only my own. Vampire felt like something very different when it was released in 1991. Like I said, my perspective was my own, but everything about the game seemed sophisticated and adult...

They’ve got a nice memorial to him and others at Game Hole Con in Wisconsin this year.

I’m one of those people who never dated within my immediate circle of friends. That means no gamers. I’ve always dated outside of the people regularly in orbit. I stopped dating altogether when I got married.

Something always bothered me about the stereotypical gamer as someone who was socially awkward. Those gamers exist of course, but given the very social nature of role playing games, I've found them to be few and far between. I've always thought TTRPGs were beneficial in other ways such as...

My FLGS holds a game day each quarter, charging $10 for a seat at the game. The player gets to keep $5 of that in store credit and their other $5 goes to the GM as their store credit. I might rack up $20-25 if I run a game, though it's not like the credit is what motivates me. It's noisy...

I read Eye of the World when it was first released in 1990. It was a purchase I made for my sister's birthday, but she had no interest in it and I went ahead and bit the bullet. I enjoyed the characters, with Mat being my favorite, the setting, and the general plot of the first book. I really...

:: Sniffs derisively and tugs at braid ::

This is a rare shot of my miniatures out in the wild enjoying some play time.

Just for fun, look up the original trailer for Soyland Green. If you didn't know the secret of Soylent Green before you saw the trailer, you'd know it after. For me, the trailer just has to pique my interest somehow and they're going to have to tell me something about the plot. It's really...

Most war games I've played have stupid rules exploits like this. I just find this one particularly annoying and I'm surprised they haven't fixed it after so many decades. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks it needs to be fixed?

If that's the rule then I think it should be changed to how many hexes you displace. While we take turns in games like BT, it's not like my mech moves and then waits politely for your mech to move. To run in a big circle, ending up where you start, is an abuse of the rules.

Working on the wings and I wish I did a better job making them symmetrical.